ANTONIETTA CAPUZZA CLASSI IB IH IIQ GIOVANNA GALLI

ANTONIETTA CAPUZZA CLASSI IB, IH, IIQ GIOVANNA GALLI 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 • • Interdisciplinary links biology and environment cinema and global warming literature and future world • art and landscapes 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

MODULE 1 - Global warming and climate change 1. 2. 3. • • The emergence of global warming and the trailer of the documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” Melissa Etheridge and “I need to wake up” The sun’s rays and greenhouse gases Expansion Check your knowledge 1 Global warming: a global issue lesson

1 Lesson 1. 2. 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.

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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)

2 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

• Lesson 3 Sun’s rays and greenhouse gases lesson 3

• 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 6 m.

Activity 3 Answer these questions (20 minutes) 1. 2. 3. 4. 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 4 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 1980 s 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)

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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 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Climate change cambiamento climatico CFCs chlorofluorocarbons clorofluorocarburi carbon dioxide CO 2 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 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 1. polar ice caps calotte polari 2. polluted inquinato 3. pollution (levels) (livelli di) inquinamento 4. raise aumentare 5. recycling bank ecostazione di riciclo 6. rise up innalzarsi 7. rubbish/litter spazzatura 8. seed seme 9. shore litorale 10. solar panel pannello solare 11. swampland palude 12. to starve morire di fame 13. threat minaccia 14. threaten minacciare 15. tide marea 16. 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, Cambridge. University Press, 2010. Graziella G. , Stefania M. Art & Geo for CLIL, Zanichelli, Bologna, 2006.

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