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Strategic Partnership Project (Key action no 2)
“ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS THROUGH FORMAL
AND NON-FORMAL EDUCATION” (ACEAFNE)
CURRICULUM INTEGRATED ACTIVITY
LESSON PLAN
SCHOOL:
DATE
TEACHER
CLASS
SUBJECT
CURRICULAR COVERAGE
TOPIC OF THE LESSON
TIME
1 st International School of Ostrava
17/01/2017
Ivo Helebrant
Grade 6
Geography
 Landscape – natural and social environment
 The relatonship between nature and society – long-term
sustainable life and development, the principles and
fundamentals of natural and environmental protection
Virtual Water
45 minutes
OBJECTIVES
 Students explain the term “virtual water”
 Students compare how much water is used to produce different products
 Students identify impacts of production and consumption of products that are water
intensive
TEACHING STRATEGIES
 facilitating more than teaching
 learn to learn approach
TEACHING METHOD
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brainstorming
group work: card with information and putting cards into the order depending how much
water they think is used to make the products
 class discussion
 class check
 personal journal
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
Lead-in (5 minutes)
Brainstorming (5 minutes)
Tell students that today you start with a new module called Water and that you will talk
about water and how we use it. Put a big paper on the wall or on the board.
Begin with a class brainstorming about the topic “water”.
What comes to your mind first if I say “water”? Ask one or two students to write down
everything they hear from the students on a big paper. Do not comment students´ ideas.
Main activity (25 minutes)
1/ Arranging the products in order (5 minutes)
To prepare students for the following activity, ask them: In your opinion, what is the
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