План-конспект уроку по темі "Environmental protection"

Еnvironmental protection from zieni4ka

The Environmental Protection. Earth Is Our Home.

Objectives:  – to activate new vocabulary;

-    to develop students’ thinking;

-    to discuss the problem;

-    to enrich students’ outlook;

-    to involve students to work in groups;

-    to form students’ feeling of respect, love, responsibility for our planet.

Equipment: multimedia complex (laptop, projector, screen), PPT presentation, video and audio of “Earth Song” by Michael Jackson, audio file “Nature’s Sounds”, brochures “The Future of the Earth Is in Our Hands”, pictures, cards with tasks, sheets of paper, felt pens, quotations on the topic.

PROCEDURE

I.                INTRODUCTION

1.    Greeting

2.    Warm up

Look at the screen, please. (Slide 1)

What is the theme of our lesson?

Why do you think so?

Really our theme today is “Earth Is Our Home”.

How do you think what we shall speak about?

Think over our epigraph: (Slide 2)

“The landscape belongs to the person who looks after it.”
R. W. Emerson

Do you agree with it? Why?

3.    Aims (Slide 3)

During the lesson you’ll:

•        discuss some questions on the topic;

•        get some new information;

•        work in groups;

•        do some tasks;

•        do the projects;

•      listen to the song.

4.    Motivation (Slide 4)

After the lesson you’ll be able to

•        speak about different environmental problems and the ways of their solving;

•        know what we can do to save our planet ;

•        understand how it is important to live in harmony with nature;

•        do everything you can to avoid the pollution on the local  and global levels.

II.              MAIN PART

1.    Vocabulary (Slide 5)

Let’s see what words we shall use during the lesson. Some of them are known for you and some are not.

v Pollution – the contamination of the environment by substances harmful to living creations.

v Recycle – make new things from different kinds of litter.

v Litter, trash, waste, rubbish, garbage - things that you throw away, such as empty bottles, used papers, food that has gone bad etc.

v Rainforest – rich woodland which occurs in warm climate and high rainfalls regions.

v Destroy - to damage something so badly that it no longer exists or cannot be used or repaired.

v Poacher – a man who kills animals illegally.

v Arson - the crime of deliberately making something burn.

v Distress - a situation when smth is in danger and needs help.

v Deforestation - the cutting or burning down of all the trees in an area.

Please, write down these words in your vocabularies.

2.    Brainstorming

How do you think what problem is the main in the row of environmental problems? (Slide 6)

Pollution is one of the most serious problems of our environment. Our planet suffers from different kinds of pollutions. Look at the screen and name some of them. Use pictures to activate your brain. (Pupils name kinds of pollution according to the pictures and then check up answers with slide 7.)

3.    Discussion

Now I want you to look at these pictures on the screen. Please, say what you can see on the picture and what kind of pollution it is. (Slides 8-11)

   

   

Now let’s talk about some kinds of pollution. Please note information to your copybooks while listening. Look at the screen.

(Slide 12)

One of the tips for us to shorten air pollution is changing the way of travelling. Use bikes or electric cars or walk if it is possible.

(Slide 13)

Another way of protecting our environment is using alternative natural energy resources:

v Solar energy

v Hydropower energy

v Geothermal energy

v Wind energy

v Biomass energy

(Slide 14)

Recycling is really good way to keep our planet more clean, to save energy and natural resources.

v Most types of plastic are recyclable.

v Papers make up 40-50% of landfill space instead of being recycled.

v Glass can be recycled or reused over and over again.

v Old clothes can be reused as rags or for art projects.

v Old wood can be reused, fixed and given away or used as fuel for fireplace.

v Aluminum is easy to recycle and make into new things.

v Tin can be recycled and quickly made into new things.

v Trash: some things are not recyclable but they make up a small percentage of what is thrown away.

(Slide 15)

After you sort your waste for recycling it’ll be very little to throw away. The greater part of your waste will be recycled.

(Slide 16)

Mother Theresa said “If every person swept their own door-step, the whole world would be clean.” So everybody can do something for our planet. Clean up your home, around your home, around your school. You’ll see it is great!

Now answer my question. Have you ever seen the night sky above London? I suppose no because I haven’t. But you’ll see it due to the modern technology. Surfing the Internet I’ve found the British site about light pollution. Look! Here we have night sky simulator which can show us the results of light pollution in GB. Put the arrow in any place of the map of UK and you’ll see the night sky of that region. For example I put arrow far from land in the sea. The sky is really dark; we can see a lot of stars and Milky Way very clearly. Now I put it above the Highlands where there are no big cities. The sky is lighter but we can see the stars clearly too. Pay attention to the figures above the picture. 5 stars and figure 8 stands for full darkness, less number of stars shows the higher level of light pollution. Now we are in the centre of London. What do you see? We can’t see stars or Milky Way but now we can see the plane flying above our heads! It is not normal for people, animals and plants: people are tired of around-the-clock lightning, animals suffer because they couldn’t orient if it is day or night, and plants don’t produce oxygen.

I want to show you once more simulator which illustrate the influence of light pollution for birds. If we put some globe light fixtures along the street we can hear that birds don’t sleep but sing as if it was a day! What should we do then? We need our street to be lit. We can put the light postures which would be full cut-off lights. We have to provide electric street-lighting but we haven’t to illuminate the sky!          

Now let’s think what we should do ourselves to avoid or to shorten pollution around us. Is it really possible?

1)    Using bicycles instead of cars;

2)    Recycling;

3)    Using alternative natural energy resources;

4)    Tidying up our homes, yards, school territory, beaches and streets

5)    Rational illuminating of our streets.

4.    Listening 

Now we know what we should do for our planet on the local level. But we can’t solve all environmental problems on the global level. Many people in the world try to do as much as possible to save our planet. One of such persons was world famous American pop-singer Michael Jackson.  Listen to “Earth Song” devoted to the global environmental problems written by him. I’ll give you worksheets with lyrics of this song. But there are gaps in them. While listening you have to write down missed words. Try to understand what this song is about. Pay attention to the words which may be unknown for you. 

v Gain - to obtain or achieve something you want or need.

v Weep - to cry, especially because you feel very sad.

v Pledge - to make a formal promise that you will do something.

v Glance - to quickly look at someone or something.

v Beyond - on or to the further side of something.

v Drift - to move, change, or do something without any plan or purpose.

(Slide 19)

(Pupils listen to the first part of the song, fill in the gaps. Then they check up their answers on the screen.)

You’ve listened to only the first part of the song. Now you’ll listen to the full version of it but this time you can watch video made for this song. Please be attentive while watching, try to notice every shot and then we’ll discuss the problems which are shown in the video clip.  

(Pupils watch video clip “Earth Song”, then discuss it)

What environmental problems have you seen in the video clip?

1)    Deforestation as a result of cutting and forest fires;

2)    Killing animals by poachers;

3)    Wars;

4)    Industrial pollutions.

I’ve got some information about facts of shooting this video. I think it will be interesting for you to learn about it. (Slide 20)

The “Earth Song” music video was shot on four continents, all of which are in some form of distress created by man and his technology.
Locations include: (Slide 21)

The Amazon Rainforest
A large part of this forest, as seen in this video no longer exists. It was destined to be totally destroyed within a week of this video shoot. The people featured here are native to the region and are not professional actors.

(Side 22)

Croatia
The scenes were shot in the war zone with residents of the area.

(Slide 23)

Tanzania
This footage includes Masai in their own village. No animals were harmed in any way during the making of this music video. Stock footage of the actual inhumane treatment of animals was acquired from documentary archives. It should be noted that while filming was in progress an African elephant (not pictured in the video) was killed by poachers within miles of the shot.

(Slide 24)

New York
      The forest fire scenes were created on a six acre outdoor set in a corn field in Warwick, New York. The shooting of the footage occurred within the same week as thousands of acres of forest on Long Island and New Jersey were destroyed due to arson.

5.    Group work (making projects)

Now let’s organize four groups for making projects. I need one representative from each group to choose the picture from the backboard. Each group has to write down the list of recommendations for people what they can do to avoid problems illustrated by the pictures. You can decorate your sheet if you like. While making your projects you may listen to the sounds of nature. May be they will inspire you and you can relax a little. (Slides 25-41)

1^st group                                                      2^nd group

        

1.    Use waste bins for litter. Don’t throw it on the ground.

2.    Keep territory around your house, school etc clean.

3.    Recycle everything we can.

4.    Try to buy products without plastic packaging.

1.  Plant a tree.

2.  Don’t cut trees.

3.  Reuse wooden things.

4.  Use recycled paper and recycle it.

5.  Be careful with fire in the woods.

3^rd group                                                           4^th group

          

1.    Keep rivers, lakes and seas clean.

2.    Don’t use chemicals which can pollute soil or water.

3.    Don’t waste water, be economical.

4.    Help animals which suffers from pollution

5.    Be careful with oil products. Don’t let them to get into water or soil.

1.      Walk or use a bike instead of car.

2.      Use filters and don’t let harmful gases get into air.

3.      Use alternative natural energy resources which are more ecological.

4.      Don’t burn leaves in autumn, it’s better to make compost of them.

III.            SUMMARY

Let’s see if we have gained our aims. (Slide 42)

v Can you speak about different environmental problems and the ways of their solving?

v Do you know what we can do to save our planet?

v Do you understand now how it is important to live in harmony with nature?

v Will you do everything you can to avoid the pollution on the local and global levels?

1.    Home assignment

I want to present you brochure in which you can find some information connected with the theme of our lesson. It will be your home task to read it for our next lesson. Be ready to discuss all this information.

2.    Conclusion (Slide 43)

Thank you for your work today. Good job! I think our lesson was useful for you. I want you to remember everything we have talked about because it is our duty to do everything for our planet, to save it for our children.