environment 6-

Prof. Alejandra Cortés & Lic Stella M. SProf. Alejandra Cortés & Lic Stella M. Saubidet O.aubidet O.

Final AssignmentFinal Assignment

Unit of work• Theme : The Environment.• Topics: Pollution, Water Cycle, Wildlife

and Farming, Food Chains and Food Webs.

• Target groups: ES3- Chemistry, ESST Nº1-Alte Brown- y ESST Nº4- Avellaneda.

• Teachers: Alejandra Cortés and Stella Maris Saubidet Oyhamburu


The The ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT


Have a look at this definition:Have a look at this definition:

THE ENVIRONMENT: [sing.] the natural world in which people, animals and plants live.

Which of these associations protect the environment?

Greenpeace ___

Animal Planet ___

Amnesty International ___


• Watch the video and listen to the song by Michael Jackson and pay attention to the words in italics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAi3VTSdTxU


Can you connect these words Can you connect these words with any of these topics? with any of these topics?

• ENVIRONMENT• POLLUTION• DISASTROUS EFFECTS• NATURAL RESOURCES• SERIOUS PROBLEMS• DESTRUCTION• WORLD


Earth Song lyrics

What about sunriseWhat about rainWhat about all the thingsThat you said we were to gain...What about killing fieldsIs there a timeWhat about all the thing

That you said was yours and mine...Did you ever stop to noticeAll the blood we've shed beforeDid you ever stop to noticeThis crying Earth its weeping shores?

Aaaaaaaaah OoooooooohAaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh

What have we done to the world?Look what we've done.What about all the peace,That you pledge your only son?What about flowering fields?Is there a time?What about all the dreams,That you said was yours and mine?

Did you ever stop to notice,All the children dead from war?Did you ever stop to notice,This crying Earth its weeping shores?

Aaaaaaaaah OoooooooohAaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh

I used to dreamI used to glance beyond the starsNow I don't know where we areAlthough I know we've drifted far

Aaaaaaaaah OoooooooohAaaaaaaaah OoooooooohAaaaaaaaah OoooooooohAaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh

Hey

what about yesterday(What about us)What about the seas(What about us)The heavens are falling down(What about us)I can't even breathe(What about us)What about everything(What about us)I given you(What about us)


What about nature's worth(ooo, ooo)It's our planet's womb(What about us)What about animals(What about it)We've turned kingdoms to dust(What about us)What about elephants(What about us)Have we lost their trust(What about us)What about crying whales(What about us)We're ravaging the seas(What about us)What about forest trails(ooo, ooo)Burnt despite our pleas(What about us)What about the holy land(What about it)Torn apart by creed(What about us)What about the common man(What about us)Can't we set him free

(What about us)What about children dying(What about us)Can't you hear them cry

(What about us)Where did we go wrong(ooo, ooo)Someone tell me why(What about us)What about baby boy(What about it)What about the days(What about us)What about all their joy(What about us)What about the man(What about us)What about the crying man(What about us)What about Abraham(What was us)What about death again(ooo, ooo)Do we give a damn

Aaaaaaaaah Ooooooooh


GLOSSARY WORKGLOSSARY WORK

• INSTRUCTIONS: you are going to create your own dictionary>>>picture dictionary and English/Spanish dictionary.

• Make an acordeon with a long strip of paper. Paste two nice covers and get ready to learn many words in an easy way!



We suggest:• Whales• Forest• Crying

How many can you add?


Let’s discuss these issues:Let’s discuss these issues:• Are these topics related to the past,

present or future?

• Is the message in the video and song positive or negative?

• Can we solve or contribute to solve these problems?

• Why does the lyrics repeat: “What about us?”


Look at these words taken from the lyrics. Group them into POSITIVE WORDS and NEGATIVE WORDS.

(use a dictionary , if necessary)

GAIN - BLOOD – WEEPING SHORES – PEACE – FLOWERING FIELDS – CRYING EARTH – KILLING FIELDS – DREAMS – WAR – JOY – FREE –

DEATH

………………… ………………….………………… ………………….………………… ………………….………………… ………………….

If we know our world, we’ll If we know our world, we’ll be in better conditions of be in better conditions of

taking care of it.taking care of it.


The Water CycleThe Water Cycle The Water Cycle (also

known as the hydrologic cycle) is the journey water takes as it circulates from the land to the sky and back again.

The Sun's heat provides energy to evaporate water from the Earth's surface (oceans, lakes, etc.). Plants also lose water to the air (this is called transpiration). The water vapor eventually condenses, forming tiny droplets in clouds. When the clouds meet cool air over land, precipitation (rain, sleet, or snow) is triggered, and water returns to the land (or sea). Some of the precipitation soaks into the ground. Some of the underground water is trapped between rock or clay layers; this is called groundwater. But most of the water flows downhill as runoff (above ground or underground), eventually returning to the seas as slightly salty water.


• In pairs, read the text and underline the key words that describe the “water cycle”. For example: water,circulates, land, sky, etc.

• Using these key words, try to describe the process to the rest of the class. You can use these verbs: is, evaporates, condenses, heats, starts, finishes, circulates, turns into, cools down, goes, flows.


Read the definitions below, then label the water Read the definitions below, then label the water cycle diagram.cycle diagram.

Accumulation - the process in which water pools in large bodies (like oceans, seas and lakes).

Condensation - the process in which water vapor (a gas) in the air turns into liquid water. Condensing water forms clouds in the sky. Water drops that form on the outside of a glass of icy water are condensed water. (This term appears twice in the diagram.

Evaporation - the process in which liquid water becomes water vapor (a gas). Water vaporizes from the surfaces of oceans and lakes, from the surface of the land, and from melts in snow fields.

Precipitation - the process in which water (in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail) falls from clouds in the sky.

Subsurface Runoff - rain, snow melt, or other water that flows in underground streams, drains, or sewers.

Surface Runoff - rain, snow melt, or other water that flows in surface streams, rivers, or canals.

Transpiration - the process in which some water within plants evaporates into the atmosphere. Water is first absorbed by the plant's roots, then later exits by evaporating through pores in the plant.


Label the pictureLabel the picture


Researchers’ cornerResearchers’ corner

Are you a good researcher? Take photographs of of the following processes:

• Evaporation• Condensation• Accumulation• Precipitation• TranspirationThen upload them to your class blog in a Power

Point document. Remember to use slideshare to upload it.


Artists’ cornerArtists’ corner

• Watch the video about the water cycle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUqIWRW6_Pc&feature=related

• Make groups of 4 or 5 people and develop one of the following activities:

Make either a poster or wall chart about the water cycle using colours, pictures, drawings.



Make a rain detector

following the model.



We suggest:• Kitchen foil• Wrap • Stripped



If we look after the environment, we’ll live in

a better world.


Click the right optionClick the right option

• Water is important for all living things.___• Animals do not need water to survive.___• Plants and animals are necessary for human

beings.___• There is only one habitat.___• In Argentina there are lots of farming areas.___• Agriculture is important for our economy.___• Farmers produce vegetables and animals for

human consumption.___


Read the textRead the text


Complete these sentences (match the Complete these sentences (match the two parts). two parts). Be careful, there is one extra part!:Be careful, there is one extra part!:

• If we plant many areas, …

• If people need cereals and vegetables,…

• If water is fresh, …• If farmers plant big areas

and have many animals,…

• If we plant a lot, …

• …wildlife goes to other habitats.

• …you can see much farmland.

• …natural habitats disappear.

• …it does not contaminate plants or animals.

• …they plant them• …animals are big.



We suggest:• Wildlife• Farmland• Crops

• How many can you add?


Food chainsFood chains

• Test your knowledge: Are these statements true (T) or false (F)?

1- Living things always depend on plants. T/F

2- “Producers” are green plants that poduce oxygen.T/F

3- “Herbivores” are animals that eat plants and “carnivores” are animals that eat vegetables.T/F

4. A food chain is made of carnivores that eat herbivores.T/F


Complete the definitions with: Complete the definitions with: carnivores, herbivores, producers, carnivores, herbivores, producers,

consumersconsumers• _______: animals that only eat plants.

• _______: animals that only eat other animals.

• _______: living things that can make food.

• _______: living things that consume other living things.


Draw a complete list. Draw a complete list. Use your Use your dictionary.dictionary.

CARNIVORES HERBIVORES CONSUMERS PRODUCERS


Put the words in the Put the words in the correct order:correct order:

1- INSECTS/CARNIVOROUS

2- BIRDS/EATING/INSECT

3- CARNIVOROUS/LARGE/BIRDS

4- CARNIVOROUS/MAMMALS

5- HERBIVOROUS/MAMMALS


Can you see any difference?Can you see any difference?

When do you use:

• HERBIVORES/HERBIVOROUS ?

• CARNIVORES/CARNIVOROUS ?

Provide examples.



We suggest:• Chain• Sunlight




• The previous food chain describes which animals eat which. Look up information in your Biology books or ask your Biology teacher, draw a food chain for Argentina.

CHALLENGE: Do not worry if you cannot find all the names of the animals in the dictionary. Just try!



• Can you draw the FOOD CHAIN using this tool?

You can use your own pictures or you can take them from the web.

Tool: TIMETOAST.

Then upload it to your BLOG!


Answer these questions.Answer these questions.

• Who are more destructive: MEN or ANIMALS?

• Do you remember the EARTH SONG? What do people do to the environment? Discuss with your partners.


We KnowWe Knowby Benjamin Zephaniahby Benjamin Zephaniah

Monkeys are not doing it,Snakes are not doing it,Neither are beetles or fleas,Lizards are not doing it,Birds are not doing it,They know that we need the trees,Mice are not doing it,Lice are not doing it,Cats are not doing itHonest, Bats are not doing it,I know who´s doing it,Humans are killing the forest.


Are you a good reader?

• Read the poem in silence.

• Read the poem in a loud voice.

• Read the poem changing the “ doing it”. For example : “Monkeys are not destroying the forests”.

*Use your dictionary and your imagination!*

What aren’t animals doing? What aren’t animals doing?



We suggest:• Fleas• Lice



This is our world, and it is wonderful if we are

responsible.


Listen to musicListen to music

• Listen to another song: What a Wonderful World.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN7qmgxaYO8&feature=fvsr

• Complete the missing words.


““What A Wonderful World”What A Wonderful World”

I see trees of _____, _____ roses tooI see them bloom for me and ____And I think to myself, what a _____ ______

I see skies of _____ and clouds of whiteThe bright blessed ___, the dark sacred _____

And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

The ______ of the rainbow, so pretty in the skyAre also on the faces of ____ going byI see friends shakin' hands, sayin' "How do you do?"They're really saying “___ ____ ____"

I hear babies cryin', I watch them growThey'll learn much more than I'll ever knowAnd I think to myself, ___ ____ ____ ____Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world

• YOU• WORLD• NIGHT• GREEN • WONDERFUL• ROSES• WORLD• BLUE• DAY• A• PEOPLE• WONDERFUL• COLOURS• I• LOVE• YOU• WHAT



We suggest:• Rainbow• Blessed• Sacred



Final taskFinal task

This is the end of this project. You have to make a campaign to protect the environment in our neighbourhood/ city.

Make posters with slogans connected with the topic, like: “Protect the oceans!” “Don’t destroy the rainforests!”, “Let’s save our planet”, etc. Remember to include the vocabulary and the language you learnt here. Use nice pictures. Add a short text to

convince the audience!EXTRA CREDITS: if you use GLOGTSER, you’ll get extra credits. BE CREATIVE!!


• Peer assessment to choose the best poster in the class.


ReferencesReferences

• Cooper, S., Deloughry, W. et al. (1992): Biology, Complete Coordinated Science. UK, Heinemann.

• Hornby, A.S.(2000): Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. UK, OUP.

• Paz, G. (2008): Diseño Curricular de Inglés- Educación Secundaria, ES3. Buenos Aires, Ministerio de Educación de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.

• Watt, F. (1991): Planet Earth. UK, Usborne.• “The Water Cycle”, incomplete bibliography.


Web ReferencesWeb References

Jackson, Michael. Earth Song- Lyrics: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/michaeljackson/earthsong.html

Jackson, Michael. Earth Song- Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAi3VTSdTxU

Steward, Rod. What a Wonderful World- Lyrics: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/rodstewart/whatawonderfulworld.html

Steward, Rod. What a Wonderful World- Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN7qmgxaYO8&feature=fvsr

Water cycle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUqIWRW6_Pc&feature=related


Web 2.0 ToolsWeb 2.0 Tools

• BLOGGER: to create blogs. Available at: https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=blogger&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogger.com%2Floginz%3Fd%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.blogger.com%252Fhome%26a%3DALL&passive=true&alinsu=1&aplinsu=1&alwf=true&ltmpl=start&skipvpage=true&rm=false&showra=1&fpui=2&naui=8#s01

• GLOGSTER: te create posters. Available at: http://www.glogster.com/

• SLIDESHARE: to upload slide shows. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net/

• TIMETOAST: to make timelines. Available at: http://www.timetoast.com/


Thank you!Thank you!

Alejandra Cortés

[email protected]

and

Stella Maris Saubidet Oyhamburu

[email protected]

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