Earth+Day

This April we are going to learn more about the problems our planet, Earth faces. What are the problems? Why are the happening? What can I do? Why should I care?

Watch the following movies 1.www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8IozVfph7I. After you have watched make a word document called "My Earth". Now write down all the things the movie showed about why our Earth is wonderful 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQZO0K4m1iQ. Now write down on the same document all the problems the world is facing.

We are going to look at the Millennium Development Goals. The environment is one of them. Do you know which one? go to www.un.org and see if you can find out: 1. What number goal it is 2. What the UN's goal is for this? 3. When do they want to achieve it by? 4. What has YOUR country been doing to achieve this goal? 5. Report back to class by presenting a power point presentation.



The power presentation should include: 1. A front cover with the name of your country 2. A contents page 3. What the goal is 4. Examples of what your country has been doing to achieve the goal/ include writing AND visuals. You can show tables, diagrams, photos 5. DO you think your country will achieve the goal? 6. Bibliography slide

Assessment : Knowledge and understanding of the goal and your country's attempt to work towards it Skills - what sources you have used to find the information. Are they varied? Do they answer the questions Presentation - how well you presented your information - do you have a contents page AND bibliography?

Resources to check:
http://endpoverty2015.org/goals/environmental-sustainability http://www.undp.org/mdg/goal7.shtml http://www.undp.org/mdg/ http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Default.aspx