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Impacts of climate change

  • Dear students,

    For this task we will work in transnational teams via Microsoft teams platform, on 18/4. You can choose a topic, join us to the main room for an introduction, divided in breakout sessions, work on this with your mentor teacher in breakout sessions, and then make exchanges in the main room.

    Introduction: this is an interactive map made on weather previsions showing how Europe could be affected by climate hazards if nothing is made from 2041 and beyond. You can click on your area and see the effects of climate change in terms of droughts, floods, forest fires, sea levels...

    https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/5f6596de6c4445a58aec956532b9813d

     

    1. The impact of climate change to water:

    a)What does water mean to you? Please open the qr code and write your opinion.

     

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    b)Watch the video, it shows you the opinion of many people how they think about water.

     

     

    c) open the link below, write your nick name (=first name and country) and start the task:

    TedEd water and climate change

    d) Discuss: Reduce water consumption

     

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    2. The impact of climate change to air

    Lesson Plan

    a) Watch the video. In this video you will be able to hear what the air would tell us about pollution. Pay attention to the message that the air tells us at the end.

    b) Join the MENTIMETER presentation, using the following QR code with your smartphones or by going to menti.com and using the code 57175132

    Write three words related to air pollution.

       PLEASE NOTE: Valid now, BUT it expires soon!

     

    QR code for presentation

     

    https://www.menti.com/frzd6mmyfp

     

    c) Use this model to explore the connections between pollution sources, weather, geography, and air quality.

     

    With the help of this online simulation, you can change the conditions (weather, air quality, number of cars and power plants) and study their impact on air pollution. Based on the analysis of the collected data from the simulation, you should answer the questions:
    1) Do the selected parameters affect air pollution?
    2) What happens to pollution if the weather changes? (for example a lot of rain falls)

    https://www.labxchange.org/library/items/lb:LabXchange:48eb8c6d:lx_simulation:1

    Lesson plan

    d) Homework

    The final task is to do two simulations on your own.
    First simulation - Red parameters are set (75% cars, 50% cars pollution, 25% electric cars, 50% power plants and 75% pollution), and adjust the blue ones to suit the climate in your place, country.
    Second simulation - Adjust the parameters (red and blue) of your choice.
    Screenshot both simulations, analyze them, and state what should be changed in them to reduce pollution.
    Post your screenshots and comments on Padlet until the 22th of April.

     

     

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    3. The impact of climate change on the flora and fauna.

    a) watch the video 

    b) answer the questions clicking on the webquest link below

    http://webquest.fr/?m=103985_how-can-climate-change-affect-the-fauna-and-flora-video-httpswwwyoutubecomwatchvyd6khril0tc

    c) read the text about the effects of climate change on animal shape and colour and answer the questions

    2.impact of climate change on animal shape.docx

    d) you will find some solutions to save animals in the World Wildlife Day text below. You can answer directly on the google form

    Google Form - World Wildlife day

    Click on the padlet below and try to answer the question concerning the flora and fauna in your country, how can you help ?

     

    4. The impact of climate change on soil.

    Dear students,

    You will work based to this webquest

     https://createwebquest.com/node/60789

    Your task is  is to develop a lot of knowledge so as to act as soil conservator, and spread the need for soil conservation.

    There are two video for introduction to the topic: 

    After discusing those you will join a kahoot interactive learning activity related to the effect of climate change and human activities to the soil, and the role of soil to tackling climate change. 

    Join at www.kahoot.it with Game PIN: 6683046

    FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO ATTEND THIS LEARNING ACTIVITY A CHALLENGE IS OPENED TILL 22/4 

    https://kahoot.it/challenge/01998698?challenge-id=87b656ee-e566-4b92-8eea-c892417f01f2_1618756200435

    Then we will focus to soil erosion. You have to join a mentimeter presentation:

    (https://www.menti.com  voting code 6439 0433 )

    and list some natural processes and human activities that you believe that contribute to soil erosion.

    Your last task is to watch a part of this video

     and then to look at the pictures of the following padlet, try to recognize the reason of erosion and through discussion with your team to provide meters for soil conservation.

    As homework you have to design posters or/and infographics spreading the awareness of the connection of the soil to climate change, and the need for conservating it..You can add those to the related padlet in this page until the 22th of April.

     For those who have a problem to be connected all steps are providen here

     

    5. The impact of climate change to land

    a) Watch the video which will give you an idea about the relationship between impacts of climate change on land:

     

    b) Open the link below and write your name, the first letter of your surname, and country to start the activities. You should come up with 3 questions about the impacts of climate change on land, and share them into the twinboard until 22nd of April.

     https://ed.ted.com/on/Q7nDYpsT

     

    c) Media Literacy is a hot issue as we all use digital tools. There are spreading fake news and disinformation as online. You can have a look at the poster below to warm up the issue:

     Then, join mentimeter presentation by going to menti.com by scanning qr code below or using the code 5358 5281 

     

    Try to analyze and write your opinions if the news about climate change and land is fake or not! It will continue until the 22nd of April.

    d) Final task of the lesson is to join the padlet below and prepare posters, infographics, booklet, etc.. to grasp the attention of your local community about the impacts of climate change. You are also invited to find solutions to reduce the impacts of climate change.

    Note that you must complete padlet activity until 22nd of April.

     

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    6. The impact of climate change to forests and wildlife

    a)

    Presentazione standard1.pdf

    b) Based to all these presented, and discussed please give answers to the wuestions on the following padlet

    c)

    FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE.pdf

     

  • Write 3 questions based to all those developed in your team lesson so as to create a cooperative quiz on impacts of climate change

    Lena M., Austria

    questions

    Areti A., Greece

    Questions:
    1) Who causes the climate change?
    a)Human activities
    b)Natural causes
    c)All the above (R)
    2)How can we reduce the emissions from the food system?
    a)use of sustainable technology
    b)recycling wasted food
    c)all the above (R)
    3)Which one isn't a way to maximize the climate benefits of forests?
    a)burning them (R)
    b)planting new trees

    Ioanna Z.,Greece

    1)Who is affected negativly by the climate change?
    A. soil
    B. forest
    C. wild animals
    D. all the above(R)
    2)which is the main cause of land degradation?
    A. homan activities
    B. natural causes(R)
    4)which time of erosion is effected by waves?
    A. glacer
    B. coastal (R)

    Marialena.K - Greece

    1)which time of erosion is effected by waves?

    a. glacer

    b. coastal (R)

    2)Who causes the climate change?

    a)Human activities

    b)Natural causes

    c)All the above (R)

    3)Who is affected negativly by the climate change?

    a. soil

    b. forest

    c. wild animals

    d. all the above(R)