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Fighting global warming

Fighting global warning

Have a look at the image and see how we can fight global warming and save the environment.

Reduce global warming

How to save the environment. Yolanda Varela. (CC-BY-NC-SA)

1. Complete the words with the missing vowels.
a. PR S RV      F R STS
b. R CYCL      P P R
c. S       R N W BL      N RGY
d. R S      M T R LS
e. R D C      W ST      ND     PL ST CS
f. S V      W T R

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Activity 2

2. Listen and write the number next to the phrases you hear.
1. REDUCE WASTE AND PLASTIC

Recycle

Recycle. Clker-Free-Vector-Images. Pixabay. (Pixabay License)

2. USE RENEWABLE ENERGY
3. PRESERVE FORESTS
4. REUSE MATERIALS
5. PROTECT ECOSYSTEMS
6. SAVE WATER
7. RECYCLE PAPER

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Activity 3

3. Read these statements and write which solution they correspond to.
1. We need a new bin for used newspapers.
2. Use reusable towels rather than disposable paper towels
3. Keep your showers short.
4. We used old CDs to create Christmas ornaments.
5. We can restrict human activities in forests.
6. Our neighbourhood is using solar panels.
7. We have to keep bees and bumblebees safe.

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Projects

PROJECT 1

Draw a poster with the different layers of the atmosphere.

PROJECT 2a

Create a podcast giving information about Eunice Newton Foote, the first woman to define the greenhouse effect.

PROJECT 2b

elaborate a plan for the school to contribute to protect the environment and reduce the effects of global warming.

PROJECT 2c

Record a video performing the following experiment:

Plastic bag
Rope
Termometre

      You will need:

        A transparent plastic bag

        A rope or rubber band

        A thermometer

    -Place the thermometer outside on a sunny day.

    -Check the temperature after 10 minutes.

    -Introduce the thermometer in the plastic bag.

    -Blow air inside the bag and fasten it with the rope or rubber   band so that the air keeps inside.

    -Leave the bag in the sun for 10 minutes and check the temperature.

     Which temperature is higher?

     Can you find any similarities with the atmosphere and the Earth?

PROJECT 3

Watch this video about the launch of the first module of the International Space Station, Zarya,  and add your voice with information about the station and the layer of the atmosphere where it lies.

ISS Zarya launch: Celebrating 20 years of the International Space Station. Aluminium oxyde. Youtube. (YouTube standard).