living green lesson #4

SPELLING B

SPELLING BEASY2 pts

MIDDLE3pts

HARD5pts

For Six Points!

For Four Points!

For three points!

Green Materi-als.

Trees are being cut down for wood faster than they can grow, and 25% of all this wood is used in build-ings.

Trees are being cut down for wood faster than they can grow, and 25% of all this wood is used in build-ings.

Green Materi-als.

So to save forests, some green

builders now use bamboo for floors instead of wood.

So to save forests, some green

builders now use bamboo for floors instead of wood.

Green Materi-als.

Although Bamboo looks like wood, it’s actually a grass, not a tree, and it grows 20 times faster than most trees.

Although Bamboo looks like wood, it’s actually a grass, not a tree, and it grows 20 times faster than most trees.

Green Materi-als.

So after the bamboo is cut, it quickly grows back again.

So after the bamboo is cut, it quickly grows back again.

Green Materi-als.

Clearly, the more people use bamboo in building, the bet-ter our chances of saving the world’s forests are.

Clearly, the more people use bamboo in building, the bet-ter our chances of saving the world’s forests are.

Green Materi-als.

Many other parts of buildings can be made of recycled materials.

Many other parts of buildings can be made of recycled materials.

Green Materi-als.

At the Chicago Cen-ter for Green Tech-nology, the ceiling tiles are made of newspaper.

At the Chicago Cen-ter for Green Tech-nology, the ceiling tiles are made of newspaper.

Green Materi-als.

In the bathrooms, the floors are made of re-cycled glass, and the walls between the toi-lets are made of recy-cled plastic milk con-tainers.

In the bathrooms, the floors are made of re-cycled glass, and the walls between the toi-lets are made of recy-cled plastic milk con-tainers.

Comprehension Ques-tion

What kind of green materials can be

used for green buildings?

Bamboo, newspaper, glass,

and plastic milk con-tainers can be used for green buildings.

Vocabulary

Bamboo: A tropical tree like grass.

So to save forests, some green builders now use bamboo for floors instead of wood (p223)

Vocabulary

Recycled: A used object, used

again.Many other parts of buildings can be made of recy-cled materials. (p223)

Vocabulary

Ceiling:  the over-head inside lining

of a room. At the Chicago Cen-ter for Green Tech-nology, the ceiling tiles are made of newspaper. (p223)

Here are some famous ceil-ings from around the

world!

Vocabulary

Container:  Some-thing for holding

goods. The walls between the toilets are made of recycled plastic milk con-tainers. (p223)

Vocabulary

Instead of: In place of.

To save some forests, some green builders now use bamboo for floors instead of wood. (p223)

Vocabulary

Meet demand: To supply.

There isn’t enough fresh wa-ter to meet de-mand. (Top of p223)