Indholdsfortegnelse for April 2024 i Click Science and Discovery Magazine for Preschoolers and Young Children

“I love my new fleece vest,” exclaims Yo. “You’re supposed to be helping,” saysDad. “You know, that fleece of yours is made from bottles like those.” “That’s silly,” says Yo. “No,” says Dad, “it’s recycling.Factories buy plastic, chop it up, melt it, and turn it into things like fleece and toys and car parts.” “Look for the numbers on the bottoms,” says Dad. “Only 1s and 2s can go in our recycling bin.” “This one is a 5,” says Yo.“Too bad,” says Dad. “It will have to go in the garbage.” “What gets made out of newspapers?” asks Yo. “Egg cartons, maybe, or comic books or paper towels,” answers Dad.“I think I hear the recycling truck.Let’s get this stuff out to the curb.” “Look, Dad,” says Yo. “I can recycle…

Andy’s little sister grabbed a piece of toilet paper and dropped it into the water. She leaned over the bowl and flushed, watching the paper disappear. Then she reached for more toilet paper. “Mom,” Andy yelled, while holding his sister’s hand. “Lizzie’s flushing again!” Mom rushed to the bathroom and picked Lizzie up. “Remember, Lizzie,” she said, “flushing is not a game. We only flush after we use the toilet. Let’s find something else to play with.” Lizzie burrowed her head in Mom’s shoulder. “Why does she like flushing the toilet so much?” asked Andy. “I think she likes watching the water and paper disappear,” said Mom. “You did that when you were Lizzie’s age too.” Lizzie squirmed out of Mom’s arms. “Bye-bye, water! Bye-bye, paper!” she said and ran…

Hi! I’m a paddlefish. I swim in the Ohio River, along with more than 160 different kinds of fish. Birds, beavers, otters, frogs, and turtles use the river too. The Ohio River isn’t only in Ohio. It runs through or along six states. It’s a great place to live, except when trash ends up in the water and on the shore. Yuck! Lucky for me and the other wildlife, we have friends at the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission. That’s ORSANCO for short! Every year, ORSANCO helps us with Ohio River Sweep cleanup events. The Ohio River Sweep doesn’t just happen once. In 2023 there were 121 different cleanup events! Volunteers sign up and then meet at the river. ORSANCO gives them gloves, trash bags, and T-shirts. The volunteers…

Do you know where this trash should go? Follow the paths to see. Don’t flush used tissues down the toilet. Shredded newspaper and cardboard can be composted. But there’s a better place for large pieces. You don’t need to scrub empty cans clean, but rinsing them helps. Worms, bugs, and other tiny creatures will happily finish the bits of fruit you don’t eat. Some towns ask you to take caps off your bottles. Others let you leave them on. Paper, plastic, glass, and cans go in the recycling bin. They’ll be collected and made into new paper, plastic, glass, and cans. The average American tosses out nearly five pounds of trash a day. Some gets recycled, but most gets buried in landfills. Without proper care, landfills can pollute nearby water,…

Paper, plastic, glass, and cans Don’t belong in the garbage can. If you can’t use them once again, Toss ’em in the recycling bin. Batteries, medicine, some cans that spray Should not be just thrown away. They’re what’s known as hazardous waste And must be dumped in a special place. Pile leaves and grass and vegetable scraps. Abracadabra, zoom, and zap! That compost heap will soon become Plant food for your garden. Yum! Toys and tools and clothes that are old Can often be given away or sold. Reduce, recycle, and reuse. We can all help Earth, if we choose.…

Every Thursday a big green garbage truck slowly rumbles down my street. The driver stops the truck in front of a house, and a worker jumps off. He grabs the trash bin sitting on the curb and empties it into the hopper, where the garbage is collected. Crash! Clang! Clatter! The packer blade inside the hopper crushes the load to make room for more trash. Then the truck rolls to the next house, and they do it all again. Some towns use other kinds of garbage trucks. What type of garbage truck picks up your trash?…

It’s recycling, yard waste, and trash pickup day. Who will get the job done first? Carefully remove the takeout pages. Cut out the truck markers on the dotted lines, then fold each marker along the solid lines so the truck will stand. Each player chooses a truck and places the marker on the START square. Players will also need a coin to toss to see how far to move on a turn. The first player tosses the coin. If the coin lands heads up, the player moves forward 1 square. If it lands tails up, he or she moves forward 2 squares. Once on a square, the player then checks whether any garbage there can go in his or her truck. For example, the yard waste truck may pick up…