International Theme 3 - Environmental Changes Lesson 1

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• Leerroute 1

In pairs, discuss the question on the previous slide and post your answers

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

Discuss in pairs, if the following are good/bad for the environment

What is a carbon footprint?

What is a water footprint?

 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.

Carbon Footprint?

Water Footprint?

Carbon Footprint

Water Footprint

Next time........

we'll think about what YOU can do to reduce your carbon and water footprints!