Towards a more sustainable lifestyle
Overview
Overview of the Lesson Plan:
Students and people in general are often not aware of the diverse ways that our daily activities can both positively and negatively affect our environment. Through this lesson, students will identify fundamental actions they can take within their communities to embrace a more sustainable lifestyle.
Audience (Age, English Level): 14 – 16 years old, A2 English level
Title of Lesson Plan: Towards a more sustainable lifestyle
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- Computer
- Electricity
- Internet
- Board
- Notebooks
- Paper
- Markers
- Pens
- Pencils
- Projector
- Posting paper
- Tape
- Cellphone
- Earthproject app
Learning Objectives:
Students will be able to understand the concept of sustainable living.
Students will be able to identify daily life sustainable activities they can incorporate in their own lives.
Students will actively engage in learning about Earthproject app, which will be downloaded as their primary tool to take team-oriented actions and keep track of progress on Climate Action Change project they choose. Throughout this time, they will develop a weekly progress report to document and reflect on the implementation of the chosen sustainable activity.
Students will select and apply a practical sustainable activity (habit) with their home or community over a three-month period. Throughout this time, they will develop a weekly progress report to document and reflect on the implementation of the chosen sustainable activity.
Warm-Up:
Ask students what they understand by “sustainable living.” Students brainstorm and write some ideas in a piece of paper.
Give a brief introduction of the concept: “sustainable living.”
Activities/Instructions
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: in this lesson plan, students are acquainted with the DIGPA framework, which serves as a tool for Reflection. The detailed description of this framework can be found in following link: Reflection Guide - Learning Teaching Toolkit (weebly.com)
Description
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Interpretation
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Generalization
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Planning Action
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