A Life on Our Planet

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This lesson contains 16 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

time-iconLesson duration is: 120 min

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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

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

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

Slide 4 - Mind map

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What causes (veroorzaakt) climate change?

Slide 6 - Mind map

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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. 


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Koolstof
Fossiele brandstof
Herstellen
Klimaat-
verandering
Tekort
Financieren
Oplossing
Climate change
Fund
Fossil fuel
Carbon
Shortage
Solution
Restore

Slide 10 - Drag question

Slide 11 - Link

How do you feel after watching the documentary?
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Slide 12 - Poll

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!





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

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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)

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