# Lesson 184: Caring for the Earth together

🟡 SOCIAL STUDIES (40 Lessons) • 🟣 D. Responsibility and Citizenship

← Back to Level 1

## Objective

I can name simple ways to care for the Earth, like saving water, not wasting paper, and putting rubbish in the bin, and I can tell how my family can help too.

## Materials

- Plain paper and crayons or colored pencils (green, blue, brown)
- Notebook page for simple sentences
- Optional: pictures of parks, forests, beaches, or animals

## Mini-lesson — Our shared home

The Earth is our shared home. People, plants, and animals all live here together.

Why we care for the Earth

- We need clean air to breathe.
- We need clean water to drink and wash.
- We need plants and animals to stay healthy and happy.

Simple ways children can help

- Turn off the tap while brushing teeth so water is not wasted.
- Turn off lights when you leave a room.
- Use both sides of paper, or use scrap paper, so we do not waste trees.

Taking care of places

- Put rubbish in bins at home, at school, and in parks.
- Leave plants, trees, and flowers safe. We do not break them for fun.
- Respect animals. We do not chase or scare them on purpose.

Doing it together

- Families, schools, and communities can all be Earth helpers.
- Small actions from many people can make a big difference.
- We can remind each other kindly, not in a mean way.

This lesson stays hopeful. We focus on simple actions children can do at home, at school, and outside.

Picture strip: Small Earth helpers

## Guided Practice — Our family Earth helper plan

You will make a simple Earth helper plan for your family.

1. Draw a big heart in the middle of your page. Inside the heart, draw a small Earth (a circle with some land and water).
2. Around the heart, draw three boxes or circles. In each one, you will plan one way to help the Earth.
3. In the first box, draw or write a water habit, such as "Turn off the tap while brushing teeth."
4. In the second box, draw or write a rubbish habit, such as "Put litter in the bin." or "Recycle bottles." if your family does this.
5. In the third box, draw or write a nature habit, such as "Be gentle with plants." or "Feed animals safely with an adult."
6. Under your picture, write or trace this sentence: "We can help the Earth together."
7. Share your plan with an adult at home. Ask which habit your family will try this week.

Tracing Pad
Lines
Trace
Pen

## Practice — Talk about Earth helper choices

Use your home or classroom to notice Earth helper choices you can make every day.

1. Walk around one room with an adult. Point to things that use water, light, or paper.
2. For each thing, say one way to be an Earth helper. For example, "We turn off this light when we leave."
3. Look out of a window or visit a safe outdoor space. Can you see plants, trees, or animals? Talk about how to be gentle with them.
4. Talk about bins in your home or school. Where do you put rubbish so it does not end up on the ground?
5. At the end, say one sentence about yourself, such as "I can help the Earth by _______."

## Quick Check — Caring for the Earth together

Answer each question about caring for the Earth. These questions check simple, hopeful ideas only.

1) Why do we care for the Earth?

So we can throw rubbish anywhere. Because it is our shared home with plants and animals. So we never have to clean our room.
The Earth is our shared home, so we look after it.

2) Which choice helps save water?

Leaving the tap on while you play. Filling the sink over and over for fun. Turning off the tap while you brush your teeth.
Turning off the tap stops water from being wasted.

3) What should you do with a wrapper after a snack?

Put it in the bin. Drop it on the ground. Hide it behind a tree.
Putting rubbish in bins keeps places clean.

4) Which sentence shows good paper use?

"I use a new paper for every tiny mark." "I use both sides of paper when I can." "I throw away paper after one dot."
Using both sides of paper helps us not to waste trees.

5) What is a kind way to treat plants and trees?

Break branches for fun. Pull out flowers just to throw them. Look at them, water them with an adult, and leave them safe.
Plants and trees should be treated gently.

6) Which picture shows helping the Earth?

Children picking up litter with an adult. Children throwing rubbish into a river. Children leaving bins tipped over on the ground.
Picking up litter with an adult keeps places clean and safe.

7) What can you do with lights to help the Earth?

Turn on every light all day. Turn off lights when you leave a room. Flash lights on and off for no reason.
Turning off lights when not needed saves energy.

8) Who can be an Earth helper?

Children and adults working together. Only teachers. Only one person in the world.
Everyone can help the Earth in small ways.

9) Which feeling fits this sentence: "I helped keep the park clean today."

Unhappy and ashamed. Bored and grumpy only. Proud and glad to help.
Helping the Earth can make us feel proud and glad.

10) Which sentence is a kind way to talk about Earth care?

"I do not care what happens to the Earth." "The Earth is our home. We can help take care of it." "Only other people need to help."
We remember that we share the Earth and can help care for it.

## Assessment (parent/teacher)

Student can name at least one reason we care for the Earth. Student can give at least one example of saving water, energy, or paper. Student can explain what to do with rubbish to keep places clean. Student talks about plants and animals in a kind and careful way. Student shares at least one small Earth helper action their family could try.

## Exit ticket (student)

😀 I can talk about helping the Earth. 🙂 I know some Earth helper ideas, but I want more practice. 😅 Caring for the Earth still feels a bit tricky to me.

#### Next time I will practise…

Saving water and turning off lights Putting rubbish in the bin Being gentle with plants and animals
← Lesson 183 Lesson 185 →