You and the Environment

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Adverts: Environment

Time: 45 minutes1. 5 minutes-Brianstorm2. 5minutes-show videos3. 5 minutes- explain task and organise groups4. 20 minutes- preparation time in groups5. 10 minutes-presentation of adverts

Use less water * Have showers rather than baths.* Clean your teeth by putting water into a glass.* Save water by using a wateringrather than using a hose* Use a bucket of water to wash your bike, or the dog..* Help your school save water by switching off taps

Use less power* Keep doors closed in summer during the day to keep out the heat. * Open doors and windows on summer evenings. * Don't switch on lights during the day. * Switch off the computer, tv or radio if you are not using it. * Use the new light bulbs.* Switch lights off when you leave a room.* Turn your TV or computer off rather than use power by leaving it on standby. * At school remember to switch off lights when the room is empty.* Walk or use your bike whenever it is safe to do so.

Description of activity:1. Elicit ideas of how we can protect the environment from the students2. Show the adverts3. Divide the class into five groups4. Explain the task:5. Create an advert, Save water,recycle, walk, save energy, reuse6. Everybody in the group has to speak7. Songs and chants are encouraged8. Visual aids are acceptable but groups should be careful not to spend all thier time making visual aids, it is more important to practise the dialogue.9. Scripts can be read, it doesn’t have to be memorised10. Present the adverts to the rest of the group

* We breathe oxygen from the air * We get water from the rain which fills our lakes, rivers and creeks and which we store in dams, reservoirs and water tanks. * We get food from the plants, animals, fish and birds. * We get shelter from the materials we take out of the earth and from plants that grow in the earth (trees) to make our homes. * We get warmth from the sun, fire, power (electricity, gas, oil) and our clothing.

You and the environment

When we talk about our environment we mean everything in the world around us which can affect our lives.When we talk about the environment we mean everything in the world around us that surrounds and affects all life on earth, including the air, food chains, the water cycle, plants, animals and other humans.

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What is the environment?

We get these from the Earth