Hala Gharib Climate Action Challenge: Environmental Literacy Lesson Plan Template
Overview
The lesson plan will investigate the difference between weather and climate as well as The Köppen climate classification for climate and how this affects our lives. It will present different forms of energy renewable and non renewable and how we can move to transitive forms of energy. It will explore the future of energy as well as future of the environment depending on actions that we can take
The Climate Action Challenge
Environmental Literacy Lesson Plan
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Title of Lesson Plan: Transitive Energy. It’s time to take action | |
Educator Author (name, country): Hala Gharib, Egypt | |
Audience (Age, English Level): grade 10- upper intermediate | |
Two Sentence Overview of the Lesson Plan:
The lesson plan will investigate the difference between weather and climate as well as The Köppen climate classification for climate and how this affects our lives. It will present different forms of energy renewable and non renewable and how we can move to transitive forms of energy. It will explore the future of energy as well as future of the environment depending on actions that we can take | |
Resources Needed:
powerpoint presentation, worksheets and game cards | |
Learning Objectives: By the end of the lesson students will be able to 1 - Differentiate between the term weather and the term climate. 2 - Classify the climate in the area where they live according to The Köppen climate classification for climate. 3 - Identify different resources of energy. 4 - Suggest solutions to the issue of climate crisis in the area of energy.
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Warm-Up: 1 - whole class discussion about the difference between the term “weather” and then term”Climate” 2 -In groups, students will state three human activities that led to the change of climate through years.
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Time
5 m
15m
5m
15 | Activities/Instructions 1 - Use the links: koppen-map.com and hanschen.org to investigate how the climate where you live is classified. Create a poster to show where your school is, what the climate type is, and the impacts of climate change in your country. 2 - In the warm up stage, students have already stated human activities that led to the climate crisis, students will be asked to determine what they have in common and how they are related to energy. Students will be asked to decide on the type of energy used, it is produced and how this energy affects climate actions . 3 - In groups students will decide on “Why do we need energy transition” and how we can produce it. 4 - Students will play “Energy Transition Trumps card game” to find out the different ways we can create energy
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Closing/Debrief:
students will create their own placard to show how they feel about energy
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