Abstract
This learning scenario draw students’ attention to the problems of global warming and the danger to the environment. The main topics are energy efficiency, renewable energy sources, global policies and how we can preserve the urban environment for future generations.
The student must be aware of the problem of global warming and pollution of the environment and urban environment. This will inspire them to study STEM subjects better and to know how can help to solve these global problems in the future.
Кeywords:
Physical Sciences, ICT, Education for Citizenship, Renewable energy, Climate change, Chemistry
Subject: Physical Sciences, ICT, Education for Citizenship, English language
Topic:
- Understanding NBS
- Climate mitigation and adaptation;
- Green spaces and urban regeneration;
- Participatory planning and governance;
- Social justice and social cohesion;
- Economic opportunities and green jobs
Age of students: 14-16 years old
Preparation time: 60 min
Teaching time: 240 min
Online teaching material:
Offline teaching material:
http://ceca-scientix.blogspot.com/2012/05/blog-post_30.html
NBS resources used:
- Transformyourschool/town:designaconstructedwetland
- School Garden, Street Garden
- Nature-based solutions: Transforming cities, enhancing well-being
- Work-That-Matters-Teachers-Guide-to-Project-based-Learning
- Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation
License: Attribution ShareAlike CC BY-SA
Integration into the curriculum:
Heat sources,
Saving and safe use of electricity
Electricity and safety
Use of nuclear energy
Electromagnetic phenomena (Projects and discussion)
Electricity (Projects and discussion)
Alternating current
Aim of the lesson:
The main aims of the lesson scenario are problems of global warming and how can we protect the environment at the global level. I want to motivate students to be responsible citizens and not to be passive observers in respect of environmental initiatives.
Outcome of the lesson:
The end product will be the creation and sharing of online presentations in Edmondo, Padlet and Facebook. Dissemination of results includes newsletters and making information boards.
Trends:
Project-based Learning
Outdoor Education
Collaborative Learning
STEAM learning
Flipped Classroom
Game Based Learning and Gamification
Open Source Learning
Mobile Learning
Social Media
Augmented Reality
Visual search and learning
21st century skills: Creativity, problem solving, decision making, collaboration, and teamwork
Activities:
| Name of activity | Procedure | Time |
| Orientation | 1.Preliminary test – what are renewable energy sources: https://create.kahoot.it/details/c0fc98e8-52f7-4b26-8c83-96771e159964 2.12 year old girl made the world shut for 6 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDfxJ4bOr6o&feature=colike 3.What is green house effect? 4.Greenhouse Gas (GHG) 5.The Greenhouse Effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzCA60WnoMk 6.How Do Greenhouse Gases Actually Work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTvqIijqvTg 7.CO2 and the Greenhouse Effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS0So6lOE-8 8.http://ceca-scientix.blogspot.com/2012/05/blog-post_30.html 9.https://naturvation.eu/ | 60 min |
| Exploration | 1.What is the structure of the atmosphere? http://www.kcvs.ca/site/projects/climate_files/atmosphere/atmosphere.swf https://applets.kcvs.ca/CFC/CFC.html 2.How Climate change impacts in Europe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=70&v=jS0ZIUtsQHg 3.Investigate why we must slow down climate change. 4.What is Kyoto Protocol? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Protocol 5.How different kind of renewable energy can save planet? http://ceca-scientix.blogspot.com/2012/05/blog-post_30.html 6.What is ”Nature-based solutions”? Nature-based solutions | European Commission (europa.eu) | 60 min |
| Investigation | 1.STRUCTURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE http://www.kcvs.ca/site/projects/climate_files/atmosphere/atmosphere.swf 2.INFRARED SPECTRAL WINDOWS http://www.kcvs.ca/site/projects/common_files/IR_Spectrum/IR_spec5.swf 3.Natural and human enhansed Greanhouse effect https://cre.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/487/2015/10/2.jpg 4.Greenhouse effect experiment http://www.space-awareness.org/en/activities/6024/greenhouse-effect/ 5.Use Carbon Footprint Calculator and share results. 6.Interview people in your city about the dangers of climate change? What they see as a problem, and how they think it can stop this climate change. 7. http://www.scientix.eu/pilots/nbs-project 8.Use this game ( obtional) http://game.think-nature.eu/ | 30min |
| Discution | 1. How can transforming cities? 2. Discuss about this 10 reasons why we should all care about climate change. 3. how students can get involved with real actions to protect the urban environment? 4. How can improve School Garden? | 30 min |
| Collaboration | Divide into groups and make presentations. Share them in edmondo, padlet and facebook | 60 min |
Assessment:
1. Made kahoot test about Renewable energy sources and energy efficiency”
https://create.kahoot.it/details/green-house-effect/deb14eb0-c3e7-4c5f-9dd4-2d416f7934d0
This LS created during an EUN Academy: Exploring Nature-Based Solutions in Your Classroom MOOC
About the NBS project :
The NBS MOOC, coordinated by European Schoolnet (EUN), is part of the NBS pilots initiated and funded by the European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. The LS and MOOC are based on the EC-funded Learning Scenarios developed by EUN (www.eun.org) with the support of PPMI (www.ppmi.lt/en), and organised with the support of VO EUROPE (https://www.vo-group.be/en). The MOOC is also supported by Scientix, funded from the European Union’s H2020 research and innovation programme – project Scientix 4 (Grant Agreement N. 101000063). The content is the sole responsibility of the organiser and it does not represent the opinion of the European Commission (EC), and the EC is not responsible for any use that might be made of information contained.
Find out more about nature-based solutions: https://ec.europa.eu/research/environment/index.cfm?pg=nbs