Lesson 13: Air/ Atmosphere Vocabulary - How we impact the atmosphere, air, and environment - Review the vocabulary to the class global warming greenhouse effect Vocabulary

Industries POLLUTION CAUSE - Explain how factories and industries cause pollution - Briefly explain how pollution gets into the air and cause acid rain - Explain that some countries don’t see pollution as a major problem back then.. for example, China. It was recently, that China cared more about their problems with pollution - Explain how most factories and industries produce toxic pollution - Pollution is a benefactor to global warming - Many people are now noticing the effects of pollution

Transportation Cars! Buses! Trains! Airplanes! Causes: Effects: - population increases in urban areas - transportation also increases - rural places are far away from urban places and the city Effects: - increases of pollution because more cars are being used - pollution increases as transportation increases - vehicles produce emissions that is harmful to the environment and ozone - global warming increases - Discuss with the students how they get to school and if they have traveled anywhere lately. - Explain how all transportation has pros and cons - Explain the causes and effects of transportation - Elaborate how some of the transportation can be ecofriendly like hybrid cars or riding bicycles

Solutions Can you think of other solutions? - Tell the students there are many possible solutions! - Two of the solutions are walking, and biking to the places you want to be. - Have them split up into groups and discuss about other solutions to be green Can you think of other solutions?

Ask the students what is the difference between the right side and the left side. - explain that the left side is due to global warming and this is the outcome of it - the right side may present as right now or what we can strive towards instead of the left side What do you see?

Global Warming - Explain what is global warming and tell them about the effects of global warming - Interpret the graph on the left and tell them where global warming goes - Explain how carbon emission is rapidly rising through the years as the graph on the right shows

VIDEO! (Pollution) Video: Bill Nye The Science Guy - Pollution Solutions Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVmmpGeR6nk Start Time: 4:06 End Time: 5:20 Have the students answer the questions while watching this video.

Lesson 14: Agriculture/Land -Talk about human population -Review vocabulary Deforestation Urbanization Agriculture Vocabulary

Where do you live?

City Country Urbanization Increasing in size, number of people, land area Less people living here -Explain increased movement of human population towards cities -More land being cleared for cities and suburbs

Removal of trees from a forest so the land can be used Destruction of habitats -land cleared for urbanization Methods: Clear-Cut Slash and Burn Effects: Extinction Global warming

Agriculture Increase in agriculture, better farming methods Need more food -Terrace farming helps prevent loss of water Increase in agriculture, better farming methods Large Population

Lesson 15 : Protecting the Environment

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Things to recycle Plastic - Bottles, packaging Paper - sheet paper, cardboard Metal - aluminum cans, wiring Glass - bottles -Teach students that the best thing to do is reduce first if possible, then reuse, then recycling is the last step

Alternative Travel -Students can tell parents or other adults who drive -Instead of driving cars, ride bikes, walk, or use public transportation

Video!

Outer Space Satellites Garbage Too much space junk! -many satellites not even in use -garbage jettisoned out into space Garbage

Environmental Tips -Turn off lights when not in room -Save water wherever necessary, like while brushing teeth or shampooing in the shower -Recycle plastic bottles, aluminum cans, and glass bottles in recycling bins; have a recycling bin in your house -Print double sided, keep scratch paper