WOOD SMOKE

ACTIVITY BOOK
 Acknowledgements

Thanks to our partners at the Alaska Department of Environmental

Conservation’s Burn Wise Alaska program for allowing EPA to use their artwork
to make this activity book available to other communities across the country.
Our woodstove keeps me warm
when it’s cold and rainy outside!
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 It makes me feel nice and cozy.
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Does your house have a woodstove?
Draw your living room!
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 But wood smoke can be bad for me.
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When it’s too smoky outside, my eyes get
scratchy and I get a cough.
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 Luckily, Mom and Dad know
how to burn wood the right way.
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One day, my parents decided we needed a new
woodstove because ours was too old and smoky.
The staff at the store helped us pick out a new
stove that is just the right size for our home.
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 Mom and Dad read the owner’s manual before we used it so
we stay safe and warm. Now the air is cleaner in our home!
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Mom and Dad make sure to burn dry wood only.
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 They say it burns longer and hotter and saves us money.
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We never burn garbage in our woodstove; we only burn wood.
Draw lines showing which items should be
recycled, burned or thrown away.
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After Dad splits wood, he lets me stack it in the woodpile. We cut
our wood at least six months before we use it in our woodstove.
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We keep our woodpile stacked outside.

Connect the dots to help build a cover for our woodpile.
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 Remember to burn wise and breathe easy!
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 I know it’s C N A O R U D O U O Z B J V K I E E Q M

important for Y D A E U R D W X Z I D X W F Z A R Z N

my parents to X A V E U T U B X D D H W P S E C U Y O

burn wood the D O L W C B D A L H S M B A T Q W T O M

right way. Find C O W S R O K O Y X C T J R M D B A X L

these words in Y Q D F H Q C C O O T R X T X L D R T A

the puzzle! Q P D Q O T G I E R C I J I X G M E I S
S M Q H R N M V F A S B U C M M W P J K
Y E H Z G K O R H I B E H L W O O M R K
BREATHE CANOE T N M K Z T H U A R C T P E O J R E X V

WOODPILE METER X M O I S T U R E W R A B D F M E T E R
J Q P D R X L D L Q J D P F H V U L G F
MOISTURE SMOKE
E Z O E H T A E R B V I E Q W S B K K X
OUTDOORS WARMTH
Q O D K M A D A E V L K G O U S G C A F
COLD PACIFIC OCEAN W F P S E C T Y P E Y D K S I K A Y Z U
V Q V A A M H X Z J U K V V I N M Y T O
PARTICLE SALMON
Y F A S R J L A L O Z P L M O P N O K P
TEMPERATURE TRIBE
O G V Z Q K J E U D V M F E A W G H K B
COVER WOOD STOVE P X Y E W M P O B E S T G O B L H O E E

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 Tell others how they can keep our air clean!
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