The document provides the annual expected learning objectives for a foreign language course. The objectives cover developing skills in reading comprehension, auditory comprehension, speaking, writing, vocabulary, and valuing the importance of the foreign language. For reading comprehension, the objectives are to demonstrate understanding of written texts on varied topics and identify text types. For auditory comprehension, the objectives include understanding oral texts and recognizing intentions. The speaking objectives involve direct and mediated exchanges. Writing objectives cover note-taking, descriptions, CVs and letters. Vocabulary objectives target recognizing 2,000 words. Value objectives aim to appreciate the foreign language's contribution to education and employment.
The document provides the annual expected learning objectives for a student in their foreign language study. The objectives are organized into areas of ability including reading comprehension, auditory comprehension, speaking, writing, lexical objectives, and value objectives. For each area, 3-4 specific learning objectives are outlined, describing the skills and understanding students should demonstrate by the end of the year across a variety of topic areas and text types in the target language. The document aims to clearly define the goals and progress expected in the student's language development over the course of a year.
This document provides an overview of a presentation on global warming that discusses its causes, effects, and debates around the issue. It includes discussion questions to engage students on topics like the greenhouse effect, impacts of rising sea levels, and potential solutions to reduce carbon emissions. While there is debate around the issue, most scientists believe global warming is caused by human activities like burning fossil fuels, which increase carbon dioxide levels and have serious effects on oceans and polar regions.
This document provides an overview of a presentation on global warming that discusses its causes and effects. The presentation encourages students to research and discuss whether global warming is occurring and what factors may be contributing to it. If human activities like burning fossil fuels are largely responsible, students are asked to consider what actions could be taken to reduce global warming, such as transitioning to renewable energy sources and reducing carbon emissions.
Відкритий урок з англійської мови. Вчитель Угрін Т. К. Environmental protectionНаталія Касарда
The document discusses the goals and activities of an English language lesson on environmental protection for Ukrainian students. The lesson aims to develop students' lexical, grammatical, reading and speaking skills while raising awareness about environmental issues. The lesson plan includes greeting the students, presenting the lesson topic and goals, warming up activities, discussions on environmental problems and solutions, a reading on the greenhouse effect and global warming, and a writing activity filling in a text about environmental problems.
1. The document discusses several environmental challenges facing California, including earthquakes caused by tectonic plates boundaries and the effects of climate change like drought and wildfires.
2. It provides information on major earthquake faults in California and how climate change is leading to more extreme weather.
3. The summary emphasizes that knowledge is key to safety and encourages assessing hazard risks, reducing carbon footprints, and taking mitigation and preparedness actions to safely adapt to disasters.
This document summarizes a presentation on global warming that covers climate change, melting ice glaciers, and rising ocean temperatures. For climate change, it discusses the facts vs fiction around human contributions to climate change and outlines the causes and effects as well as supporting evidence. It also discusses preventative actions and resolution outcomes related to climate change. For melting ice glaciers, it provides supporting evidence and discusses the causes and effects as well as preventative actions and resolution outcomes. Finally, for rising ocean temperatures, it discusses the facts vs fiction around measurement inconsistencies but also provides evidence of ocean warming between 2003-2008 based on studies.
This document provides an overview of global warming and resources for learning more about the topic. It defines global warming as the increase of the Earth's average surface temperature due to greenhouse gas emissions. Several books on the subject are summarized, along with library classification numbers and websites containing further information. A short National Geographic video is also recommended for viewing.
This document provides an overview of earthquakes, including what causes them, where tectonic plates are located, major faults in California, significant historical earthquakes worldwide, and issues and concerns regarding earthquakes. It discusses that earthquakes occur along fault lines due to the release of stress in the Earth's crust. Major plates include the North American, Pacific, Eurasian and others. Significant historical quakes included the 1964 Alaska quake, 1960 Chile quake, and 2004 Sumatra quake. Concerns addressed are economic impacts, induced quakes from fracking, lack of building codes, and environmental effects. Solutions proposed include retrofitting structures, education, and preparedness.
The document provides the annual expected learning objectives for a student in their foreign language study. The objectives are organized into areas of ability including reading comprehension, auditory comprehension, speaking, writing, lexical objectives, and value objectives. For each area, 3-4 specific learning objectives are outlined, describing the skills and understanding students should demonstrate by the end of the year across a variety of topic areas and text types in the target language. The document aims to clearly define the goals and progress expected in the student's language development over the course of a year.
This document provides an overview of a presentation on global warming that discusses its causes, effects, and debates around the issue. It includes discussion questions to engage students on topics like the greenhouse effect, impacts of rising sea levels, and potential solutions to reduce carbon emissions. While there is debate around the issue, most scientists believe global warming is caused by human activities like burning fossil fuels, which increase carbon dioxide levels and have serious effects on oceans and polar regions.
This document provides an overview of a presentation on global warming that discusses its causes and effects. The presentation encourages students to research and discuss whether global warming is occurring and what factors may be contributing to it. If human activities like burning fossil fuels are largely responsible, students are asked to consider what actions could be taken to reduce global warming, such as transitioning to renewable energy sources and reducing carbon emissions.
Відкритий урок з англійської мови. Вчитель Угрін Т. К. Environmental protectionНаталія Касарда
The document discusses the goals and activities of an English language lesson on environmental protection for Ukrainian students. The lesson aims to develop students' lexical, grammatical, reading and speaking skills while raising awareness about environmental issues. The lesson plan includes greeting the students, presenting the lesson topic and goals, warming up activities, discussions on environmental problems and solutions, a reading on the greenhouse effect and global warming, and a writing activity filling in a text about environmental problems.
1. The document discusses several environmental challenges facing California, including earthquakes caused by tectonic plates boundaries and the effects of climate change like drought and wildfires.
2. It provides information on major earthquake faults in California and how climate change is leading to more extreme weather.
3. The summary emphasizes that knowledge is key to safety and encourages assessing hazard risks, reducing carbon footprints, and taking mitigation and preparedness actions to safely adapt to disasters.
This document summarizes a presentation on global warming that covers climate change, melting ice glaciers, and rising ocean temperatures. For climate change, it discusses the facts vs fiction around human contributions to climate change and outlines the causes and effects as well as supporting evidence. It also discusses preventative actions and resolution outcomes related to climate change. For melting ice glaciers, it provides supporting evidence and discusses the causes and effects as well as preventative actions and resolution outcomes. Finally, for rising ocean temperatures, it discusses the facts vs fiction around measurement inconsistencies but also provides evidence of ocean warming between 2003-2008 based on studies.
This document provides an overview of global warming and resources for learning more about the topic. It defines global warming as the increase of the Earth's average surface temperature due to greenhouse gas emissions. Several books on the subject are summarized, along with library classification numbers and websites containing further information. A short National Geographic video is also recommended for viewing.
This document provides an overview of earthquakes, including what causes them, where tectonic plates are located, major faults in California, significant historical earthquakes worldwide, and issues and concerns regarding earthquakes. It discusses that earthquakes occur along fault lines due to the release of stress in the Earth's crust. Major plates include the North American, Pacific, Eurasian and others. Significant historical quakes included the 1964 Alaska quake, 1960 Chile quake, and 2004 Sumatra quake. Concerns addressed are economic impacts, induced quakes from fracking, lack of building codes, and environmental effects. Solutions proposed include retrofitting structures, education, and preparedness.
This document provides an adult education curriculum about the disproportionate impacts of climate change on African American communities. The curriculum is presented over two sessions. Session one introduces the topic by explaining how climate change poses particular threats to African Americans according to reports from national organizations. It then covers basic climate science and discusses three specific climate change impacts - increased heat waves, air pollution, and spread of infectious diseases - that disproportionately affect African Americans. The goal is to raise awareness of how climate change intersects with issues of environmental justice and social equity.
This document provides a summary of the issue of climate refugees and efforts to address sustainability concerns related to climate change migration. It discusses how climate change is intensifying natural disasters and environmental conditions, forcing people to leave their homes and seek refuge elsewhere. This is creating a growing population of climate refugees around the world. The document outlines the impacts on migrants, host communities, and governments. It also discusses some current efforts by organizations like the UNHCR to help refugees. However, more comprehensive political and environmental solutions are still needed to fully address the root causes and humanitarian impacts of climate change migration.
The burning of fossil fuels negatively impacts the environment by contributing to the enhanced greenhouse effect and global warming. The document discusses how the greenhouse effect traps heat from the Earth's surface, which would otherwise be around -18 degrees Celsius without this effect. However, increased greenhouse gases from human activities like burning fossil fuels are enhancing this effect and causing average global temperatures to rise. This phenomenon is called global warming. The document instructs students to learn more about these topics by watching videos, completing an activity comparing past and present temperatures, and making posters explaining the process of global warming.
Back to back La Nina episodes in the tropical Pacific Ocean shaped dramatic climate events in 2011, according to the latest State of the Climate report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. More on NOAA science at Dot Earth: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/noaa
This document summarizes a presentation about using information and communication technologies (ICT) to adapt to rather than mitigate global warming. Some key points:
- Mitigation efforts alone will not be enough to address climate change, and adaptation strategies are now needed to survive the impacts.
- ICT sector growth is contributing to energy demand and emissions but can also provide solutions if designed to use renewable energy not connected to the grid.
- Examples of ICT adaptation solutions proposed include building an "Energy Internet" and moving data centers to remote renewable energy sites instead of cities.
- Rewarding carbon reductions through ICT services like broadband could be an alternative to carbon taxes.
This document provides a teacher guide for a lesson on what is causing global warming. It includes instructions for presenting a slide show, showing two video clips, and having students complete worksheets. The slide show covers factors that influence climate like the greenhouse effect and greenhouse gases. One video clip is a 1-minute commercial downplaying the role of CO2, while the other is a 5-minute documentary supporting the scientific consensus on CO2's role. The teacher guide provides discussion questions to analyze the videos and evaluate scientific claims in the media. The goal is for students to understand natural and human factors affecting climate change.
New business opportunities with zero carbon thinking and how California suburban lifestyle may be the answer to global warming and the need to adapt to a warmer climate through IT - the Energy Internet
Reading and Resources to Address Global Warming and Support Environmental Ste...Z2P
This document provides a summary of books, films, websites and other resources related to climate change, environmental stewardship and sustainability. It includes sections on global warming science and solutions, politics and implications of climate change, stories about communities affected by climate change, historical and anthropological perspectives, spiritual and ethical perspectives, food/water security and sustainability, speaking out and taking action, individual/family/community solutions, local government initiatives, local/organic food, water, energy conservation, social and political activism. The extensive list of resources covers a wide range of topics and formats to raise awareness and provide information on addressing climate change.
Toward a Climate Literate, Energy Aware, Science Savvy SocietyClaus Berg
The Essential Principles of Climate Science Literacy. Presentation given at the ICE2009 (Inspiring Climate Education) Conference in Copenhagen, Oct. 2009. By Mark S. McCaffrey, Associate Scientist III,
The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES),
University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.
Uploaded by Claus Berg by permission from Mark S. McCaffrey.
If we act fast, then the world will not get worse. And then the Earth will be more protected, then maybe some damage will be recovered. I wish really that we have the planet, we continue to live, and the children grow up in a better environment. But it’s up to humanity to decide what they want and which direction they turn.
The document discusses ecological impacts of disasters both natural and man-made. It provides examples of major disasters in India like the Bhopal gas leak in 1984 which killed thousands and continues to impact the local environment. Climate change is also causing ecological impacts as species ranges and timing change and ecosystems are disrupted. While climate change has global causes, the impacts are often local. Human activities that contribute to climate change and damage habitats can compound the effects on ecosystems, but changes in human practices may help species better adapt.
The document discusses the layers of Earth's atmosphere. It is divided into four layers - the thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere - based on how temperature changes with altitude. The troposphere is the lowest layer and contains most of the atmosphere's mass. The stratosphere contains ozone which absorbs ultraviolet radiation and warms the air. The atmosphere protects life on Earth by reflecting solar radiation and trapping heat via the greenhouse effect, similar to how a closed car gets hot in summer sun.
This document discusses the history and causes of climate change. It explains that climate change refers to significant changes in measures like temperature, precipitation, or wind patterns over decades or longer. The key causes discussed are increasing greenhouse gas emissions from human activities like burning fossil fuels, deforestation, population growth, and agricultural practices. The document provides details on major greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide and their sources. It also explains the natural greenhouse effect and how increased human emissions disrupt the natural balance and lead to global warming.
This document discusses several factors that influence weather, including the water cycle, air masses, pressure systems, global wind patterns, ocean currents, and jet streams. The water cycle involves evaporation, condensation, and precipitation, which drive weather patterns. Air masses form over land or water and influence weather as different masses meet along fronts. High and low pressure systems also impact weather, with high pressure bringing clearer skies and low pressure more clouds and rain. Global wind patterns and ocean currents transport air masses and heat around the world, while jet streams affect temperatures and precipitation on a larger scale.
- The document discusses the history of climate change research and policymaking from the 1970s to present day. It outlines key events like the formation of the IPCC and negotiations of agreements like the Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement.
- It then summarizes the scientific consensus that human emissions are the dominant cause of current global warming and outlines some of the projected physical impacts of climate change like rising sea levels, stronger storms, damage to coral reefs, and increasing ocean acidification. These changes threaten coastal communities, food security, and natural ecosystems.
- Limiting warming to 1.5-2°C compared to 4°C could substantially reduce some of these physical impacts, but even lower levels of warming may
Time for Earth Hour: Review on the Decline of Global Warming Concerns.Taly Weiss
while scientists believe that global warming is already worse than predicted even a few years ago, people today show less concern.
Supporting Earth Hour, TrendsSpotting provides a comprehensive review on the decline of interest concerning global warming issues.
This document provides a lesson on global warming that is designed to be completed in one to three class periods. It discusses key concepts around global warming including the greenhouse effect, causes of rising carbon dioxide levels, evidence of climate change, and potential impacts. Students are engaged through class discussions and an assessment where they write an essay evaluating evidence on the causes and effects of global warming.
2013 Climate Change Connections to our Weather, Environment, and HealthTeresa Eastburn
2013 workshop, Climate Change Connections to Our Weather, Environment, & Health at the 13th Annual K12 Summer Institute sponsored by Texas A&M in Houston.
Extinction Rebellion: Talking about climate changetcpaulh
This document provides information and discussion prompts for a workshop on defending climate science and activism. The workshop covers:
- Understanding climate science and communicating the climate emergency effectively.
- Explaining, promoting, and defending climate activism such as Extinction Rebellion.
- Tips for discussing climate science with the public, addressing common denial arguments, and winning formal debates.
- Exercises on prioritizing human impacts of climate change over animal imagery, and analyzing factors that make for good and bad climate conversations.
This document provides an adult education curriculum about the disproportionate impacts of climate change on African American communities. The curriculum is presented over two sessions. Session one introduces the topic by explaining how climate change poses particular threats to African Americans according to reports from national organizations. It then covers basic climate science and discusses three specific climate change impacts - increased heat waves, air pollution, and spread of infectious diseases - that disproportionately affect African Americans. The goal is to raise awareness of how climate change intersects with issues of environmental justice and social equity.
This document provides a summary of the issue of climate refugees and efforts to address sustainability concerns related to climate change migration. It discusses how climate change is intensifying natural disasters and environmental conditions, forcing people to leave their homes and seek refuge elsewhere. This is creating a growing population of climate refugees around the world. The document outlines the impacts on migrants, host communities, and governments. It also discusses some current efforts by organizations like the UNHCR to help refugees. However, more comprehensive political and environmental solutions are still needed to fully address the root causes and humanitarian impacts of climate change migration.
The burning of fossil fuels negatively impacts the environment by contributing to the enhanced greenhouse effect and global warming. The document discusses how the greenhouse effect traps heat from the Earth's surface, which would otherwise be around -18 degrees Celsius without this effect. However, increased greenhouse gases from human activities like burning fossil fuels are enhancing this effect and causing average global temperatures to rise. This phenomenon is called global warming. The document instructs students to learn more about these topics by watching videos, completing an activity comparing past and present temperatures, and making posters explaining the process of global warming.
Back to back La Nina episodes in the tropical Pacific Ocean shaped dramatic climate events in 2011, according to the latest State of the Climate report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. More on NOAA science at Dot Earth: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/noaa
This document summarizes a presentation about using information and communication technologies (ICT) to adapt to rather than mitigate global warming. Some key points:
- Mitigation efforts alone will not be enough to address climate change, and adaptation strategies are now needed to survive the impacts.
- ICT sector growth is contributing to energy demand and emissions but can also provide solutions if designed to use renewable energy not connected to the grid.
- Examples of ICT adaptation solutions proposed include building an "Energy Internet" and moving data centers to remote renewable energy sites instead of cities.
- Rewarding carbon reductions through ICT services like broadband could be an alternative to carbon taxes.
This document provides a teacher guide for a lesson on what is causing global warming. It includes instructions for presenting a slide show, showing two video clips, and having students complete worksheets. The slide show covers factors that influence climate like the greenhouse effect and greenhouse gases. One video clip is a 1-minute commercial downplaying the role of CO2, while the other is a 5-minute documentary supporting the scientific consensus on CO2's role. The teacher guide provides discussion questions to analyze the videos and evaluate scientific claims in the media. The goal is for students to understand natural and human factors affecting climate change.
New business opportunities with zero carbon thinking and how California suburban lifestyle may be the answer to global warming and the need to adapt to a warmer climate through IT - the Energy Internet
Reading and Resources to Address Global Warming and Support Environmental Ste...Z2P
This document provides a summary of books, films, websites and other resources related to climate change, environmental stewardship and sustainability. It includes sections on global warming science and solutions, politics and implications of climate change, stories about communities affected by climate change, historical and anthropological perspectives, spiritual and ethical perspectives, food/water security and sustainability, speaking out and taking action, individual/family/community solutions, local government initiatives, local/organic food, water, energy conservation, social and political activism. The extensive list of resources covers a wide range of topics and formats to raise awareness and provide information on addressing climate change.
Toward a Climate Literate, Energy Aware, Science Savvy SocietyClaus Berg
The Essential Principles of Climate Science Literacy. Presentation given at the ICE2009 (Inspiring Climate Education) Conference in Copenhagen, Oct. 2009. By Mark S. McCaffrey, Associate Scientist III,
The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES),
University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.
Uploaded by Claus Berg by permission from Mark S. McCaffrey.
If we act fast, then the world will not get worse. And then the Earth will be more protected, then maybe some damage will be recovered. I wish really that we have the planet, we continue to live, and the children grow up in a better environment. But it’s up to humanity to decide what they want and which direction they turn.
The document discusses ecological impacts of disasters both natural and man-made. It provides examples of major disasters in India like the Bhopal gas leak in 1984 which killed thousands and continues to impact the local environment. Climate change is also causing ecological impacts as species ranges and timing change and ecosystems are disrupted. While climate change has global causes, the impacts are often local. Human activities that contribute to climate change and damage habitats can compound the effects on ecosystems, but changes in human practices may help species better adapt.
The document discusses the layers of Earth's atmosphere. It is divided into four layers - the thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere - based on how temperature changes with altitude. The troposphere is the lowest layer and contains most of the atmosphere's mass. The stratosphere contains ozone which absorbs ultraviolet radiation and warms the air. The atmosphere protects life on Earth by reflecting solar radiation and trapping heat via the greenhouse effect, similar to how a closed car gets hot in summer sun.
This document discusses the history and causes of climate change. It explains that climate change refers to significant changes in measures like temperature, precipitation, or wind patterns over decades or longer. The key causes discussed are increasing greenhouse gas emissions from human activities like burning fossil fuels, deforestation, population growth, and agricultural practices. The document provides details on major greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide and their sources. It also explains the natural greenhouse effect and how increased human emissions disrupt the natural balance and lead to global warming.
This document discusses several factors that influence weather, including the water cycle, air masses, pressure systems, global wind patterns, ocean currents, and jet streams. The water cycle involves evaporation, condensation, and precipitation, which drive weather patterns. Air masses form over land or water and influence weather as different masses meet along fronts. High and low pressure systems also impact weather, with high pressure bringing clearer skies and low pressure more clouds and rain. Global wind patterns and ocean currents transport air masses and heat around the world, while jet streams affect temperatures and precipitation on a larger scale.
- The document discusses the history of climate change research and policymaking from the 1970s to present day. It outlines key events like the formation of the IPCC and negotiations of agreements like the Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement.
- It then summarizes the scientific consensus that human emissions are the dominant cause of current global warming and outlines some of the projected physical impacts of climate change like rising sea levels, stronger storms, damage to coral reefs, and increasing ocean acidification. These changes threaten coastal communities, food security, and natural ecosystems.
- Limiting warming to 1.5-2°C compared to 4°C could substantially reduce some of these physical impacts, but even lower levels of warming may
Time for Earth Hour: Review on the Decline of Global Warming Concerns.Taly Weiss
while scientists believe that global warming is already worse than predicted even a few years ago, people today show less concern.
Supporting Earth Hour, TrendsSpotting provides a comprehensive review on the decline of interest concerning global warming issues.
This document provides a lesson on global warming that is designed to be completed in one to three class periods. It discusses key concepts around global warming including the greenhouse effect, causes of rising carbon dioxide levels, evidence of climate change, and potential impacts. Students are engaged through class discussions and an assessment where they write an essay evaluating evidence on the causes and effects of global warming.
2013 Climate Change Connections to our Weather, Environment, and HealthTeresa Eastburn
2013 workshop, Climate Change Connections to Our Weather, Environment, & Health at the 13th Annual K12 Summer Institute sponsored by Texas A&M in Houston.
Extinction Rebellion: Talking about climate changetcpaulh
This document provides information and discussion prompts for a workshop on defending climate science and activism. The workshop covers:
- Understanding climate science and communicating the climate emergency effectively.
- Explaining, promoting, and defending climate activism such as Extinction Rebellion.
- Tips for discussing climate science with the public, addressing common denial arguments, and winning formal debates.
- Exercises on prioritizing human impacts of climate change over animal imagery, and analyzing factors that make for good and bad climate conversations.
The document describes a scenario where a team of 4 scientists are transported 101 years into the future to the year 2110 to study the effects of global warming. Their mission is to investigate how global warming has impacted the Earth and report back to "Central Command" with recommendations for actions that can be taken today to protect future inhabitants from the consequences of climate change. Each scientist is assigned a different role - climate scientist, policy analyst, economist, energy expert, or urban planner - to research the issues from various perspectives.
The document describes a scenario where a team of four scientists are transported 101 years into the future to the year 2110 to study the effects of global warming. Their mission is to investigate how global warming has impacted the Earth and report back to "Central Command" with recommendations for actions that can be taken today to protect future inhabitants from the consequences of climate change. Each scientist is assigned a different role - as a climate scientist, policy analyst, economist, energy expert, or urban planner - to research the issues from various perspectives.
The document provides information about global climate change, including its causes, effects, and steps that can be taken to address it. It discusses how human activities that release greenhouse gases are the main driver of increased global temperatures. Effects of climate change mentioned include more frequent and intense heat waves, rising sea levels due to melting ice sheets and glaciers, and bleaching of coral reefs. Proxy data from tree rings, coral reefs, and ice cores can be analyzed to study past climate changes. Nations have adopted measures like the Kyoto Protocol to reduce emissions, while individuals can contribute through actions such as using renewable energy and reducing meat consumption.
The document discusses several key points about global warming:
1) Global warming is caused by increased greenhouse gases trapping heat in the atmosphere like glass in a greenhouse. This has led to rising global temperatures and impacts that are already being felt.
2) Impacts of global warming include melting ice caps and glaciers, rising sea levels, changes in weather patterns, and effects on plants and animals like coral bleaching and penguin population declines.
3) Individuals can help address global warming by calculating their carbon footprint, reducing energy use, supporting renewable energy and policies that encourage energy efficiency and carbon neutrality. Reducing greenhouse gases is important to mitigate further global temperature increases and impacts of climate change.
This document provides a summary of global climate change, including its causes, effects, and steps that can be taken to address it. It begins with an introduction defining climate change and climate. The main causes of climate change are then outlined, such as human activities like deforestation and pollution. Several effects of global warming are described, including increased heat waves, rising sea levels, impacts to organisms, and melting glaciers. Proxy data that can be used to study past climate change, like coral reefs and tree rings, is also discussed. Finally, potential steps to tackle climate change are presented, including using renewable energy, reducing pollution, planting trees, and adopting a plant-based diet.
The document outlines the syllabus for the course CS-1122 – Environmental Studies. It includes 5 units covering topics like natural resources, ecosystems, environmental pollution, social issues, and human population. It also lists 6 recommended textbooks. A sample unit on introduction to environmental studies is then presented, discussing the global environmental crisis, sustainable development, and the scope of environmental studies. Two case studies from India illustrate the impacts of environmental degradation - the vanishing islands in Sundarbans due to climate change, and the transformation of Kalahandi district from forests to famine. Exponential growth curves are used to show how population, consumption, CO2 levels, and extinction rates are increasing unsustainably and threatening the environment.
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This document provides instructions for writing an argumentative essay on a topic related to stress. Students are asked to choose from several stress-related topics, conduct research to find evidence to support their argument, and write a 1-3 page essay following standard academic formatting. Sources are required and the intended audience is fellow students. A reference book on health education is also provided.
This is our submission for the SciChallenge project.
The topic we chose to talk about is climate change. We talk about the consequences and also how to help prevent them.
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Global warming is a problem of the 21st century which needs to be talked by all nations with the might it deserves. Countries that are contributing more to this vice need to be cautioned as they are endangering the whole globe for their own selfish gains. Global warming can be defined as an upward increase in temperatures of the globe leading to unpredictable weather patterns. More advance definition term for global warming is a greenhouse effect. This change in temperatures has led to change in the Earth`s climate despicably. Global warming is not a hoax as opponents of the debate claim, but rather a reality that needs to be faced. The rise in sea level, rise in earth’s average temperatures, rise in ocean temperature shrinking of glaciers and ocean acidification are all enough evidences to show that global warming is real. It is against this background this paper has sought to discuss why global warming should be treated as a real disaster and necessary precautions taken to save the world from its looming catastrophic effects.
From the scientific a standpoint, data and statistics agree that the globe`s temperature has risen particularly in the 20th century. Since the 1800s, atmospheric temperatures have been on steady rise. The stronger rise was experienced in the 1970’s and again in the 2000’s.Science concedes that the average earth temperature has risen by over 0.4 and 0.8 °C over the last 100 years (Haldar & Ishita, 110). These adverse changes have been caused by the burning of fossil fuels, agriculture, land clearing and other human activities. Predictions made by scientists working for intergovernmental panel on climate change state that the global temperatures could increase between 1.4 and 5.8 °C by 2100 (Rogelli). Some of the expected results of these changes is the rising in sea levels informed by the melting of ice caps and also increase in storms. Some of these changes have already started being experienced.
Since 1880, global sea level has been on a rising trend. According to Janin & Mandia, (p.45), the global average level has gone higher by 8 inches since 1880. However, some sections of the coast such as the East Coast and Gulf Mexico, have experiences a higher increase than the 8 inches in the other parts. This notable rise of sea level is attributable to melting of ice caps and glaciers which are also part of the evidence of global warming. Increased levels of greenhouses gases due to have resulted in rising temperatures. This increased global temperatures are the only reasonable reason that can explain the shrinking of glaciers on various mountains, particularly in Greenland and Antarctica. Janin & Mandia, (p.98) also state that shrinking and ice has contributed to half of the total global sea level increase between 1972 and 2008. The close correlation between the shrinking glaciers and the increasing sea leve ...
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This PowerPoint presentation summarizes the alarmist and skeptic views on global warming. The alarmist view is that human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are dangerously warming the planet and will cause sea level rise, stronger storms, and mass extinctions. Skeptics argue that warming is part of natural climate cycles or caused by solar activity. The presenter expresses uncertainty but leans toward addressing environmental issues through efficiency and preservation.
This document contains information about global warming including its causes, effects, facts, and methods for prevention. It acknowledges sources used to create the presentation and indicates it is for student benefit rather than commercial use. The contents section lists topics to be covered such as the definition of global warming, factors contributing to increased temperatures, impacts of climate change, and steps individuals can take to reduce their carbon footprint. Pictures are also included to illustrate concepts. The presentation aims to educate about global warming issues.
Global warming is defined as the increase in average surface temperatures on Earth over the past century due to greenhouse gas emissions. The main causes are the greenhouse effect trapping heat from the sun and human activities increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Effects include more extreme weather, rising sea levels, and disrupted ecosystems. While some nations have taken steps to reduce emissions, current trends show temperatures and impacts continuing to increase without serious global action on solutions to mitigate further warming and help societies adapt.
This document discusses global warming, its causes, effects, and potential solutions. The main causes of global warming discussed are greenhouse gases emitted from burning fossil fuels and aerosols. Some of the key effects mentioned are rising temperatures, ozone depletion, melting glaciers leading to sea level rise and floods, and damage to inhabitants. Proposed solutions include using renewable energy sources like solar, wind and nuclear power; stopping plastic bag use; and reducing carbon footprints.
This document discusses global warming, its causes, effects, and potential solutions. The main causes of global warming discussed are greenhouse gases emitted from burning fossil fuels and aerosols containing chlorofluorocarbons. Some key effects mentioned are rising temperatures, ozone depletion, melting glaciers causing sea level rise and increased flooding, and damage to human and animal inhabitants. Proposed solutions include converting to renewable energy sources like solar, wind and nuclear power; reducing plastic waste; and decreasing individual carbon footprints.
The document discusses climate change and global warming. It defines climate change as long-term shifts in weather patterns due to natural and human causes that lead to changes in temperature, precipitation, and other factors. The natural causes are listed as solar output, volcanic activity, and variations in Earth's orbit. The human causes are identified as the increased burning of fossil fuels and deforestation, which raise carbon dioxide levels. The document outlines the debate around whether global warming poses a serious threat or is a natural phenomenon, and suggests student activities like dividing into groups to discuss causes and solutions, and developing a class project focused on environmental protection.
The document discusses advocacy and food waste. Regarding advocacy, it defines advocacy as speaking on behalf of oneself or others to enact change and lists types of advocacy such as mass, ideological, and health advocacy. It notes that anyone can advocate for ideas they believe in. The document provides examples of advocacy through public opinion influencing the Vietnam War and revolutions. On food waste, it shares statistics on Singapore's food waste and approaches to reducing waste in Singapore, South Korea, and Hong Kong like donating to food banks. The presentation concludes by proposing a challenge to start a movement in one's school to cultivate a culture of clearing plates and reducing waste.
1. Modulo 7: Global warming.
Objectives:
• Comprehend information about global warming trough different kind of texts.
• Identify which kind of text it is.
• Summarize the information and give an opinion about the topic.
Pre-reading:
• A presentation about global warming with pictures and short videos in power
point.
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• Questions and answers about the topic. For example: what do you understand
about global warming? Is it dangerous? What can you see in these pictures?
2. While reading:
• Text about global warming.
Global warming is a slow but steady rise in Earth's surface temperature.
Temperatures today are 0.74 °C higher than 150 years ago. Some people think that the
warming is because of people burning fossil fuels like coal and oil. Some also think that
humans are cutting down too many trees. Most scientists believe that the sun actually
became colder and is not to blame. If this is so, the Earth should be a small amount
colder. Many scientists say that the temperature will rise about 3.7 °C (6.7 °F) more in
100 years. Most major governments and science groups agree with these ideas.
If the earth's temperature becomes hotter, the sea level will also become higher
because the temperature rise will make ice glaciers melt. The sea level rise may cause
coastal areas to flood. Weather patterns, including where and how much precipitation
there is, will change. Deserts will increase in size in some areas and decrease in others.
Colder areas will become warmer faster than warm areas. Strong storms may become
more likely and farming may not make as much food (but the changing weather may
also mean that storms may become rare and farms may produce more food more easily).
These effects will not be the same over the entire Earth. The changes from one area to
another are not well known.
People in government have talked about global warming. They do not agree on what
to do about it. Humans can burn less fossil fuels, adapt to any temperature changes, or
try to change the Earth to reduce warming. The Kyoto Protocol tries to reduce pollution
from the burning of fossil fuels. Most governments have agreed to it. Some people in
government think nothing should change.
• Underline the important ideas.
• Activities of guided reading with some exercises like: What do you
understand about what you have read? Give me some examples to help to
decrease global warming.
• If there is vocabulary that students don´t know the meaning they can look
for it in a dictionary.
3. After reading:
• Identify the most important ideas.
• Think about your own opinion about global warming and its possible
responses: there are two ways that global warming can be stopped, which
one is the most effective, make a presentation with a partner describing
which way you agree with and create social awareness.
• The presentation includes: two minutes in front of the class using anything
from the classroom and the goal is to be aware and conscious of the dangers
of global warming.
Módule 7: Global warming.
Objectives:
• Identify important ideas in the text.
• Comprehend in critical way texts that are connected with their reality.
Pre-reading:
• Introduction to the topic with the most important points.
4. • Questions like: Do you know how global warming affects our lives? Why is
global warming so important? What do you know about global warming? The
idea is that they are aware about it.
• Show them some pictures about what is happening right now in the world.
• Ask students their opinions about what is happenin
While reading:
In pairs students
have to read a text
about global
warming and its
consequences.
The planet is warming,
from North Pole to South
Pole, and everywhere in
between. Globally, the
mercury is already up more than 1 degree Fahrenheit (0.8 degree Celsius), and
even more in sensitive Polar Regions. And the effects of rising temperatures aren’t
waiting for some far-flung future. They’re happening right now. Signs are
appearing all over, and some of them are surprising. The heat is not only melting
glaciers and sea ice; it’s also shifting precipitation patterns and setting animals on
the move.
Some impacts from increasing temperatures are already happening.
5. • Ice is melting worldwide, especially at the Earth’s poles. This includes
mountain glaciers, ice sheets covering West Antarctica and Greenland, and
Arctic sea ice.
• Researcher Bill Fraser has tracked the decline of the Adélie penguins on
Antarctica, where their numbers have fallen from 32,000 breeding pairs to
11,000 in 30 years.
• Sea level rise became faster over the last century.
• Some butterflies, foxes, and alpine plants have moved farther north or to
higher, cooler areas.
• Precipitation (rain and snowfall) has increased across the globe, on average.
• Spruce bark beetles have boomed in Alaska thanks to 20 years of warm
summers. The insects have chewed up 4 million acres of spruce trees.
Other effects could happen later this century, if warming continues.
• Sea levels are expected to rise between 7 and 23 inches (18 and 59
centimeters) by the end of the century, and continued melting at the poles
could add between 4 and 8 inches (10 to 20 centimeters).
• Hurricanes and other storms are likely to become stronger.
• Species that depend on one another may become out of sync. For example,
plants could bloom earlier than their pollinating insects become active.
• Floods and droughts will become more common. Rainfall in Ethiopia,
where droughts are already common, could decline by 10 percent over the
next 50 years.
• Less fresh water will be available. If the Quelccaya ice cap in Peru
continues to melt at its current rate, it will be gone by 2100, leaving
thousands of people who rely on it for drinking water and electricity
without a source of either.
• Some diseases will spread such as malaria carried by mosquitoes.
• Ecosystems will change—some species will move farther north or become
more successful; others won’t be able to move and could become extinct.
Wildlife research scientist Martyn Obbard has found that since the
mid-1980s, with less ice on which to live and fish for food, polar bears have
gotten considerably skinnier. Polar bear biologist Ian Stirling has found a
similar pattern in Hudson Bay. He fears that if sea ice disappears, the polar
bears will as well.
• Answer some questions that the teacher will write on the blackboard.
What´s the importance of global warming nowadays?
What does it mean heat and what is causing?
List four impacts of temperature increased.
List four effects if global warming continues.
6. After reading:
• With your partner, choose one of the effects that global warming could cause in
the earth in this century.
• Explain it very briefly to your classmates in front of the class. Students can draw
things to explain, can use anything they believe is useful.
• Students will play pictionary with actions that are related to global warming and
the other classmates have to guess. The class will be divided into two groups
each group will have five actions to do in pictionary. Students can make drawing
on the blackboard.
World is melting.
Hurricanes and other storms are likely to become stronger.
Less fresh water will be available
Some diseases will spread such as malaria carried by mosquitoes.
Polar bears are considered skinny.
If Ice Sea disappears, polar bears will disappear too.
Butterflies have moved to the north.
Precipitation has increased.
Heat is melting glaciers.
Penguins are in danger of extinction.
7. Module 7: Global warming.
Pre-reading:
• There will be some pictures related to global warming all over the classroom,
students have to think what pictures mean and give an opinion of what they
think global warming is about describing the pictures.
• Short video about global warming.
While reading:
• Students will read a text about global warming
• First students have to read once the text, highlight the vocabulary they don´t
know and make a glossary with the help of a dictionary.
The terms "global warming" and "greenhouse effect" have become common topics
of conversation worldwide. Synonymous with climate change and pollution, this issue is
the contributor for mass speculation. Every individual has the ability to help ensure the
health of our environment and awareness and education is the first step. Contrary to
popular belief, it is not the sole fault of large corporations that our environment is in
crisis. It is us, the individual consumer. Without our need and demand, these companies
would not be producing ecologically harmful products. Information is our best defense
and making more environmentally sound decisions our best offense. There are many
substitutes for products and merchandise that would be more environmentally safe, it is
just a matter of knowing what they are.
Waste and Recycling: it is very beneficial to use recycled paper or to use products that
are manufactured from ecologically managed forests. According to Seventh Generation
"if every household in the US replaced just one roll of 1000 sheets of toilet paper
with recycled toilet paper, could save 373,000 trees, 1.48 million cubic feet of
landfill space, 155 million gallons of water and avoid 62,000 pounds of pollution".
It has been said that it takes roughly 19 trees to make one ton of paper and that the
usage of one ton of recycled paper will save approximately 17 trees. Of course there is
the importance of recycling your trash, separating the cans, glasses and papers.
After reading:
• Role play: the course will be divided into two groups, a group defending the
reasons linked to the development of global warming and the other group will
defend the position that the world is becoming more polluted and full of
environmental problems because of global warming.
8. • The teacher will choose one of each group to defend their position with
arguments and then the other classmate will give his or her arguments to debate
the classmate´s position.
10. Annual expected learning:
The achievement of the principal objectives for the year requires of the exposure of oral and
written text from varied topics and expresses pertinence. The suggested texts are conceptually and
linguistically more complex. The success of the learning process will depend of the appropriate
recognition of the communicative intention of diverse discourses and their patterns of textual
organization.
Ability Objectives of the learning process
Reading comprehension At the end of the year the student will be able to:
1.- Demonstrate comprehension of the information in written and authentic
texts of different nature and varied extension related with their interests,
resolving problems and tasks that the text present.
a) Apply and integrate strategies and techniques of approximation to the
text, research information according their purposes:
b) Fast reading, targeted reading, extensive reading and intensive
reading.
c) Using the information from the text, codes and textual clues to
identify different kind of texts and their underlying assumptions pointing
their communicative intention.
2.- Read independently with the aid of a dictionary: recognizing and
identifying topics and subtopics and the arguments presented; recognizing
temporal sequences and following the logical development of the ideas,
establishing relationship between the whole for its parts, drawing
conclusions, synthesize information or applying it to their specific projects.
3.- Read in a critical way: recognizing the functional value of the texts,
selecting the information relevant to their interests, linking the informative
content with situations of the real life, differentiating facts and opinions,
distinguishing between hypothesis, evidence, inference and conclusion.
Making judgments about the relevance, appropriateness and applicability
of the information for their education; building a different and
representative product, it could be: poster, caricature or a new text.
Auditory comprehension 5.- Proves understanding of the information proportioned by authentic oral
texts from different nature and varied extension resolving problems and
tasks that audition present.
a) Resolving the channel and the media, type of text, the topic of
communicative even and the number of participants.
b) Pointing the communicative intention of the message.
c) Recognizing the communicative value of the pauses, intonation
and accentuation (stress).
d) Associating keywords with the subject of the message.
e) Appeal to lexical redundancy to determine the main idea.
f) Identifying the participants, their characteristics as the roles they
play in events of two or more participants.
g) Recognizing conventions and linguistic features of the speech in
different kind of texts.
h) Selecting appropriate comprehension strategies to each
communicative situation activating prior knowledge and
experiences.
11. i) Carry out concrete tasks following instructions or solving
problems.
Speaking 6.- Solve everyday communicative situations in direct or mediated
exchanges:
a) Initiating or answering appropriately to requests or invitations.
b) Giving or following instructions.
c) Making suggestions and offering explanations.
d) Pointing and justifying preferences.
e) Expressing agree or disagree.
7.- Prepares and presents, according to models given by the teacher, brief
reports of texts (descriptive, narrative and argumentative) worked in class.
Writing 8.- Produce short texts:
a) Notes about read and heard texts.
b) Descriptions of professions and activities.
c) Descriptions or opinions about students and cultural activities.
9.- Write C.V, letters and advertisements, write e-mail messages and/or
faxes preferably using computer tools.
10.- Prepare brief reports from the informative content of read texts or from
fulfilled projects.
Lexical objectives 11.- Recognizes a general and specialized vocabulary of 2,000 words, in a
variety of authentic texts of various topics, in order to solve problems
listening and reading comprehension.
12.- Reuses key words or phrases in new communicative situations in the
construction of specialized glossaries.
13.- Values the information gained through the foreign language as a
Value objectives
contribution to their comprehensive training.
14.- Appreciate the value of the foreign language as a tool for use in
professional activities and employment.