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1. Download these seven activities as a set or pick and choose which ones work for your class:

Identify and Classify pdf, (5 MB)
Sort and classify 41 color product labels according to hazard level and hazard category. Activity comes with lesson plan and transparencies. Grades 4 through adult.

Concentration Game pdf, (2.5 MB)
Play this 13 pair matching or memory game to learn and reinforce hazard categories, signal words (caution, warning, danger, poison), safer alternatives and more. Download directions, colorful game pieces and an answer key. Grades four through adult.

Toxic-Free Bingo pdf, (2 MB)
Play this bingo game to learn safer alternatives to hazardous household products. Download directions, fifteen different bingo cards and a key. Grades four through adult.

Vote on Disposal Options for Hazardous Household Products pdf, (2.5 MB)
Students view and vote on disposal options for hazardous household products and discuss which is best. Download directions, an answer key and eleven color transparencies. Grades four through adult.

Hazardous Household Products Quiz pdf, (352 KB)
This 15 question quiz is appropriate after study of hazardous household product issues. Answers included. Grades 9 through adult.

How to Make Your Own Slug Trap pdf, (60 KB)
Using simple materials found in most homes, make a slug trap and bait it with beer or non-alcoholic beer. No need for a toxic bait. Grades four through adult.

Hazardous Household Products Word Search pdf, (88 KB)
Search for and circle fifteen different words hidden in a word jumble. This activity works well as a review of words students learn during a lesson on hazardous household products. Answer key included. Grades four through adult.

2.  Download the updated Hazards on the Homefront: A Teacher's Guide to Household Hazardous Waste. Designed for use in grades 6-12 , the hands-on lessons show how our health and the environment are affected by household hazardous products, and how proper disposal of these products and the use of safer alternatives can help protect us.

3. Use these Green Cleaning recipe cards to allow students to experiment with safer cleaning products at home or at school. Recipes call for baking soda, vinegar, salt and a simple soap.

English pdf, (67 KB), Vietnamese pdf, (115 KB), Cambodian pdf, (103 KB), Spanish pdf, (126 KB) or Chinese pdf, (121 KB) (Seattle Public Utilities)

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