Spare The AirActivity Book

Clean Air Kids!

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Activity Book

Help prevent smog while

coloring our dog!

Hi! My name is Scooter® and my job is to teach kids like you about the Sacramento Region’s Spare The Air program. Poor air quality can affect your health, as well as your pet’s health, but there are simple things you can do to help improve the air we breathe. Join me in my quest to help Spare The Air. Use this activity book to find ways you can reduce air pollution and make a big difference in your community! Ask your parents to go to my website, aqmdscooter.com, for more fun activities and Spare The Air tips!

Sacramento Region

I love doing my part to help improve the air we breathe. We need your help! Look at the two pictures on this page and circle the differences on the picture to the right. Together we can Spare The Air and make a big difference!

Can you find the differences

in these two pictures?

Circle all 10 differences

Answers: Basket design, asparagus, carrots, chicken, wheelbarrow, tractor, tree, potted plant, shovel, mini hot air balloon

Air pollution comes from many sources. Color in the items below that you think causeair pollution.

Answers: Car, Barbecue, Airplane, Motorcycle, TruckDo you know where

air pollution comes from?

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Can you help Scooter® find his way through the Smoggy Haze Maze

to clean air?

Start Heres

CleanAir

Courtesy of the California Air Resources Board

Help me find and

circle the hidden

words. They all

have something

to do with air

pollution!

Find these words

AIR

OZONE

SCOOTER

BIKE

POLLUTION

SKATEBOARD

CARPOOL

RECYCLE

SMOG

FORECAST

REDUCE

WALK

KIDS

REUSE

Connect the

dots numbered 1-32

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• Walk, bike or carpool to school and after school activities

• Plant a tree

• Sign up for Air Alert at SpareTheAir.com

• Take the bus

• Remind grown-ups to properly inflate their car tires

• Pick toys that don’t have extra packaging

• Encourage your family to buy locally grown produce

• Make a plan so that you’ll be prepared when a Spare The Air alert is called

• For more fun activities and Spare The Air tips, go to my website at aqmdscooter.com

Things your family cando to Spare The Air!

SpareTheAir.com

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SpareTheAir Scooter AQMD SacramentoAQMD Printed onrecycled paper

2015