Question

as part of your assignment in science class, you need to find three ways that you, as a middle school student, can become \greener\ (make more environmentally - friendly choices). in your research, you find the following article:
5 ways to go greener at home

1. turn the lights off when you leave a room.
2. instead of driving to work, work from home (telecommute).
3. rather than purchase bottled water, bring your reusable water bottle.
4. purchase household products (such as paper towels) in bulk.
5. install new double - pane windows.

using this article, determine if the information is relevant to your assignment and sort responses into the appropriate categories.
relevant to your assignment irrelevant to your assignment
turn the lights off when you leave a room. instead of driving to work, work from home (telecommute).
rather than purchase bottled water, bring your reusable water bottle. install new double - pane windows.

Explanation:

The assignment is for a middle school student to find ways to be "greener".

• "Turn the lights off when you leave a room": Middle school students can do this, relevant.
• "Instead of driving to work, work from home (telecommute)": Middle school students don't work, so this is irrelevant to them.
• "Rather than purchase bottled water, bring your reusable water bottle": Middle school students can do this, relevant.
• "Purchase household products (such as paper towels) in bulk": Middle school students usually don't purchase household products, but maybe with family, but less direct. However, "Install new double - pane windows": Middle school students can't install windows, this is done by adults/parents, so irrelevant. Wait, correction: The task is for the student's own actions. So:

Relevant (student can do):

• Turn the lights off when you leave a room.
• Rather than purchase bottled water, bring your reusable water bottle.

Irrelevant (student can't do or not applicable to student's role):

• Instead of driving to work, work from home (telecommute) (students don't work).
• Install new double - pane windows (students can't install).
• Purchase household products in bulk: Maybe less direct, but compared to the other two irrelevant, maybe this is also less relevant. But based on the options, the two clearly irrelevant are "Instead of driving to work..." and "Install new double - pane windows", and "Purchase household products in bulk" might be considered less relevant but maybe the problem considers the first two relevant and the last three? Wait, the original article has 5 tips, but the options given are 4 (the four listed). Wait, the four options:

1. Turn lights off: student can do - relevant.
2. Telecommute: student doesn't work - irrelevant.
3. Reusable water bottle: student can do - relevant.
4. Install double - pane windows: student can't do - irrelevant.

Wait, but the "Purchase household products in bulk" is not in the options here. The options are the four: Turn lights off, Telecommute, Reusable water, Install windows. So:

Relevant to Your Assignment (actions a middle school student can take):

• Turn the lights off when you leave a room.
• Rather than purchase bottled water, bring your reusable water bottle.

Irrelevant to Your Assignment (actions not applicable to a middle school student's role or actions they can't take):

• Instead of driving to work, work from home (telecommute).
• Install new double - pane windows.

Wait, but the "Purchase household products in bulk" is a tip in the article but not in the options here. So based on the given options:

Answer:

Relevant to Your Assignment

• Turn the lights off when you leave a room.
• Rather than purchase bottled water, bring your reusable water bottle.

Irrelevant to Your Assignment

• Instead of driving to work, work from home (telecommute).
• Install new double - pane windows.