A Life on Our Planet

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• MBO
• vmbo, mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1-4

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

Planning

• Intro (0,5 lesson)
• Watch movie (2-3 lessons)
• Follow-up exercise with presentations (2 lessons)
• Evaluation

Wat is global warming volgens jou? Kun je (een aantal) gevolgen noemen van global warming?

What main causes of global warming were just mentioned??

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. 

Difficult words

There are some difficult words in the documentary we are watching. Can you guess what they mean?Make the quiz on the next slide.

Koolstof

Fossiele brandstof

Herstellen

Klimaat-

verandering

Tekort

Financieren

Oplossing

Climate change

Fund

Fossil fuel

Carbon

Shortage

Solution

Restore

How do you feel after watching the documentary?

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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. 

voetafdruktest.wwf.nl

Your Carbon Footprint

• Kijk de video
• Schrijf op welke dingen jij doet die uitstoot veroorzaken
• Schrijf op wat jij kunt doen om je uitstoot te verminderen

Present it!

• Prepare a 2-minute presentation about your carbon footprint and what you can do to reduce (verkleinen) it.
  

Your presentation should consist of the following paragraphs:

1. Our carbon footprint (1 minute)
2. How to make a change (1 minute)