Earth Smart - Treasures 3rd Grade

• The Goodwillie School is located in Ada, Michigan.
• The solar power heats the school in the winter.
• The Goodwillie School is friendly to the environment.
• The outdoor deck is made from sawdust and recycled milk jugs.

At the Goodwillie Environmental School, both milk jugs and sawdust are -

• used in art projects
• used in building the deck
• sold in the school store
• fed to the chickens

In winter, green schools are heated by -

• a generator
• electricity
• oil
• solar energy

How do chickens help the Goodwillie students make money for environmental projects?

• Their feathers are used to make coats.
• The chickens' eggs are sold in the store.
• The chickens are sold at the market.
• The chickens work as carrier pigeons.

The chickens at Goodwillie help the school garden by -

• providing manure
• planting seeds
• finding worms
• eating bugs

What is the section called "The Great Outdoors" mostly about?

• What students do to raise chickens
• Where the Goodwillie students live
• How the students learn about nature
• Why people started the Goodwillie School

The main goal of green schools is to teach students about -

• how to raise animals
• getting along in the classroom
• how to protect the earth
• farming in the city

Read this sentence from the article.
Students also donate money or time to environmental groups.
Which word from a thesaurus means about the same as the word donate?

• Take
• Collect
• Save
• Give

Read this sentence from the article.
Some members of a third-grade class are working on a project that will last about two years.
In this sentence, the word members means about the same as -

• students
• plants
• classrooms
• groups