Below is a geography lesson on the environment for earth day!
Age: 9+
Vocabulary: pollution, environment, recycling, deforestation, global warming, carbon footprint
Level: pre-intermediate+
Lead in: Show students this video and ask:What if the earth treated us the way we treat earth?
Vocabulary: Ask students what problems there are with the environment, try to elicit the vocabulary.
Give students a list of all the vocabulary and ask them to work in teams. The fastest team to label all the pictures around the room correctly wins.
Google hunt: Ask students to find out more about these problems using their devices. Give students the following questions. The best answer wins 5 points
Use the following questions 1 by 1
What is global warming?
What causes global warming?
Find 3 facts about deforestation?
How can recycling help protect the environment?
What does air pollution do?
What is a carbon footprint?
How can we reduce our carbon footprint?
Driving problem: Ask students to choose an environmental problem in their country.
Students will work in groups to create designs and models for an exhibition.
Students must find facts about the problem and detail it on posters and handouts.
Students must design an invention to tackle this problem.
Students must create a model of their invention.
Students must answer questions about their problem and explain.
Notes:
If you have the time and the resources you can make the invention.
Students should spend:
one more class researching
one class making information
one class making
one class presenting.
If you have more time you can add accordingly.
Assessment is on the use of the vocabulary, presentation of concepts, research, creativity and critical thinking.
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