1. Warm-up – pens, paper, journal, books
Take down the definition, then raise your hand and answer the question:
Overconsumption: to use or take in more than you need.
Do you think you have things you don’t particularly need, that you
could use simpler or cheaper versions of? IF so, what?
Homework: action project
Skills: Literacy, managing information, being creative
Objectives:
1. Examine how we can tackle overproduction and
overconsumption.
2. Discuss your Junior Cert Action Project Report.
Heading: SDG’s 2 Date:
2. We shall read page 156-158 today, taking notes along the way.
While we discussed food the last day, today we shall
examine technology and what you can physically do to help
the environment.
You’ll complete page 95-96 in the reflective journal which
includes another infographic.
Plan for today SDG’s 2 Date:
3. I shall need eight volunteers today to read a paragraph each .
Raise hands at the end of each paragraph. Take notes as we go.
(note) Raw materials in a phone include: aluminum alloy in the
phone case, lithium cobalt oxide and carbon graphite in the
batteries. Elements like gold, copper and silver are used in the
wiring of the phone.
(note) Components: a part or ingredient of a whole.
(note) Methane is a colourless, odourless, flammable gas used
as fuel.
(note) Degrade: breaking down (chemically or emotionally).
What do you see in the images on pages 156 – 157.
Page 156-158 Reading and writing
4. Complete page 95 -96 in your blue book. Use page 154 to
help.
Your Summer and Junior Cert score depend on a report
being made on an Action you have done. The reflective
journal work you have been doing on the project is a
base to start from. Presentation is important in the
report.
Reflective journal – page 95
5. Finish page 119 of your reflective journal.
2 skills you’ve used in the project.
Homework
