SDG 7: Energy (January)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k, g, t
• Leerjaar 2

Good Afternoon!

You will need:

Laptop (closed)

Pen/pencil

Agenda

10 min. reading

Lesson Goals

SDG 7: Affordable and Sustainable Energy

Types of Energy

Renewable vs. Non-Renewable Energy

Ecological Footprint

Review

10 min. reading

2 min. to choose a book, 8 min. silently reading

vocab.today/reader/

or Magister.Learn

Lesson Goals

By the end of today's lesson, you will be able to...

-Identify different kinds of energy

-Explain how ecological footprints differ per country

Energy

1. What kinds of energy do you use at home?

2. What kinds of energy are used at school?

Read the sentence and choose: renewable or non-renewable energy?

1. Energy sources that can be used again and again.

2. Energy sources that can only be used once.

Renewable

Non-Renewable

Iceland gets its energy from the Earth. What kind of energy is that?

1. Solar
2. Wind
3. Water
4. Geothermal

What kind of energy is this?

1. Solar
2. Wind
3. Water
4. Geothermal (Earth)

This is an example of wind energy

1. True
2. False

Dams are an example of...

1. Solar energy
2. Wind energy
3. Water energy
4. Geothermal energy

Ecological Footprint

-The impact of a person or community on the environment 

-The amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources

data.footprintnetwork.org

Ecological Footprint Opdracht

1. Open the link on the previous slide

2. Look up the Ecological Footprint per Person in the Netherlands (2022, 2000, 1980)

3. Look up the Ecological Footprint per Person in 1 country across 3 continents for the same years (ex: Africa, Asia, South America, North America, Oceania)

4. Finished? Think about why these numbers are higher/lower in some countries as opposed to others. Talk about it with a partner!

Discussion

-Why do you think people in certain countries have a higher/lower ecological footprint?

-What can we do to decrease our ecological footprint?

What did we learn today?

Can you...?

-Identify different kinds of energy

-Explain how ecological footprints differ per country