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Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
2 min
78 words
- Disposable vapes create growing amounts of waste.
- A team collected many used vape cartridges.
- They removed the small lithium battery inside.
- They kept the mouthpiece and some other parts.
- The team built a simple electronic instrument.
- It makes a high, squeaky sound when inhaling.
- The player inhales and presses small buttons to play.
- The design senses sucking rather than blowing air.
- They shared open instructions for others to use.
- The goal is to keep parts out of landfills.
Difficult words
- disposable — used once and then thrown away
- cartridge — small container for vape liquidcartridges
- battery — small part that gives electrical power
- mouthpiece — part you put your mouth on
- inhale — to breathe air into the lungsinhaling, inhales
- landfill — place where trash is putlandfills
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Discussion questions
- Do you recycle small electronics or batteries?
- Would you keep parts from a used item to make something new?
