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A N T O N I E T TA C A P U Z Z A
CLASSI IB, IH, IIH, IIQ
G I O VA N N A G A L L I
MODULI DI GEOGRAFIA IN INGLESE PER IL I E IL II
ANNO DEL LICEO SCIENTIFICO
CLIL Geography
Global Warming And Climate
Change
MODULE 1
If a subject isn’t a priority for their electors , politicians will ignore it
Al Gore
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Interdisciplinary links
biology and environment
cinema and global warming
literature and future world
• landscapes
art and
Biology and environment
• Cinema and global warming
• Literature and future world
• Art and landscapes
In this module we are going to learn about Global
Warming, Environmental Problems and Climate Change
GLOBAL WARMING: A GLOBAL ISSUE
TOPICS
1. the destructive power of global warming
2. enviromental problems
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Global warming:
a global issue
lesson
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Lesson
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Setting the stage (3 minutes)
Free association
The trailer of
“An inconvenient truth”
By Davis Guggenheim
Biographical Note
Davis Guggenheim (born 1964) is an American director and producer of documentary and
dramatic film and television. An Inconvenient Truth is based on a slideshow in which Al Gore
argues that humans are responsible for climate change and that its effects on our planet could be deva
stating. He presents scientific data and makes shocking predictions about what could
happen if greenhouse gas emissions are not reduced. During his presidential campaign in
2000, while he was running against Bush to become US president, he promised that he would
ratify the Kyoto Protocol if he became president. An Inconvenient Truth was awarded by the
Academy Award for best Documentary Feature in 2007.
Link of the trailer of “An inconvenient truth” by Al Gore
https://it.search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A9mSs2aBauNUGwMAHcsaDQx.;_
ylc=X1MDMjExNDcxOTAwMgRfcgMyBGZyA3NwaWdvdC15aHAtc2ZtYWMEZ3ByaWQDX3RsWlg3djhUSF
NobjNOVHYzVUlEQQRu
Today when we think about the greenhouse effect, we also think of
global warming.
Global warming is the rise of average temperatures in the
Earth.
Over the last 100 years this has slowly increased.
Some experts have predicted that by before the end of the twenty-first
century the Earth’s average temperature could rise from 1.4 to 5.8 °C.
This could cause such problems as very high or very low temperatures
Greenhouse gases, such as water vapour, carbon dioxide and
methane, surround the Earth’s surface and part of the
atmosphere. These exist naturally and have to keep the Earth
warm. Whithout these the Earth’s temperature would be, in
some areas and regions at risk, about -18 °C!
This is called the greenhouse effect and it allows us to live on
our planet, but if greenhouse gases increase into the
atmosphere, the Earth’s temperature will rise up and the
climate will change with worst effect on people’s lives
BRAINSTORMING
What do you know about the following?
1.The problem of global warming
2.The climate change
Say what you know about global warming and climate
change (20 minutes)
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Lesson
Melissa Etheridge and “I need to wake up”
Activity 2
Now listen to the song by Melissa Etheridge, read the lyrics
and then talk about it’s meaning
(20 minutes)
Then write the song’s key concepts (10 minutes)
“I NEED TO WAKE UP" BY MELISSA ETHERIDGE
Have I been sleeping?
I’ve been so still, afraid of crumbling
Have I been careless?
Dismissing all the distant rumblings
Take me where I am supposed to be
To comprehend the things that I can’t see
'Cause I need to move, I need to wake up
I need to change, I need to shake up
I need to speak out, somethings got to break up
I've been asleep and I need to wake up now
And as a child I danced like it was 1999
And my dreams were wild
The promise of this new world would be mine
Now I am throwing off the carelessness of youth
To listen to an inconvenient truth
That I need to move, I need to wake up
I need to change, I need to shake up
I need to speak out, somethings got to break up
I've been asleep and I need to wake up now
I am not an island
I am not alone
I am my intentions
Trapped here in this flesh and bone
And I need to move, I need to wake up
I need to change, I need to shake up
I need to speak out, somethings got to break up
I've been asleep and I need to wake up now
I want to change, I need to shake up
I need to speak out, oh, somethings got to break up
I’ve been asleep and I need to wake up now
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• Lesson
Sun’s rays and greenhouse gases
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• The Greenland Ice Sheet has experienced record
melting in recent years; if the entire 2.8 million cu km
sheet were to melt, it would raise sea levels by 6m.
Activity 3
Answer these questions
(20 minutes)
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What are the greenhouse gases?
What are the names of natural greenhouse gases?
Why is the greenhouse effect important?
Which everyday products used CFCs in the past?
Lesson
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Expansion
Have you ever heard of
the ozone layer?
The ozone layer is a layer of gas which surrounds the Earth. It
is essential because it stops many of the sun’s dangerous ultraviolet rays (UV rays) from getting to the Earth. In the early
1980s scientists discovered that the ozone layer is slowly
disappearing at around 4% every ten years.
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), used in air-conditioning systems,
refrigerators and aerosol cans, are the main cause of this, as a
result more people today are trying to reduce their use of
CFCs.
Have you ever heard of rising seas?
The rise of temperature in the polar zones is melting some of the ice
and causing the problem of rising seas.
It could cause the coasts of some countries to go underwater.
Write in the bubble
Activity 4
Write in the bubbles
(15 minutes)
Write in the bubble
Write in bubble
Curiosity flash
In August 2007 a week- long campaign called Camp for Climate Action
took place at London’s Heathrow Airport to protest against the new
building of a new terminal and runway, which could lead to an increase
in the number of flights from 480,000 to 800,000 a year. Every year,
the planes flying to and from Heathrow produce as much greenhouse
gas as 5 million cars.
Comprension check (15 minutes)
Answer these questions
1. What is global warming?
2. What are some of the causes of global warming?
3. What are the names of three natural greenhouse
gases?
4. Why is the greenhouse effect important?
5. What does the ozone layer do?
6. What are the consequences of higher
temperatures in the polar zones?
What gets us into trouble is
not what we don’t know,
it’s what we know for sure
that just ain’t so. (Mark
Twain)
GLOSSARY 1
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Climate change cambiamento climatico
CFCs chlorofluorocarbons clorofluorocarburi
carbon dioxide CO2 anidride carbonica
coal carbone
crop raccolto
crop failure cattivo raccolto
drought siccità
energy policies politiche energetiche
exhaust fumes fumi di scarico
factory fumes fumi industriali
flooding inondazione
fossil fuel combustibile fossile
global warming riscaldamento globale
greenhouse gas gas serra
growing season periodo di coltivazione
heat waves ondate di calore
exhaust fumes/factory fumes fumi di scarico e di fabbriche
melt sciogliersi
GLOSSARY 2
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polar ice caps calotte polari
polluted inquinato
pollution (levels) (livelli di) inquinamento
raise aumentare
recycling bank ecostazione di riciclo
rise up innalzarsi
rubbish/litter spazzatura
seed seme
shore litorale
solar panel pannello solare
swampland palude
to starve morire di fame
threat minaccia
threaten minacciare
tide marea
waste rifiuti
Slideshow card
Title: Global Warming and Climate Change
Subject: Geography
Teachers: Capuzza Antonietta, Galli Giovanna (Italian and Latin language and litterature)
Class: first and second year - Liceo Scientifico
Age: fourteen/fifteen years old
Materials: photos, documentaries, songs, graphs
Contents : - physical, economic and political geography;
- objective data on the effects of human behaviours and economic and industrial activities on the
earth;
- global warming effects
- connected risks for the planet and for the future generations;
Prerequisites: - knowledge of the main concepts of physical, economic and political geography;
- basic knowledge of the institutions which are in the national territory (such as town councils,
regions and districts) and in the world (such as ONU, BMI, FMI)
Aims (content ): students will know:
- reasons of climate change
- different aspects of global warming
- other global environmental issues
- global warming present and future effects
- impact of global warming and other environmental problems on people’s lives
- risks for planet
and will be able to: - develop hypotheses to reduce global warming
- suggest measures to combat climate change
Aims (language): (at the end of the lesson) students :
1. will have improved their mastering of the English language using it in meaningful
contexts;
2. will have expanded their vocabulary in the field related to Geography;
3. will have practiced the impersonal language to speculate about scientific and
technological topics.
Strategies:
- working in pairs and groups;
- sharing ideas in group discussions so that students extend content and language knowledge;
- hypothesizing;
- problem solving;
- analyzing;
- summarizing;
Activities:
- whatching movies and documentaries;
- listening to songs;
- data processing;
Bibliography
Coyle D., Hood Ph., Marsh D.
CLIL: Content and Language Integrated Learning, CambridgeUniversity Press, 2010.
Graziella G., Stefania M.
Art & Geo for CLIL, Zanichelli,Bologna,2006.
http://www.tieclil.org
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http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoringreferences/faq/global-warming.php
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoringreferences/faq/global-warming.php
http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/envir
onment/global-warming/
http://www.climatehotmap.org
http://www.climatehotmap.org
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/21
9038.pdf
http://scholar.google.it/scholar?q=united+nations
+report+on+climate+change+2007&hl=it&as_sdt=
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BBC News SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT