"People can use science and teamwork to protect wildlife, reuse important resources through recycling, and use space technology to help communities stay connected."
Ask the class before watching:
"Where do you think the things you use every day—like electricity from batteries or internet on a tablet—come from, and what happens to them (or their parts) when they’re used up?"
Conservation means protecting nature so plants and animals can stay safe and healthy.
Our class can practice conservation by keeping trash out of parks and giving wild animals space to live.
A population is a group of the same kind of living thing in one area.
If more kiwi chicks grow up safely, the kiwi population can get bigger again.
Recover means to get back something that was lost or to make it useful again.
Battery recycling helps recover valuable metals so they can be used to make new batteries.
An orbit is the path something takes as it goes around a planet or moon.
The satellites went into orbit so they could circle Earth and help send internet signals to people below.
Have students answer these questions after watching the episode.