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<div data-drupal-selector="edit-actions" class="form-actions js-form-wrapper form-wrapper" id="edit-actions"><input data-drupal-selector="edit-submit" type="submit" id="edit-submit" value="Search" class="button js-form-submit form-submit" aria-label="Search site by keywords" />
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||
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
||
|
||
<h2 class="visually-hidden" id="block-mainnavigation-menu">Main navigation</h2>
|
||
|
||
|
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|
||
<div class="menu-item menu-topics menu-item--expanded menu-level-0">
|
||
<ul class="nav-topics">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/topics" class="nav-topics-a" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/2"> <div class="icon" id="topics">
|
||
<img alt="Navigation Icon, Click to Explore" src="/sites/niehs-kids/themes/custom/niehs_kids/web-resources/images/icon-nav-topics.svg" width="50" height="50">
|
||
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|
||
<span class="nav-roll-forced">Topics</span>
|
||
</a>
|
||
<div class="expand_button">Expand<span class="expand_lines"></span></div>
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||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-1">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/topics/chemicals" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1756">Chemicals</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-1">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/topics/environment-health" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/6">Environment & Health</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-1">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/topics/healthy-living" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/7">Healthy Living</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-1">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/topics/pollution" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/16">Pollution</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-1">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/topics/reduce" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/17">Reduce, Reuse, Recycle</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
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|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-1">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/topics/how-science-works" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/18">Science – How It Works</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-1">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/topics/natural-world" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/19">The Natural World</a>
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
|
||
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|
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|
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|
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|
||
<ul class="nav-games">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games" class="nav-games-a" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3"> <div class="icon" id="games">
|
||
<img alt="Navigation Icon, Click to Explore" src="/sites/niehs-kids/themes/custom/niehs_kids/web-resources/images/icon-nav-games.svg" width="50" height="50">
|
||
</div>
|
||
<span class="nav-roll-forced">Games</span>
|
||
</a>
|
||
<div class="expand_button">Expand<span class="expand_lines"></span></div>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-1">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/brainteasers" data-drupal-link-system-path="games/brainteasers">Brainteasers</a>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/brainteasers/brainteaser-quizzes" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1653">Brainteaser Quizzes</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/brainteasers/double-speak-proverbs" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1654">Double-Speak Proverbs!</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/brainteasers/matching-game" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1657">Matching Game for NIEHS Birds!</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/brainteasers/puzzling-proverbs" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1672">New Twists on Old Proverbs!</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/brainteasers/numbers-and-initials" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1668">Numbers and Initials Puzzles!</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/brainteasers/palindromes" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1669">Palindromes</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/brainteasers/parts-of-the-brain" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1670">Parts of Your Brain, and What They Do!</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/brainteasers/puzzling-numbers" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1671">Puzzling Numbers Games</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/brainteasers/quizzes" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1673">Quizzes</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/brainteasers/rebus-puzzles" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1685">Rebus Puzzles Brainteasers</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/brainteasers/tuff-stuff-riddles" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1687">Tuff Stuff Riddles</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/brainteasers/scientific-dictionary" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1686">What's That Word?</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/brainteasers/winter-holiday-fun" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1688">Winter Holiday Fun</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/brainteasers/frog-leap" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1655">The Frog Leap Brainteaser Game!</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/brainteasers/word-brainteasers" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1689">Word Brainteasers</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-1">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/emojis" data-drupal-link-system-path="games/emojis">Emoji Games</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-1">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/puzzles" data-drupal-link-system-path="games/puzzles">Puzzles</a>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/puzzles/at-the-farm" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1588">At the Farm (Hidden Pictures)</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/puzzles/climates-of-the-world" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1589">Climates of the World</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/puzzles/goldfish-maze" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1590">Goldfish Maze!</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/puzzles/hidden-words" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1592">Hidden Words</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/puzzles/in-the-sea" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1593">In the Sea! (Hidden Pictures)</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/puzzles/johnny-appleseed" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1594">Johnny Appleseed (Hidden Pictures)</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/puzzles/puzzling-physics" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1595">Puzzling Physics</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/puzzles/puzzling-science" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1596">Puzzling Science</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/puzzles/puzzling-space" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1597">Puzzling Space</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/puzzles/science-challenge-a-z" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1598">Science Challenge - A to Z</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/puzzles/science-scrambles-game" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1599">Science Scrambles Game</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/puzzles/scrambled-science" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1600">Scrambled Science</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/puzzles/whats-wrong" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1601">What's Wrong with These Pictures?</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/puzzles/hidden-pictures" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1591">Wooly Mammoths (Hidden Pictures)</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/puzzles/worm-maze" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1602">Worm Maze</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-1">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/riddles" data-drupal-link-system-path="games/riddles">Riddles</a>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/riddles/classroom-bloopers" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1605">Classroom Bloopers</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/riddles/illusions" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1606">Illusions</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/riddles/jokes" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1629">Jokes</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/riddles/not-so-hard-riddles" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1640">Not So Hard Riddles</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/riddles/one-or-the-other" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1691">One or the Other</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-2">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/riddles/philosophically-speaking" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1651">Philosophically Speaking</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
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|
||
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-1">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/games/songs" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/28">Songs</a>
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
|
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|
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|
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|
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<div class="menu-item menu-activities menu-item--expanded menu-level-0">
|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
||
<img alt="Navigation Icon, Click to Explore" src="/sites/niehs-kids/themes/custom/niehs_kids/web-resources/images/icon-nav-activities.svg" width="50" height="50">
|
||
</div>
|
||
<span class="nav-roll-forced">Activities</span>
|
||
</a>
|
||
<div class="expand_button">Expand<span class="expand_lines"></span></div>
|
||
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|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/activities/be-a-scientist" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1692">Be a Scientist</a>
|
||
</li>
|
||
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|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-1">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/activities/coloring" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1697">Coloring</a>
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-1">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/activities/connect-the-dots" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1857">Connect the Dots</a>
|
||
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|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul class="subpages menu-level-1">
|
||
<li>
|
||
<a href="/activities/science-experiments" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/22">Science Experiments</a>
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
||
</div>
|
||
<span class="nav-roll-forced">Lessons</span>
|
||
</a>
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
<div class="kids-body-wrapper layout-container">
|
||
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|
||
|
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|
||
|
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|
||
|
||
|
||
<main role="main">
|
||
|
||
<div data-drupal-messages-fallback class="hidden"></div>
|
||
<section class="kids-page-heading kids-activities-heading">
|
||
<div class="kids-heading">
|
||
<h1 class="kids-heading-title" id="main-content">Sharon Finds the Environment</h1>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</section>
|
||
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|
||
|
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<div class="kids-breadcrumbs">
|
||
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|
||
<a class="kids-breadcrumbs__item c--ancestor" href="/">
|
||
Kids Homepage
|
||
</a>
|
||
<div class="kids-breadcrumbs__arrow"></div>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="kids-breadcrumbs__item-holder">
|
||
<div class="kids-breadcrumbs__arrow c--inset"></div>
|
||
<a class="kids-breadcrumbs__item c--parent" href="/activities">
|
||
Activities
|
||
</a>
|
||
<div class="kids-breadcrumbs__arrow"></div>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="kids-breadcrumbs__item-holder">
|
||
<div class="kids-breadcrumbs__arrow c--inset"></div>
|
||
<a class="kids-breadcrumbs__item c--parent" href="/activities/stories">
|
||
Stories
|
||
</a>
|
||
<div class="kids-breadcrumbs__arrow"></div>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="kids-breadcrumbs__item-holder">
|
||
<div class="kids-breadcrumbs__arrow c--inset"></div>
|
||
<a class="kids-breadcrumbs__item c--selected" href="/activities/stories/sharon-finds-the-environment">
|
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Sharon Finds the Environment
|
||
</a>
|
||
<div class="kids-breadcrumbs__arrow c--selected"></div>
|
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</div>
|
||
</div>
|
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|
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</div>
|
||
<div class="clearfix"></div>
|
||
<div class="margin-local-tasks">
|
||
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class= "syndicate">
|
||
<section about="/activities/stories/sharon-finds-the-environment" typeof="schema:WebPage" class="primary-section left">
|
||
<a name= "1732" id= "1732" class= "kids-anchor"></a>
|
||
<div class="page-control">
|
||
<p class="page-control__info">You can use these buttons to move to the next or previous webpage.</p>
|
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|
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<div class="page-control--prev c--disabled">
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<button class="page-control__link" href=" #~1732 "></button>
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<div class="page-control__inner">Prev</div>
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<div class="page-control__prev"></div>
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</div>
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<div class="page-control--next">
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<button class="page-control__link" href=" #~1732 "></button>
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<div class="page-control__inner">Next</div>
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<div class="page-control__next"></div>
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</div>
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</div>
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<span property="schema:name" content="Sharon Finds the Environment" class="rdf-meta hidden"></span>
|
||
|
||
<span class="node-title" id="main-content">Sharon Finds the Environment</span>
|
||
<span class="node-sub-title">Sharon Finds the Environment</span>
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But where was the environment?</strong></p></div><div class="kids-page"><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:500px;width:100%;" alt="Sharon opens the window and looks outside." data-id="21370" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21370.jpg"></p></figure></div><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:100px;width:100%;" alt="Capital "S" for Sharon" data-id="21357" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21357.gif"></p></figure></div><p><strong>haron went to the window and opened it. She looked out at the trees in the neighbor’s yard. She smelled something a little funny in the air like smoke. Maybe it was from the old factory in town. It didn't smell good. Sharon went into the hall. Ugh - the smell of her dad’s cigarettes. But if she was going to find the environment, she’d better hurry up.</strong></p></div><div class="kids-page"><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:500px;width:100%;" alt="Sharon washing her hands and face." data-id="21345" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21345.jpg"></p></figure></div><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:100px;width:100%;" alt="Capital "S" for Sharon" data-id="21358" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21358.gif"></p></figure></div><p><strong>haron washed her hands and face and combed her hair. She brushed her teeth and watched the water rush from the faucet and swirl down the drain. Where did it all come from? Where did it go? Then she went to the kitchen. Her mom was washing strawberries. Weren't they clean enough to eat?</strong></p></div><div class="kids-page"><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:500px;width:100%;" alt="Sharon meets Herman, a squirrel, who is carrying an umbrella." data-id="21346" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21346.jpg"></p></figure></div><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:100px;width:100%;" alt="Capital "A" for After" data-id="21359" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21359.gif"></p></figure></div><p><strong>fter breakfast, she went outside to look. She hadn't walked far when she met Herman, a squirrel. He asked Sharon what she was doing. "I'm looking for the environment. Have you seen it out here?" Herman looked amused: "I haven’t looked. But I guess if you haven’t found it inside your house, maybe you’ll find it out here." He winked at Sharon, but she couldn't think why.</strong></p></div><div class="kids-page"><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:500px;width:100%;" alt="Sharon uses her magnifying glass to look at a flower, while Herman is nearby." data-id="21347" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21347.jpg"></p></figure></div><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:100px;width:100%;" alt="Capital "S" with sun, for Sharon" data-id="21360" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21360.gif"></p></figure></div><p><strong>haron asked, "Where do you usually look for the environment?" Herman said, “Oh, I don’t.” Sharon said, “Well then how do you ever find it? And if you don't find it, how do you keep it clean?" Herman said, "I don't look because I don’t need to. The environment seems to be everywhere we go." Sharon looked to the right and the left. She looked up. She looked down. She looked right at her feet. "Where?" she said. "Where is it now?"</strong></p></div><div class="kids-page"><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:500px;width:100%;" alt="Sharon sits on a tree stump, between Herman and a bird." data-id="21348" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21348.jpg"></p></figure></div><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:100px;width:100%;" alt="Capital "H" with ladybug, for Herman" data-id="21361" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21361.gif"></p></figure></div><p><strong>erman said, "You're working too hard. You've got to sit down. " She sat. "Where is it right now?" As if she might scare the environment away, she whispered, “Where is it now?” Herman said, “Take a deep breath.” Sharon did so, and said softly, "There, now tell me where the environment is." Herman replied, "The air that you just breathed is part of it."</strong></p></div><div class="kids-page"><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:500px;width:100%;" alt="Sharon stood up, while talking to Herman." data-id="21349" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21349.jpg"></p></figure></div><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:100px;width:100%;" alt="Capital "S" for Sharon" data-id="21362" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21362.gif"></p></figure></div><p><strong>haron sat up straight. "Do you mean I've been breathing the environment all my life?" Herman flicked his bushy tail. "Oh, yes. And did you drink any water? That’s more of it. Did you have, maybe, cereal and milk and fruit for breakfast?” Sharon began to see. “My mom washed the strawberries!” Sharon said. “And what about dad’s cigarettes and the dust under my bed?” Herman said, “You’ve got it! The environment is everywhere you look.”</strong></p></div><div class="kids-page"><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:500px;width:100%;" alt="Sharon talks to Herman, while Herman eats acorns." data-id="21350" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21350.jpg"></p></figure></div><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:100px;width:100%;" alt="Capital "H" for Herman" data-id="21363" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21363.gif"></p></figure></div><p><strong>erman poked at acorns under a nearby tree and bit into one. "These acorns are part of it. I must say, they taste pretty good. The environment can help make us strong and healthy. But sometimes it can make us sick. The environment is the air, the water, the soil, and our food. It's everything around us."</strong></p></div><div class="kids-page"><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:500px;width:100%;" alt="Sharon and Herman look up at the sun." data-id="21351" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21351.jpg"></p></figure></div><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:100px;width:100%;" alt="Capital "S" for Sharon" data-id="21364" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21364.gif"></p></figure></div><p><strong>haron thought and thought. "I’ll bet the sun isn't part of the environment!" But Herman said, "Oh, yes it is. A little sun gives you a vitamin you need, Vitamin D. But you can get too much. You can get sunburn. You can even get badly sick from too much sun. That's why we squirrels build nice deep, shady nests. And though you don't have anything as nice as a nest, at least you have a house."</strong></p><p><em>For more information about sun safety, check out all the </em>Sunwise School publications created by the <a href="https://www.epa.gov/" target="_blank"><em><span>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</span></em></a><em> to promote sun-safe behavior at any age.</em></p></div><div class="kids-page"><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:500px;width:100%;" alt="Sharon turns around and around." data-id="21352" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21352.jpg"></p></figure></div><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:100px;width:100%;" alt="Capital "S" for Standing" data-id="21365" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21365.gif"></p></figure></div><p><strong>tanding up and turning around and around, Sharon said, “So, the environment is everywhere. In the sky and in the ground. In the water and under the bed." "And we can all help by remembering that," Herman said, "and by being careful about what we throw out and where we put trash, and what we pour down the drain."</strong></p></div><div class="kids-page"><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:500px;width:100%;" alt="Sharon thinks of ways we can help take care of the environment." data-id="21353" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21353.jpg"></p></figure></div><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:100px;width:100%;" alt="Capital "S" for Sharon" data-id="21366" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21366.gif"></p></figure></div><p><strong>haron said, "Also by washing our hands before we eat.” Herman said, “That would be good. And by using things over and recycling newspapers and plastic bags—you could help your mom do that. And by taking really yucky things like oil and old cans of cleaners and paint to a special collection place. That’s so they won't make the environment dirty, leak into the water, and make us sick, squirrels and people both."</strong></p></div><div class="kids-page"><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:500px;width:100%;" alt="Sharon waves goodbye to Herman, who is sitting on a tree branch." data-id="21354" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21354.jpg"></p></figure></div><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:100px;width:100%;" alt="Capital "S" for Sharon" data-id="21367" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21367.gif"></p></figure></div><p><strong>haron said, "Gosh, that's an awfully big job to clean the whole environment." "That's why it takes nearly everyone, everywhere, all the time," Herman said. "I'd better get busy then," Sharon said. Herman made a chattering sound to say goodbye and scrambled up his tree.</strong></p></div><div class="kids-page"><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:500px;width:100%;" alt="Sharon walks home, feeling the breeze on her face." data-id="21355" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21355.jpg"></p></figure></div><div class="img__container kids-float--left"><figure><p><img class="kids-image kids-image-floated-left" style="max-width:100px;width:100%;" alt="Capital "S" for Sharon" data-id="21368" src="/sites/niehs-kids/files/kids/assets/images/img21368.gif"></p></figure></div><p><strong>haron walked along feeling the breeze on her face. The environment was huge. It was the whole sky, the oceans, the mountains, and all of the towns—all around the world. Keeping it clean seemed like such a big job. Sharon thought it might take all morning...or all day...or even all week.</strong></p></div>
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