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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 8 of 8

Caring for Nature

What would happen if it changed?

What your child practises

Thinking about what happens when a local place changes, and simple ways to care for plants, animals, water and the land.

Ontario Curriculum expectation: D23.1–D23.3 · similarities and differences between local environments, what changes could do, and ways to care for nature

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which is a way to show respect for animals outside?

    • Throw stones at them
    • Chase them
    • Watch them quietly
    Show answer

    Watch them quietly

    Hint: We can look at wildlife from a distance and be gentle.

  2. Question 2

    Helps nature or hurts nature? Tap, then tap a basket.

    Sort into: 💚 Helps · 💔 Hurts

    • 🌱planting a tree
    • ♻️recycling paper
    • 💦leaving the water on
    • 🪵breaking tree branches
    • 🚰turning off the tap
    • 🎨pouring paint in a pond
    Show answer

    💚 Helps: planting a tree, recycling paper, turning off the tap · 💔 Hurts: leaving the water on, breaking tree branches, pouring paint in a pond

    Hint: Think: is it kind to plants, animals and water?

  3. Question 3

    What can you do with a plastic bottle you finish?

    • Put it in the recycling bin
    • Hide it in a bush
    • Leave it at the beach
    Show answer

    Put it in the recycling bin

    Hint: Recycling helps keep nature clean.

  4. Question 4

    Put the plant's growing in order.

    • 🌸A flower blooms
    • 🪴A plant grows
    • 🌱A sprout grows
    • 🌰Plant a seed
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    Plant a seed → A sprout grows → A plant grows → A flower blooms

    Hint: A seed is planted, a sprout comes up, then a plant grows and makes flowers.

  5. Question 5

    What can you do with a paper you do not need?

    ♻️
    • Bury it in a garden
    • Throw it in a river
    • Put it in the recycling bin
    Show answer

    Put it in the recycling bin

    Hint: Recycling paper helps trees.

  6. Question 6

    What can you do when you brush your teeth to save water?

    🚰
    • Fill the sink with soap
    • Leave the water running
    • Turn off the tap
    Show answer

    Turn off the tap

    Hint: Saving water helps the Earth.

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