This lesson contains 11 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Items in this lesson
Slide 1 - Slide
Slide 2 - Slide
Carbon Footprint?
Slide 3 - Mind map
What is a carbon footprint?
Slide 4 - Slide
Water Footprint?
Slide 5 - Mind map
What is a water footprint?
Slide 6 - Slide
Key concepts
Climate change: hotter summers, colder winters
Carbon dioxide emissions – from cars, for example
Greenhouse gases – burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil)
Fuel-efficient – modern cars use less petrol than before
Charge/recharge – mobile phones, electric cars
Slide 7 - Slide
Carbon and Water Footprints
1. You are going to work in pairs. Choose Student A and Student B.
2. Open the worksheet (Ecological Footprint) in ItsLearning Planner
3. Each read one of the texts (A -carbon and B - water).
Answer the questions for your text
3. Explain your text to your partner using the answers you found. Compare the answers for carbon and water footprints; what is similar and what is different?
Slide 8 - Slide
Now....
You are going to make an action plan for reducing your own carbon and water footprints
Slide 9 - Slide
Photo collage
1. Make a list of 4 ways you can reduce your carbon footprint and 4 ways to reduce your water footprint at home/at school etc.
2. Take photos to illustrate your actions. It should be clear HOW you can REDUCE the footprint.
3. Make a collage with the 8 photos and have it ready to show during discussions on 20 March
4. During the discussions, you:
- Explain the photos (how is your footprint reduced?)
- Ask/ answer questions about your classmate's collage
Slide 10 - Slide
Homework
Make your photocollage and bring it to the lesson 20 / 23 March
For 20 and 23 March - Photocollage Discussions: Be prepared to discuss your photocollage with someone else; You will need to discuss, ask and answer each other's questions about the photos, what they show, why you do what they show and whether they are working)
