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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
I Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi we
Wschowie
Joanna Hubert
1
Biology
Biodiversity and causes of its loss
How is biodiversity related to the biosphere?
45 minutes
OBJECTIVES
After the lesson students will be able to:
- identify human-caused species loss as one of the major current threats to biodiversity.
- explain how the disappearance of one species affects other species.
TEACHING STRATEGIES
active learning, cooperative learning
TEACHING METHOD
group project, class discussion conducted by teacher, video, brainstorm, analysis of data
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
INTRODUCTION:
Teacher explains what biodiversity means and asks students why is biodiversity important
to keep balance in nature (brainstorm - students give some ideas).
MAIN BODY:
Students work in pairs. They analyse the data about numbers of species on Earth. Then
students decide which kingdom is the richest.
Students watch short video about Great Barrier Reef and Amazon Rainforest. After the
video they discuss the roles of these ecosystems and the dangers to their biodiversity.
SUMMARY:
Students decide what people should do to keep biodiversity safe and why it is important.
They write the ideas on the blackboard.
ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT
Homework: excercises in student book. Teacher reminds about a short test during the next lesson
(biodiversity and its preservation and role).
STUDENTS‟ IMPACT *
- Awareness of the impact of human actions on nature.
- Developing green world preservation skills and habits.
- Enhancing of interest in participating in the environmental protection activities.
- Refinement of the independent learning techniques through investigation, selection, presentation
CONCLUSIONS AS TO THE STUDENTS‟ BEHAVIOUR, INTEREST, ACTIVITY:
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