E NERGY FOR B ULGARIA For the 6 th grade

U NIT 6 T HE E ARTH IN DANGER Focus 4 How big is your environmental footprint?...answer the questions and find out

I N PAIRS, ASK AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONNAIRE : 1. How do you get to school? a) by car b) by bus/train c) by bike/on foot

2. At school, what do you do with rubbish? a) I don’t have any b) throw it on the ground c) put it in a waste bin

3.When you go to bed in your house, is your TV… a) on? b) on standby? c) off?

4. What do you recycle in your house? a) nothing b) glass, paper and plastic c) glass, paper or plastic

5. How often do you eat meat? a) every day b) two or three times a week c) rarely

6. How often do you use recycled paper? a) usually b) sometimes c) never

7. How often do you use both sides of a piece of paper (for example, with a printer)? a) neverb) sometimesc) often

8. How often do you travel by plane? a) more than three times a year b) one to three times a year c) rarely

9. How many big electrical things (TV, stereo, computer) are in your bedroom? a) three or more b) one or twoc) none

10. How often do you switch off lights at home to save energy? a) usually b) sometimesc) never

G O TO PAGE 132 AND CHECK THE ANSWERS. C ALCULATE YOUR PARTNER ’ S SCORE. Answers 1. a) 3 b) 1 c) 0 Cars use more energy than buses or bikes. 2. a) 0 b) 3 c) 1 There is too much rubbish. It is becoming a big environmental problem. 3. a) 4 b) 2 c) 0 In the USA, they need two large power stations to power TVs on standby. If your TV is on standby all night, you use the same energy as in an evening’s TV viewing. 4. a) 4 b) 1 c) 2 5. a) 3 b) c) 0 Meat is good for you, but we use a lot of the Earth’s natural resources for animal food. 6. a) 0 b) 2 c) 4 Recycled paper is better for the environment than normal paper.

7. a) 4 b) 2 c) 0 Reusing is better than recycling. 8. a) 4 b) 3 c) 1 Planes use the most energy of any form of transport. 9. a) 4 b) 2 c) 0 We use a lot of energy to make stereos and computers. 10. a) 0 b) 2 c) 4 Switching off lights is a good way of helping the Earth’s natural resources.

H OW DID YOU SCORE ? You are a normal part of the developed world. This part of the world has 20 percent of the world’s population and uses 80 percent of natural resources. You have a really big environmental footprint.

15-24 You have a medium-sized footprint. You are trying to protect the environment. Well done! But you could try harder.

3-14 You are an environmental hero, and you are helping to protect the Earth! You have a small environmental footprint!

D ISCUSS THE QUESTIONS : Are there any big environmental problems in Bulgaria? What do you need to do about them?

E XERCIZE : Ask Ss to thing how environmentally friendly they are. Ask: What do you do to help the environment? What could you do? Elicit ideas and then tell Ss they are going to answer some questions to see if they are “green” or not. Check: rubbish, waste bin. Ss work in pairs, A and B. A asks the questions and notes B’s answers and then they swap roles and B asks A.

E XTRA ACTIVITY : In order to revise some of the recent structures that have been studied, ask Ss to comment on and question their partner’s choices in the questionnaire by using negative questions (Why don’t you cycle to school?). Ss work in pairs while the teacher is monitor. Then do open class feedback.