2. PLASTIC -
DRASTIC OR
FANTASTIC
English :
Creative
Writing
MATHS:
MENSURATION
& Data
Handling
Hindi: यह है
भारत देश हमारा
SCIENCE:
SYNTHETIC FIBRE
AND PLASTIC
SOCIAL
SCIENCE:
INDUSTRIES
3. AIM OF THE ACTIVITY
Our planet is drowning in plastic pollution—it's time for change!
While plastic has many valuable uses, we have become addicted to single-use or
disposable plastic — with severe environmental consequences. Around the world, one
million plastic drinking bottles are purchased every minute, while 5 trillion single-use
plastic bags are used worldwide every year. In total, half of all plastic produced is
designed to be used only once
— and then thrown away. Plastic waste is now so ubiquitous in the natural environment
that scientists have even suggested it could serve as a geological indicator of the
Anthropocene era. Through this activity, students will be sensitized towards this global
concern.
4. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
Impact of Industrial Revolution on Climate
How today’s can help in combating the menace of plastic pollution?
What are the ways in which plastic affect the biodiversity?
Do some countries allow more plastic pollution in the ocean than others?
How can we prevent oceanic pollution due to plastic
5. English –
1. Write a diary entry on a day you witnessed a cow struggling with a plastic bag which she accidentally
swallowed.
Or
2. Letter to the Editor - Write a letter to the editor of a National Daily highlighting the damage caused by
plastic thrown on the roadside (can incorporate pointers as hints).
विषय - प्राक
ृ वतक संतुलन
पाठ – “यह है भारत देश हमारा”
१. प्राक
ृ ततक संतुलन को कायम रखते हुए औद्योतिक तिकास क
ै से संभि हो?
ितततिति - नारा लेखन
२.भारत को तिश्व िुरु बनाने में औद्योतिक तिकास का योिदान ।
ितततिति - अनुच्छे द लेखन मंचन
Individual Activities
6. Math –
Ch 11 – Mensuration and Ch 5 Data Handling
Essential Questions
1. How can we find number of bottles used to cover a wall?
2. What are the different view of 3D shapes?
3. How can we calculate the area of the wall and the relevant surface area of a bottle?
4. Why do we use charts or graphs?
5. What kind of information works best in a chart or graph?
Activity 1 Mensuration:
1. Design a wall using the used Plastic bottle planters using same sized bottles.
One sample planter to be made by each student in the group.
2. Find the number of bottles used with the help of area of wall and area of plastic planters.
Depict your findings with the help of model or geometrical drawing.
Group Activity
4 Students
1 Activity per student
7. Math Cont. ...
Activity 2: Data Handling -
Study the above pie-chart carefully and answer
the questions that follow.
1. Name the state generating maximum plastic
waste& how much municipal solid waste is
produced in that state?
2. Name the city that leads in the per capita
production of plastic waste in India.
3. How much time does a plastic bottle take to
decompose?
4. List five ways in which you can reduce your
“Plastic Footprint”.
5. Where does the plastic waste in Indian cities
go?
8. Science –
1. How do carelessly thrown plastic bags affect dirty water drains and sewers?
2. How does this human intervention disturb the animal kingdom?
Activities on plastic pollution
1. Students understand that different types of plastics float, sink, stay neutrally buoyant. Find out
where ten marine water species feed in water column. Make connections between where a marine
organism lives and feeds and the type of debris to which it is exposed.
OR
2. Define and clarify a problem by understanding that packaging contributes vast amount of trash
and is often wasteful of natural resources. Consider how packaging can either be avoided or
redesign to alleviate these concerns.
OR
3. Make eco bricks with plastic water bottles which are used for making different structures like
flower beds, bookshelves etc.
Group Activity
5 Students
1 Activity per student
9. Social Science – Industries
1.Plastic is used across every sector, including to produce packaging, in building and construction, in
textiles, consumer products, transportation, electrical and electronics and industrial machinery.
2.It is part of the chemical industry. In addition, as mineral oil is the major constituent of plastics, it
therefore forms part of the petrochemical industry.
3.Plastics production has been growing globally. The numbers include thermoplastics and
polyurethanes, as well as thermosets, adhesives, coatings and sealants and PP-fibers.
Activity
1.Make and use 2 cloth bags– click pictures of your family members using cloth bags.On your bag
Write a pledge/slogan abstaining the single use plastic)
(Drastic or Fantastic – SDG 13 Climate Action / Goal 11 Sustainable cities and communities)
Individual Activities
10. FRENCH/GERMAN –
Q.1 WITH THE HELP OF THE GIVEN VOCABULARYAND FUTURE TENSE WRITE A CREATIVE
WRITING ON OUR PLANET EARTH IN 2050. (70-80 WORDS) (WRITTEN)
OR
Q.2 TELL 5 STEPS TO BE TAKEN TO PRESERVE ENVIRONMENT. USE IMPERATIVE. OR TELL 5
ACTIONS THAT YOU WILL DO TO IN PRESERVING ENVIRONMENT. USE FUTURE. (VERBAL)
Sanskrit –
१- 'पयाािरणसुरक्षायाम् अस्माकम् सुरक्षा' इस तिषय पर अनुच्छे द तलखें ।
अथिा
२ –प्रक
ृ तत से संबंतित २ श्लोक अथा सतहत तलखें तथा उससे संबंतित तचत्र बनाएँ ।
Individual Activities
11. KEY SKILLS
Research, Creative expression, critical analysis, Data organisation and analysis,
problem solving
Key Outcomes:
Learners will be able to
1. Identify the global concerns with excessive use of plastic
2. Summarize the side effects on oceanic water bodies and land
3. Demonstrate their understanding through activities
4. Critically analyse various initiatives to prevent the environment
