Lesson+3+-+Organising+Ourselves

=** Lesson 3 - Organising Ourselves    Environmental Issues Caused by Humans**=


 * Organising ourselves -** This involves the teacher explaining how to conduct and investigation into the topic of our environment, specifically the environmental issues that humans cause, and how and where the information can be collected, and how the task will be completed.


 * Learning focus -**Students begin to develop an interest and understanding as a group in a particular area of environmental issues caused by humans, which could be pollution, the students will work in groups.


 * Contributing focus question -**Which environmental issues are caused by humans?


 * Lesson objective(s) -**Students develop an understanding of the environmental issue of pollution of rubbish caused by humans and will conduct further research into preventing this (recycling) as a group using the factual resources the teacher gives them access to for this lesson.


 * Materials**
 * A3 paper
 * Pencils
 * Book about recycling such as; The Three R’s by Nuria Roca or Where does the garbage go? By Paul Showers or Recycle by Gail Gibbons. All of which are good.
 * Interactive whiteboard with access to the internet- (for photos of pollution)


 * Duration** - 60 minutes
 * __Introduction__**

Quick recap of previous lesson about global warming. What was the book about? (polar bears, ice melting etc) Explain that todays lesson will be focused on recycling and ask the students why they think it is important for us to put our rubbish in the bin? Do we put all our rubbish in the same bin? By a show of hands who knows what recycling is? Then read The Three R’s by Nuria Roca (or another book about recycling) to introduce the topic.

 After reading the story about recycling, ask the students again if they recycle at home, and remind them of the paper recycle bin that you have in the classroom. Ask the students what the three R’s stand for (reuse, reduce, recycle) and create a mind map on the board of all the things that students think can be recycled (main things plastic, cardboard, paper, glass, Metal (steel and aluminium)). Talk with the students about what happens to the rubbish if we don’t sort it into recycling and wastes, (picture of a land fill []) show the students a picture of a land fill site, tell them that this is where the rubbish goes if it’s not sorted into recycling, and takes hundreds of years to dissolve. Also show the students a picture of the turtle stuck in fishing line (turtle picture http;// earth2care.blogspot.com )  and explain the importance of always picking up your rubbish, because sometimes the animals can eat the rubbish and get really sick. Then put students into pairs, each pair will create a poster of the types of things that can be recycled at home and at school. The students will need to draw pictures of the objects and make sure they include the three r’s of recycling on the poster. these will be displayed around the classroom and put in the newsletter as recycling tips for home.
 * __Body__**

 When there is about 10 minutes to go get the students to pack up and sit on the floor, each pair will present their poster to the group in 1 minute and explain how taking care of rubbish will help the environment. E.g. by picking up all of the plastic the dolphins won’t eat as much and more of them will survive. Make sure each group is asked a question about their poster and that the teacher asks questions about what the students have learnt about pollution, what they can recycle at home, and who is going to go home and recycle? Collect student posters and hang them up around the school. Also select some to go home in the newsletter so that they are used for educating other people about pollution and recycling.
 * __Conclusion__**