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Please read the story about "Earth Dog". After reading the story to the end, answer the following questions by clicking on the button next to the appropriate answer. For question 6, type your answer into the text box.

1. How did Earth Dog become ill?
He ate too much dog food.
He chased the cat too long.
He fell into a polluted stream.

2. The stream was polluted by:
4th and 5th graders throwing their unwanted lunches into it.
animal waste.
a factory, with a large pipe spewing its chemical wastes into it.

3. Mother Earth spoke to Earth Dog and said she would send him:
a Martian.
a teacher and a healer.
a female dog.
food and bandages.

4. Mother Earth said Earth Dog's future mission would be to:
advertise a new dog food.
take food to the homeless.
help solve environmental problems.

5. Shaman, the teacher told Earth Dog the key to change on environmental issues is:

a good locksmith.
knowledge and understanding.
to become President of the United States

6. If you were to become Earth Dog, what would be your first suggestion to make a positive environmental change at school or home?

Remember after you have completed your answers on this page, print it and place in the "Earth Dog" box on your teacher's desk.

Created for the Fermilab LInC program sponsored by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Education Office, Friends of Fermilab, United States Department of Energy, Illinois State Board of Education, and North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium (NCRTEC) which is operated by North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL).

Author(s): Cheryl Earnley Dove, dovec@mail.resa.net

School: South Redford School District, Redford, Michigan, 48239

Created: May 8, 1998 - Updated: June 6, 1998

URL: /lincon/w98/projects/cdove/student5.html