Activities
1. After watching the video “Save the planet—watch this”, make a list of proposals to avoid global warming.
2. Fill the gaps about the video “5 easy ways to save the planet”: a) When we burn fosil fuels such as oil, gas or __________, we create energy for our daytoday needs and _________ (carbon emissions). b) The extra CO2 in the atmosphere traps the heat from the sun, and this causes temperature to rise in the earth. This phenomenon is called global ___________. As a result many environmental problems appear; such as ( select the right options): q
Desertification
q
Many species are wiped out
q
Economic crisis
q
Sea level rises because of melting ice caps
c) In the UK, the average person has a carbon footprint of nearly _____ tones of CO2 per year. d) Put in order the 5 ways Super Power Bloke proposes to reduce your carbon footprint: q
When you heat water to cook, only heat the amount of liquid you really need.
q
Always turn off the lights when you leave a room.
q
Turn your thermostat down by 1 or 2 degrees and wear warm clothes in winter.
q
Don’t leave electrical goods on standby.
q
When you do any laundry or dishwashing make sure you do a full load.
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3. After watching the video “ Energy conservation project”, write a brief summary of Billy Bob’s lesson about Energy conservation. You’ll have to learn the main ideas by heart, because some of you are supposed to explain this video to your classmates.
4. And finally the big project!!. Working in groups you have to design and construct a solar car. Discuss your design with your teacher. Here you have several possible designs:
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Write a brief report of your project including these points:
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Materials you have used
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Steps of construction
And remember, at the end of this year we’ll celebrate a big contest in the school’s playground in order to find out w is the best designed car. There will be interesting prizes!!.
Just allow the great engineer in you to come out !!
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