The Big Beach Clean-up

The Big Beach Clean-Up Author: Chandini Chhabra Illustrator: Asha Susan Alex

Arzu loved the beach more than any other place in the world.

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There, she could watch her favourite animal,

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play her favourite game

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and have her favourite drink, coconut water.

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She would go as often as she could with her best friend, Umeed.

One afternoon, they found Thatha decorating his coconut stall.

“Thatha, which beach is this?” asked Arzu, pointing at a photograph.

“It’s so clean and beautiful!” said Umeed.

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Thatha told them how he grew up on this very beach. He would play barefoot and take naps on the sand without having to worry about pieces of glass or garbage.

“It was heaven! It pains me that you will never see it like that.”

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The next day in school, Arzu told her entire class about Thatha’s old photos and stories. She described how beautiful the beach once was.

“We have to do something! And I have a plan.”

Everyone wanted to help!

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Arzu showed them the map she had made. She had drawn the whole beach and divided it into four equal parts or quarters.

The plan was to divide themselves into four equal teams.

Since there were 16 children in the class, this meant that each team would have four children. Each team would collect and separate garbage from one quarter of the beach.

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“Arzu, maybe each team can also be divided into two equal parts? One half of the team can collect garbage and the other half can separate it,” said Dia.

“Wow, I never thought we’d use all this maths class stu to solve real problems,” said Umeed.

“Why do you think we’re learning maths?” asked Arzu, giggling.

“That’s a great idea!” Arzu replied.

“Half of four is two. So, two of us will collect and two will separate.”

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On Saturday, which was also Thatha’s day o , all the children got together at the beach. They divided their tools into four equal parts.

Tools

Total Quantity

Chapati tongs for picking

One Quarter for Each Team

8

2

Sacks for collecting garbage

16

4

Paper for labelling the sacks

16

4

Pens for writing on the labels

4

1

sharp or dirty things

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Hour 1

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Hour 2

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Hour 3

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Hour 4

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At sunset, Abu arrived as promised with the garbage truck.

He weighed all the sacks before loading them. The children had collected 120kg of garbage!

“There are 30kg of glass and paper, which can be recycled,” he said.

“30kg out of 120kg, that’s one quarter!” said Arzu.

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“That leaves 90kg, which means that three quarters of the garbage is plastic,” said Umeed.

“Yes,” said Abu. “We will take it and separate it further to see what can be recycled or reused. The rest will go to the land ll.”

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On Sunday morning, everyone arrived early and waited for Thatha.

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SURPRISE!

Thatha’s eyes teared up. This time with happiness. “I did not think it was possible!” he said.

Arzu smiled her biggest smile.

“Anything is possible, Thatha! All it took was some muscle power...”

“And some maths!”

Umeed said, laughing.

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What are fractions?

A fraction represents part of a whole.

If we divide the whole into two equal parts, each part is ⁄ or half.

If we divide the whole into four equal parts, each part is ⁄ or a quarter.

1. What fraction of the waste is water bottles?

2. What fraction of the waste could be reduced if all the stalls kept paper straws?

3. What fraction of the waste could be

Find some fractions with Arzu and Umeed Arzu and Umeed have been monitoring plastic waste in the bins. One week, this is what they found.

Item Plastic straws Plastic water bottles Plastic bags

reduced if everyone carried their own reusable bottles and bags?

Quantity 10kg 20kg 10kg

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ANSWERS 1. Half 2. Quarter 3. Three quarters

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The Big Beach Clean-Up (English)

Arzu loves the beach and is determined to restore it. But this is a big problem to solve! With the help of her friends and a little bit of maths, Arzu nds that all problems have their solutions.

This is a Level 3 book for children who are ready to read on their own.

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