Theme: Nature is in Danger
Our mother planet is showing
the red warning light. “Be careful”, she is saying. To take care of the planet
is to take care of own house.
Dalai Lama
Objectives:
practical
• to activate the lexical material on the topic and familiarize with new words
• to develop listening, reading, speaking and writing skills
• practice in using of new words in oral speech and in writing
• to develop the skills of dialogical speech
• to teach to talk about the world around us
• to develop listening, reading, speaking and writing skills
• practice in using of new words in oral speech and in writing
• to develop the skills of dialogical speech
• to teach to talk about the world around us
• to widen pupils knowledge to the topic
educational
• to acquaint students with the problems of nature protection
• to expand students ' knowledge about the positive and negative sides of human influence on nature.
• to acquaint students with the problems of nature protection
• to expand students ' knowledge about the positive and negative sides of human influence on nature.
• to respect our nature
developing- to develop skills of social competence
- to develop linguistic supposition, and speech reaction
- to develop skills of working in pairs
- to develop skills of independent work with a dictionary
- to develop positive attitude towards the world around us
Equipment: pupils presentations, teacher’s presentation,
slogans, quiz
We
are all in one boat
Procedure
I.
Introduction.
Good morning to everyone!
We have learnt a lot of
information on the topic “Nature in danger”, discussed the most important
ecological problems in our previous lessons.
Motto:
We are pupils
We are good pupils
We are clever pupils
We are talented pupils
We are fantastic pupils
We are the most enthusiastic
pupils
We are trying to be the best
pupils in the world.
That’s why I offer to have a
round table discussion today.
It’s theme is “Our world is in
danger”.
II. Warming – up.
T. I hope you will agree with
me that nowadays everybody wants to live in a safe and healthy world.
We ore given the world that is
P1: Beautiful
P2: Wonderful
P3: Unique
P4: Rich but very fragil
T. What makes our world
beautiful?
P1: Blue oceans and seas,
lakes and rivers.
P2: Green forests and parks, beautiful gardens and squares
P3: Mighty waterfalls and nigh mountains.
P4: Spring fields and green pastures
T: What makes our world wonderful and unique?
P1: Rainforests and steppes
P2: Various species of mammals, birds and insects
P3: Various plants and flowers
III.
Main part
1.T. I see that you are great
lovers of nature, you see its beauty and its importance.
For today’s lesson you have made your presentations.
Love saves the world “Love
story”
Listen the song Karina, please
You worked in groups.
Today we have the lesson –
We are professors – scientists of different branches.
The first group: professors of water.
The second group: professors of animal’s world.
The third group: professors of landscape.
The fourth group: professors of plants world.
The fifth group: professors of outer space
and ecology man.
2. Listening.
T. Listen to the poem, I fully agree with the English poet Devis, who
said:
What is this life, if full of care.
We’ve no time to stand and stare.
No time to see when woods we pass.
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass
No time to see in broad daylight
Streams full of stars like skies at night
A poor life this, if full of care
We have no time to stand and stare.
T. Really, our life is poor, when we have no time to put aside our work
and just go to the forest or to the field, to see their beauty and enjoy the
local landscape and what do you think about it.
Your presentations, professors.
3. Pupils presentations speaking
1) T: Professors of water, please
WATER IN OUR
LIFE
Life is a zoo in a jungle.
Peter
De Vries
WATER AND WATER PLANTS
On
our planet there is a lot of water; the water is in rivers, in lakes, in ponds,
in seas and in oceans. The ocean is a very big sea. The water in the sea is
salty, but in the river the water is fresh. In the water live many plants. The
water lily floats on the top of the water.
WATER
ANIMALS
In
the water live fish and animals. A fish moves its tail from side to side and
swims in the water; its tail is its propeller. Fish are covered with scale.
Some fishes eat plants or smaller fish and worms under the water; others eat
flies and other insects on the top of the water.
THE DOLPHIN
Some
fishes are very big; the biggest fish are sharks. A dolphin is as big as a
shark, but it is not a fish – it is a mammal. Dolphins feed their babies with
milk. But the biggest water animal is the whale; some whales weigh several
tons. Whales live in the oceans; they are mammals too.
SEA TURTLES IN DANGER
Sea turtles come in different
colours, shapes and sizes and are found in many parts of the world, from Mexico and Costa
Rica in Central America to Turkey
and Greece in the Mediterranean . They have existed for millions of years
but their survival is now being threatened.
Severe
storms
It has been estimated that
severe storms (notably hurricanes and tornadoes) account for about 20 per cent
of the huge annual cost of the damage caused by natural disasters. The most
common storms, however, are thunderstorms, about 50.000 of which occur every
day.
TSUNAMIS
The most destructive waves in
the ocean are tsunamis, often wrongly called tidal waves. They are not caused
by tides, but by underwater earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, or by
hurricanes. These disturbances cause the sea bed to move very quickly, which
shifts a large amount of water and disrupts the sea surface. A train of waves
is set in motion and travels away from the source of disturbance.
IMPORTANCE
OF WATER
Water is necessary for life.
All organisms contain it, some drink it and some live in it. Plants and animals
require water that is moderately pure, and they cannot survive, if water
contains toxic chemicals or harmful microorganisms. Water pollution kills large
quantity of fish, birds, and other animals, in some cases killing everything in
an affected area.
WATER AND ITS PROTECTION
We
must keep water clean in rivers and lakes, because we need clean water for
drinking. Plants and animals die in the water which is polluted. Especially
great harm to the river and lakes is done by oil products. That is why the law
forbids to drain harmful and waste waters to water reservoirs. It also forbids
to cup the forests around the water reservoirs because then they become
shallow.
THE
MAIN PROBLEM of WATER POLLUTION
The problems associated with
water pollution have the capabilities to disrupt life on our planet to a great extent.
But global environmental collapse is not inevitable.
POLLUTION
Pollution, pollution – you can use the latest toothpaste
And then rinse your mouth with industrial waste.
Just go out for a breath of air
And you’ll be ready for a Medicare.
The city streets are quite a thrill –
If the hoods don’t get the monoxide will.
Pollution, pollution – wear a gas mask or a veil,
Then you can breathe – long as you don’t inhale.
Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly –
But they don’t last long if they try.
A generation which doesn’t think of nature will not have future!
What influence have a water world on the people’s life?
What do you think about water pollution?
2) T:
Professors of flora, please
The Plant Life On Our Planet
Life is Just a
mirror, and what you see out there, you must first see inside of you.
Wally
On our planet
plants live from the tundra in the north to the tropical forests at the
equator. In the Arctic the climate is very
cold, snow never melts in summer; that is why few plants live there.
The tundra lies to
the south of the Arctic ; there are no big
trees but there grow grass and moss. Forests lie to the south of the tundra; in
the forest grow such trees as oak, birch, maple and others.
Forests are “the
lungs” of our planet. That is why they are protected by law. The worst enemy of
a forest is fire. It is necessary to be careful in the forest especially when
the weather is dry and windy.
§
The
roots of plants absorb water and dissolved salts out the soil. Wind and rain
destroy the soil. The best helpers of farmers are plants. They protect the soil
agains erosion. They also plant bushes and trees on the sides.
§
People
like wild flowers and often pick them up. That is why many of flowers become
rare It’s better to take pictures of flowers than to pick them up.
Fallen giant
A big tree
Is
like a giant
With
torn-out roots
Instead of feet.
It’s like a ship
Sailing far out to sea,
or a
house with many rooms.
It has places to hide
and swing on
and
climb along.
A
big tree
lying
down
is a good place to play.
But you can never make it stand up again.
Not ever.
SUMMER FLOWERS
Among the meadow
grasses,
Bluebells and
daisies gleam,
And forget-me-nots
often hide
Beside the silver
stream.
Bright tulips and
sweet roses
Make many gardens
gay –
Oh, who could count
the flowers
Upon a summer’s
day?
§
Stop
the contamination of land, air and water! Think about the environment and plant
world!
Saving the
environment, you save yourself!
What do you think the plants are very necessary in our life?
3) T:
Professors of fauna, please
THE ANIMALS WORLD
Epigraph
Civilization begins with
order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos.
Will Durant (1885-1981)
Every year more animals disappear
never to be seen again.
Nature is carefully
balanced and if this balance is disturbed everyday, thousands of species of
animals draw closer to extinction.
THE ANIMAL LIFE ON OUR PLANET
MANY ANIMALS AND INSECTS
LIVE IN THE STEPPE, IN THE PRAIRIE AND IN THE SAVANNAH SAVANNAH
THE BEARS
•
Only few animals live in the
north. In the Arctic you can meet bears; white
bears can swim very well. They catch fish and hunt for walruses.
Rhinoceros
•
Sixty million years ago there were 30 species of
rhinoceros on the earth. Now there are only five species and all of them are in
danger of extinction. Three of the five species live in Asia .
There are about 1,500 Indian one-horned
rhinos in northeast India island of Sumatra Kampuchea
REINDEER
•
The reindeer have to travel for great distances to
find their food. Usually they migrate in small groups around the tundra. In
summer the reindeer keep nearer to the shores of the Artic Ocean
Tigers
Tigers are of cat family. They
are the largest cats. Tigers are orange and white with black stripes. They have
a big body and a long tail. Their teeth are big and sharp. Tigers are very
strong and dangerous. They eat small animals and fish. They live in Asia and in
Africa . Tigers can run very fast and
swim.
Elephants
•
Elephants are very big. They
are the biggest land animals. Elephants have very big ears and a very long
trunk. They also have two long white teeth-tusks. They live in Africa and in Asia . They eat a
lot of food: leaves, grass, fruit. An
elephants eats about 140 kilogram of food a day and drinks about 180 liters of water. A
big elephants is over 3.5
metres tall and weighs about 6000 kilogram .
BEARS
•
Bears are still rather shabbily treated in many collections, are often kept in pits or
concrete cell totally unsuited to their behavioral demands.
•
Another problem experienced by many European zoos is the stereotypic and head-weaving displayed by
several bears.
Monkeys
Monkeys
live in the forest of the warm countries. Monkeys climb up the trees with their
hands and legs. Hey climb down the trees very seldom, because he trees give them all necessary food – young
leaves, juicy shoots and fruit. They
find drinking water in the hollows of the leaves where it gets after the rain. On the ground monkeys move with the help of
arms and legs.
The problem is acid rain. Acid
is a kind of air pollution. It is caused by factories the burn coal or oil, or
gas. These factories send smoke high into the air. The wind often carries he
smoke far from the factories.
Every
ten minutes one kind of animal, insect dies our forever. If nothing is done
about it, one million kind species that are alive today may soon become
extinct.
Stop wining the habitat of
insects animals and reptiles! Think about rare species.
What are the methods do you know to save animal’s life.
4) T:
Professors of landscape, please
LANDSCAPE
Epigraph
A country without trees is almost as hopeless.
Theodore Roosevelt
Trees in Danger
•
Millions of years before animals lived on land, there
were trees on the Earth. But today trees are in serious danger.
•
In the 1970s,many of the elm trees in Europe were killed by Dutch elm disease. Now even a
greater danger is threatening the forests and woods of Europe from northern Sweden to southern Italy Germany
•
In other parts of the world trees are threatened by
people, not pollution. The great rain forests of Asia and South
America are being destroyed for firewood and building material.
Trees are important because they provide
home for many other plants and animals. Trees produce the oxygen which we
breathe. If the trees die, we will too.
THE RAINFORESTS
•
The rainforests are found in the tropics, in South
America, Central Africa and South East Asia .
They affect the climate and if people destroy them, global warming on the Earth
is inevitable. Population of our planet keeps growing and there is constant need in mineral resources and space
to live. As a result all the rainforests are in great danger. They are the lungs of our planet.
•
The rainforests are full of different kinds of plants,
birds, reptiles and insects. In one square kilometre you can find about one
thousand five hundred different kinds of plants And in fact there are about
seven hundred and fifty different kinds of one square kilometre. About four hundred kinds of birds
can be found in one square kilometre. There are about a hundred and twenty
different kinds of reptiles in one square kilometre. And about twenty thousand
different kinds of insects can be found in one square kilometre of rainforest.
•
Mount Everest is the highest
mountain in the world. It rises about 8,9 kilometres above
sea level..
Mount Everest is the mountain’s English
name. It was named for Sir George Everest,a British official in India
•
The Earth is so wonderful, unique and beautiful. I
prefer mountains because I like waterfalls I admire their beauty and the power
of falling water.
•
Mount McKinley is a mountain in Alaska North
America . The mountain actually has two peaks, the South Peak
and the North Peak South Peak 6,194 metres
high. The North Peak 5,934 metres high.
•
Mount McKinley is part of the Alaska
Range . It was homed for William McKinley, who served as president
of the United States
Man and the Landscape
•
The landscape is the visible result of various natural
geographical processes-the formation of rocks, their uplift into mountains,
subsequent erosion of the mountains, distribution and deposition of eroded
sediments, movements of the continents, and the modification of coastlines by
the action of the sea. But most natural processes tend to take a long time to
produce noticeable alterations. During the past few thousand years, by far the
most significant landscape modifications have been produced by man.
Danger of forests
•
I don’t want to forger the greenhouse effect. Gases
and chemicals stay in the air like a blanket around our planet causing the
changer in the world’s climate.
•
Today in South America
50 hectares
of forest disappear every minute. It happens because people need wood and
paper, minerals, more room for farming and housing.
•
In Africa , the desert
is growing langer and langer. The main problem is erosion there. The soil is
becoming poorer and poorer.
Look after your planet, it’s
the only one we have. Our world is in danger! Think!
What is the main problem of landscape?
5) T:
Professors of
Ecology of Man.
•
It may sound fanny to you, but man needs protection
and care as mach as animals do.People’ habitats-their homes, town and
cities-mast be kept ecologically clean.In the places where people drink
poisoned water, eat bad food and breathe polluted air they suffer from serious
diseases and die early; their children are born week. No medicines prescribed
by the doctors can help them.
Between 7 and 20 million years
ago, primitive apelike animals were widely distributed on the African and on
the Eurasian continents.
•
But there is an oppositional point of view. There is a
theory that human ancestors were not apes. People were always humans, although
they were smarter and larger than humans are today.
HUMAN EVOLUTION
•
Evolution is the complexity of processes by which
living organisms established on the earth and have been expanded and modified
through changes in form and funktion.Human evolution is the biological and
cultural development of the of the species Homo sapiens or human beings. Humans
evolved from apes, because of their similarities. This can be shown in the
evidence.Early humans are classified in ten different types of families.
A sound body is in sound mind.
• A lot of wise
people are sure that sport is one of the things that helps to keep people fit
and healthy. Physically inactive people get older than those who have plenty of
exercise.Being in good health means having both body and mind in good working
order,free from disease and pain.
Diversity of People and
Globalisation
•
There is an enormous range of human beliefs,
behaviors, and forms of social organization on the planet today. One challenge
to human diversity is a relatively new, one-globalization. Globalization
entails the emergence of a single, unified global economy, which today touches
people in even the most remote reaches of the planet.
The main urban problems.
•
The main urban problems are water supply, public
transport, hosing construction, air pollution, noise etc. The problems of
ecological imbalance in big cities are very urgent and they can call a crisis
if due measures are not taken.
Global warming and global changed
The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand does not grasp.
John Berry.
The nature of the sky
If you look at the sky you can
see clouds. Sometimes clouds are white but sometimes they are dark and grey.
Clouds are made of millions of water-drops. In winter clouds are made of
snow-flakes and ice-bits. But when the weather is fine, the sky looks blue,
because the sunshine consists of many
colors. When the sunlight shines through the atmosphere we can see only one
color-blue. But sometimes, especially during the rain, We can see red, grey and
others colors.
Environmental protection
The protection of nature has become one
of the most actual problems of the 20th century.
The development of industry
had a bad influence on the nature of whole world. It is very dangerous for
people and animals. The intensive development of industry results in air
pollution. Metallurgical plants in a number of cities account for most of their
total air pollution. So I calls on protection of the natural wealth and on
using it in a more careful and
economical manner for the benefit of the present and future
generations.
The accident at the Chernobyl
•
The accident at the Chernobyl Ukraine
Outer Space
All the people live on a planet. Our planet is called the Earth.
The Earth is in Space; it
moves around the Sun. the Sun is a Star; it gives us light and warmth. In Space
there are many other Stars, but they are far from our planet. We can see stars
only at Night when the sky is dark. The
Sun and other stars make a galaxy.
Our galaxy is called Milky
Way. At night in the sky you can see the Moon too
The hole in the Ozone layer
Discovery of the hole in the
ozone layer showed that human activity has a major impact on the Earth. The
damage of ozone in the stratosphere high above the planet’s
surface has been brought about as the result of the widespread use of
chemical, which
under normal conditions are chemically inert and harmless.
The Sun
When you look at the sky you
can see the Sun. The Sun is a great big ball of hot gases. The sunshine passes through
Space and air and comes to our planet. Then one side of the Earth which faces
the Sun has day. The other side has night. Our planet moves around the Sun in
twelve months. The Sun is very beautiful and amazing star and there is no life
without Sun.
The Moon
At
night we can see the Moon at the sky. The Moon is a big shining ball. We can
see only that side of the Moon which faces
the Sun. The moon is dark but it reflects the sunlight and shines brightly at
night. Through a telescope we can see mountains and plains on it. But there are
no people or trees there, because there
is no air or water on the Moon. And I know that Moon is very romantic star,
because many Sweethearts sitting under
the Moon.
Stars
Stars are great big suns. there are many millions of stars in the sky,
but we can see them only a telescope, because there are far away. In day-time
we cannot see the stars because of the sunshine, but at night, when it’s dark
the stars appear in the sky. Some stars make groups. One group of stars has the name is the Great Bear. The
brightest star in the sky is Sirius.
What do you think about
the importance of sport in our life? What is the main problem of ecology of
man.
What do you think outer
space is another world?
4. Group work. Students work in groups.
T: A generation which doesn’t
think of nature will not have future
We are a part of nature
Our planet is in danger.
1)
I give your task. Complete the spider gram with your
own ideas.
2)
How can we save Earth?
How can we save
Earth?
Read these sentences and complete the rest with
your own ideas.
1 can save Earth by riding a bicycle instead of
using public transport.
I can save Earth by using water at home
rationally.
I can save Earth by not doing harm to birds and
animals.
I can save Earth by using old plastic bags
instead of buying new ones in shops.
I can ___________________________________________
I can ___________________________________________
I can____________________________________________
I can___________________________________________
5. Home assignment
T: Write a newspaper article on the topic: “The Earth is our one home”
(I group)
Do the quiz, then add up your
score and read the analysis. (II group)
1. Chemicals called CFCs
have been destroying the ozone layer.
What are they?
What are they?
a) Chlorofluorocarbons;
b) hydrocarbons;
c) monosodium glutamates.
2. How big is the hole in the ozone layer?
a) The same size as the UK
b) as
the USA
c) as
Africa .
3. How long do CFCs stay in the atmosphere?
a) A
year;
b) 10 years;
c) 100 years.
4. What damages the ozone layer most?
a) Burning the rainforests;
b) acid
rains;
c) pollution of the
sea.
5. Every year
burning rainforests destroy areas the same size as:
a) London
b) Wales
c) Austria
6. Which of this food can help the world's ecology?
a) Eggs;
b) cheese;
c) Brazil
nuts.
7. Which of these points is not ozone friendly?
a) The washing machine;
b) the computer;
c) the refrigerator.
6.
Summing up.
T: Today you have leart a lot of information about nature and its
problems. We have spoken about the ways of solving them. You worked well and
your marks are…
And now I want to wish you the
best. Listen to the sing
References
1. The Internet
resourses
2. Oxford Oxford
University
3. Environmental
Education in the Schools. Braus / Wood Page Corps ice moo 44. 1993.
4.
Бондар М.В. Зробіть урок цікавим. – Харків: Основа, 2003.
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