A Life on Our Planet

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• MBO
• vmbo, mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1-4

Lesson Goals

• You will improve your watching and listening skills
• You will learn new English vocabulary
• You will learn how humanity affects climate change
• You will think about what you can do to help the climate and you are able to give a short 2 minute presentation in English about this

Planning

• Watching documentary and fill in student worksheet
• Follow-up exercise
• Evaluation

What are some examples of climate change that you see around you, or that you notice in your everyday life?

What causes (veroorzaakt) climate change?

David Attenborough

A Life on Our Planet

• Sir David Attenborough is a famous English TV personality and natural historian. 
• He was born on the 8th of May 1926
•  He studied natural sciences at Cambridge University and joined the BBC in 1952.
  
• He has produced, written and narrated over 100 groundbreaking natural history documentaries.
  

We are going to watch one of his latest films called A Life on Our Planet. 

Koolstof

Fossiele brandstof

Herstellen

Klimaat-

verandering

Tekort

Financieren

Oplossing

Climate change

Fund

Fossil fuel

Carbon

Shortage

Solution

Restore

www.netflix.com

How do you feel after watching the documentary?

😒🙁😐🙂😃

Follow-up 

Everybody has their own carbon footprint. Some footprints are bigger than others. 

Celebrities flying a private jet leave a bigger footprint than students cycling to school by bike. 

However, everybody can make a change for the better!

Your Carbon Footprint

• Watch the Youtube video 
• Fill in the Hand-out 
• Write down all the things you could change about your lifestyle

Present it!

• Class is divided into 4 sub-groups
• Prepare a 2-minute presentation in which you use your speaking skills

Your presentation should consist of the following paragraphs:

1. My carbon footprint (1 minute)
2. How to make a change (1 minute)