Section outline

  • Kia ora...students . From this week we aim to examine the causes to global warming, before Covid 19.In depth reading and research is required is required whereby you are referring to various readings, cartoons, posters and videos

    Global Warming

    Achievement Objectives: Enter AO's here

    Big Idea: The Earth is Healing

    Learning Intentions: We are learning to (WALT)...

    • research your chosen environmental issue using the checklist criteria 
    • research your ideas in depth
    • construct sentences and paragraphs that are written in your own words and using new vocabulary

    Success Criteria: I can/have...

    • Successfully researched some ideas on  my chosen environmental problem
    • Constructed sentences and paragraphs that are well edited and have new vocabulary

    Activities:

    1. Do Now activity: Read the article  below on environmental problems in New ZealAnd. Discuss your thoughts on this as a class.What solution swill you suggest for this issue of Waste Runoff.

      NZ's 'clean environment' under threat - NZ Herald

      https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11532743

    2. Define what is meant by the following concepts. Shoe examples.Biodiversity, contaminate, ecology, homeostasis, conservation, sustainability.
    3. Understanding the greenhouse effect. Study this image and discuss your views on what is climate change.Global Warming

    4. See video on what is climate change and how this has affected our planet.Discuss how climate change is caused.Write key words such as carbon emissions/ ozone layer/ CFCS/ ultra violet light/ and ice melting.

    A straightforward explanation of Climate Change: the heat from human emissions is roughly equal to exploding 400000 ...
    CC

    5.By working in your teams, begin to research your chosen environmental issue in the world. Create a word bank so that you are using new and important terminology for your research.

    Homework
    Write here...



    FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

      • We are FOCUSING...on developing our understanding on environmental sustainability
      • We are FOCUSING...identifying the various ways mad kind has impacted onto destroying earths natural resources
      • We are FOCUSING...describing acts of exploitation such as pollution that leads to Global warming, and plastic pollution
      • We are focussing on discussing the impacts and consequences of these acts of environmental destructions
      • We are focussing on responding to these problems by thinking of sustainable solutions