Summary
An Earth Month special: Hacker floods cyberspace with giant patches of trash, and the CyberSquad has to clean it up before the garbage collides on Control Central. Along the way they show cybercitizens how to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost — sorting waste into the right bins to keep their world running. A hour-long look at where our trash really goes.
Viewer safety
Gentle cartoon menace from the villain Hacker; nothing scary — Common Sense Media rates the series age 5+.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
*Space Waste Odyssey* follows the CyberSquad as they clean up a storm of trash.
- Where did all the trash come from, and why was it a problem?
- What is the difference between reduce, reuse and recycle? Give an example of each.
- Which items belong in recycling, compost, or the landfill? How can you tell?
- What is one way your class could make less waste this week?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: waste, reduce, reuse, recycle, compost, landfill.
Try it: Look at five pieces of "trash" (paper, a can, a banana peel, a plastic bottle, a broken crayon). Sort each into reduce/reuse, recycle, or compost, and explain your choice.