🔬 Kindergarten Science · Unit 4

Caring for Our Earth

9 short narrated lessons in 2 chapters, each with pictures, a quiz with a hint and a second try, and an explanation for every answer.

Standards: K-ESS3-3 K-2-ETS1-1 K-2-ETS1-2

Picture from the lesson “Things We Use from Earth”
Things We Use from Earth
Picture from the lesson “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Picture from the lesson “Keeping Water Clean”
Keeping Water Clean

What your child will learn

People and the Earth

  1. Things We Use from EarthIdentify things people use from nature, like water, trees, soil and air.
  2. Reduce, Reuse, RecycleExplain how reducing, reusing and recycling means less trash for the land and water.
  3. Keeping Water CleanDescribe ways people keep rivers, lakes and oceans clean.
  4. Helping Plants and AnimalsDescribe ways people help wildlife, such as planting trees and building birdhouses.
  5. People and the Earth Review ReviewReview how people use things from nature and how they can take care of land, water and air.

Earth helper engineers

  1. Spot a ProblemIdentify a problem near home or school, like too much trash on the playground.
  2. Draw a SolutionDraw a simple picture of an idea that could help solve the problem.
  3. Share Your IdeaExplain a solution to others and listen to their ideas for making it better.
  4. Earth Helper Engineers Review ReviewReview how children can find a problem, draw a solution and share it to help the Earth.

Try a question from this unit

From the lesson “Things We Use from Earth”

Which one is made from trees?

  • [object Object]
  • [object Object]
  • [object Object]
Show the answer

[object Object]. Wood comes from trees, and people build chairs with wood.

Hint kids see after a wrong try: “Think about what grows tall in the forest.”

Key words

  • Earth
  • resource
  • reduce
  • reuse
  • recycle
  • clean
  • litter
  • wildlife
  • protect
  • problem
  • sketch
  • idea
  • share

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