Grade 2 · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 5
Caring for Our Community’s Future
Use what we need and leave enough for later.
What your child practises
Practises what sustainable means in child terms: reduce, reuse, recycle and compost (including Nova Scotia’s green cart), saving water and energy, and caring for beaches and forests. It follows the Grade 2 outcome on sustainable development in local communities.
Nova Scotia Curriculum learning outcome: Analyse ways for supporting sustainable development in local communities · Learn simple ways to care for our community's future
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which one can be reused?
- a banana peel
- a glass jar
- a used tissue
a glass jar
Hint: A clean jar can hold things again and again.
Question 2
What does recycle mean?
- burn things
- bury things
- make old things into new things
make old things into new things
Hint: Paper and cans can be made into new ones.
Question 3
Sustainable means using what we need and leaving enough for…
- never
- nobody
- later
later
Hint: Sustainable ways keep things going for the future.
Question 4
A leaky tap wastes…
- sand
- water
- music
water
Hint: A drip adds up, so we tell a grown-up to fix it.
Question 5
Forests help us because they give…
- more garbage
- less rain
- clean air and homes for animals
clean air and homes for animals
Hint: Trees are important, so we protect them.
Question 6
Which item can usually go in the recycling?
- a banana peel
- a dirty tissue
- a clean paper box
a clean paper box
Hint: Clean paper and cardboard can be recycled.