5 Tell Us About Tellus

5 Tell Us About

Tellus

Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew on 7 December 1972. In this chapter, I will • talk about the earth and the environment and challenges to them. • talk about endangered and extinct species. • read and work with factual texts about nature and the environment. • read about and discuss sustainable living. • write a persuasive text. Talk about it! a What can you see in the picture of Earth taken from space? Vurderingseksemplar b What makes Earth so blue? c What do you think the Romans thought the goddess Tellus did for Earth? d Look through this chapter and find: • the heaviest bird that ever existed. • a striped mammal that is the fourth most endangered animal on Earth. • the world’s largest structure made from living organisms.