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Summer is here and as temperatures rise, so can energy
bills. Is there anything that can be done? Plenty! Kid Scoop
News sheds light on ways you can save energy, protect our
earth's resources and stay cool this summer.
Playing video and computer games uses electricity. Reading Kid
Scoop News and playing newspaper games saves electricity!
Grab a few friends, take off your
shoes and socks, and cool off
with a game of Bucket Brigade!
You need:
• two buckets
• a paper or plastic cup for each
player
1. Start by forming two teams.
2. Have each team line up.
3. Place a bucket filled with
water at one end of each line.
Place an empty bucket at the
other end of each line.
4. Pass water from the full
bucket to the empty bucket by
passing water down the line
from cup to cup.
5. When all the water has been
moved from one bucket to the
other, the team with the most
water in its bucket wins.
(Although, if it is really hot,
the wettest team may feel it is
really the winner!)
1. Turn off the TV, radio,
CD player, computer
and any electric gadget
that you are not using.
2. Turn out lights when
you leave a room.
3. Recycle! It takes a lot
of energy to make
newspapers, cans,
plastic bottles and other
things. Recycling these
items uses less energy
than it takes to make
them from raw material.
Standards Link: Social Science:
Students recognize individual civic
responsibility to protect the resources
in our environment.
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension:
Follow multiple step directions.
Add up the
number of
ounces along
each correct
path to see
which team
won.
Standards Link: Mathematics.
Reading Comprehension.
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