Презентация на тему "Экология. Ресурсы планеты" на уроке английского языка в 9-11 классах

OUR PLANET’S RESOURCES

What should

we do to save

our planet?

YOUR HOMEWORK WAS

• Read the article in The Week Junior

«Thunberg tells MPs to take action on climate change» get ready to discuss it in class (Supplement 3)

• Find expressions in the article and explain them, consult the dictionary

climate change

fossil fuels

cathedral thinking

Discuss the questions

• Who is Greta Thunberg?
• How did she use her school holidays?
• What causes climate change?
• Why do school children protest and what do they expect?
• What did Greta tell the Members of Parliament?
• What does it mean for humans to be adaptable?
• Who are Extinction Rebellion? What is their purpose?
• Were they officially allowed to protest?
• Did Greta join their protest?

Check out the key expressions

• climate change – long-term change in weather patterns , it’s becoming warmer
• fossil fuels – natural resources like coal, gas and oil
• cathedral thinking – the  concept  of long- term   projects  or  goals   for the  sake  of  future   generations

Find English equivalents in the article:

• бороться с проблемой
• вредные газы
• упадок\нарушение климата
• приспосабливаемый
• начать компанию
• активисты (x2)
• ответственный за окружающую среду
• начать действовать по вопросу

What part of our

Mother Planet

is in the pictures ?

Amazon rainforests –

the lungs of the planet Earth!

Why are they called that way?

Amazon rainforests absorb enormous amounts of carbon dioxide that circulates in the atmosphere.

Watch a short news report from

BBC Lingo Hack

“ The Amazon and climate change”

PRE-WATCHING: match the words and their meanings

• carbon dioxide
• heating up
• global warming
• deforestation
• fossil fuels

• destruction of forests by people
• gas produced when things containing carbon are burned
• remains of long-dead animals and plants to be burned for energy
• increase in Earth's temperature

caused by gases preventing heat leaving

• making something hotter

Use the supplement 3: fill the gaps in the text

POST-WATCHING discuss the questions

• How do scientists investigate the trees?
• How many years has Erica studied the trees?
• What is the purpose of this study?
• What happens to the Earth's climate if trees are cut down and burned?
• What do scientists do with the tree leaves in the lab?
• How much carbon dioxide do the Amazon trees hold inside?

HOMEWORK

Make poster presentations:

«Go green: problems and solutions».

PROBLEMS: global warming, deforestation, garbage, pollution, natural resources, endangered species and their habitats.

SOLUTIONS: reuse, reduce, recycle, save wildlife, be eco-friendly, renewable energy

The links and resources

• Thunberg tells MPs to take action on climate change// The Week Junior. – 2019. – №176. – P. 5
• https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/cathedral-thinking
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/lingohack/ep-190828
• https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2016/lungs-of-the-earth/index.html