Learn about the Environment in this theme page with lesson plans and materials for elementary level (A1.2-A2), year 5-7 in Sweden.
Related topics: Weather, 1-6; Endangered Animals 4-9, Environment 8-9, Climate Crisis, Earth Day – April 22nd, Earth Hour and World Environment Day – June 5th
Warm-up
Koko the gorilla urges mankind to stop killing Earth | Daily Mail Online (1:14)http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1240795/Koko-gorilla-urges-mankind-stop-killing-Earth.html
Koko the gorilla urges mankind to stop killing Earth Koko the gorilla has used sign language to deliver a 60-second message telling humans to stop killing the earth
MAN – YouTube (3:36) https://youtu.be/WfGMYdalClU
Animation created in Flash and After Effects looking at man’s relationship with the natural world. – This can also be used as a writing prompt. See below
Songs
kids for saving earth promise song – YouTube (1:52)https://youtu.be/UbnRANz4nT0A song – sung by a children’s choir – with the script on the screen (yr 5-6)
GOING GREEN! (Earth Day song for kids about the 3 R’s- Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle! – YouTube (2:39)https://youtu.be/8DJ45Yc3urg
An Earth Day song about how to take care of the Earth! In this song, children will sing about the 3 R’s- Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle, with the script on the screen
Vocabulary
Learn Environment vocabulary: Learn English vocabulary connected with the environment – YouTube (3:16) https://youtu.be/PbBR1sNc6C4
Learn Environment vocabulary: Learn English vocabulary connected with the environment (yr 6-7)
pollution/environment worksheet – Free ESL printable worksheets made by teachershttps://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/pollution__environment/environment-preintermediate-a2/18001
A worksheet about the topic: pollution. matching exercise – ESL worksheets
Environmental Vocabulary for English Learnershttp://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blwordgroups_environment.htm
Vocabulary used to discuss environmental issues for English learners with sentences to provide context for a wide range of issues (yr 7)
Worksheets
10 Environmental issues vocabulary and language exerciseshttp://www.eslflow.com/Elements-of-the-contemporary-environment-vocabulary.html
Environmental issues are an interesting topic for the English language classroom. So it’s good to start off with some basic visually supported vocabulary exercises about environmental issues, endangered species, natural disasters and the weather
Lesson Plans
Food Waste – Breaking News English Lesson – ESLhttp://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1409/140926-food-waste-2.html
English News Lessons: Free 26-Page lesson plan / 2-page mini-lesson – Food Waste – Handouts, online activities, speed reading, dictation, mp3… current events.
Smog Sunrise – Breaking News English Lesson – ESLhttp://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1401/140121-sunrise.html
English News Lessons: Free 26-Page lesson plan / 2-page mini-lesson Reading / Listening text in several levels with various activities (0 = yr 6, 1 = yr 7)
Newsela Daily Deck: Plastic Food Packaging | Pear Deck for Google Slideshttps://app.peardeck.com/share/view/wcyis2
A lesson about Biology with interactive, formative assessments built-in. Created with Pear Deck for Google Slides. Copy and customize for your class.
Reading
7 things humans can do to save the planet, as told by delightful claymation animals. – Upworthyhttps://www.upworthy.com/7-things-humans-can-do-to-save-the-planet-as-told-by-delightful-claymation-animals?c=ufb1
Saving the earth is, well, a big job. We can all make a difference. – Discuss, which of these issues are problems in your society and how you could make a change (yr 5-7)
Storytime: The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle – YouTube (10:30)https://youtu.be/Vhj5aRuyBgE
What kind of adventure does a plastic bottle go through after being used? Well, you can find out during storytime with Denis Perez. (yr 6-7)
A Dramatic Increase in Garbage in the Arctic – News in Easy Englishhttps://newsineasyenglish.com/2017/02/23/a-dramatic-increase-in-garbage-in-the-arctic/
Arctic Garbage slow… Arctic Garbage fast. You can read and listen to the text.
Listening
Saving the Earth – Recyclinghttp://www.esl-lab.com/enviro1/enviro1.htm
Name the three most important environmental issues today and propose solutions for each, including recycling. Listen to the interview and answer the questions. (yr 5-6)
Saving the Earthhttp://www.esl-lab.com/academic-english/recycling-earth-script/Young children are some of the best people who are concerned about protecting the environment. Listen and learn. (yr 5-6)
Viewing
Learn How To Beat Plastic Pollution For World Environment Day With Characters from Bottle Island – YouTube (2:04)https://youtu.be/ZgEfnIvAhnQ
To promote World Environment Day, UN Environment teamed up with the children’s TV series Bottle Island to highlight the Beat Plastic Pollution theme.
Ryan’s Recycling | Kid Entrepreneur // 60 Second Docs – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/TGx5CJcF044
When Ryan Hickman was just 3 years old, he went with his father to recycle for the first time. After sorting his bottles and cans, he became obsessed with recycling (yr 5-6)
Change The World In 5 Minutes – Every day at School – YouTube (4:32)https://youtu.be/oROsbaxWH0M
Can a bunch of school kids really change the world in five minutes a day? Middle School students show what they do every day for 5 min to change the world (yr 5-7)
Save Our World – YouTube (3:00)https://youtu.be/bn8R_XqjjI0
Short animated film aimed to educate the younger generation about the importance of doing the small things in order to look after our planet. (yr 5-7)
Reading Rainbow How Trash Is Recycled with LeVar Burton – YouTube (6:24)https://youtu.be/FX55cKJvg-g
5 billion tons of garbage is created by humans every year. That’s why it’s important to reduce, reuse and recycle – it’s a process we are all responsible for (yr 6-7)
School strike for climate – save the world by changing the rules | Greta Thunberg | TEDxStockholm – YouTube (11:10)https://youtu.be/EAmmUIEsN9A
Greta Thunberg realized at a young age the lapse in what several climate experts were saying and in the actions that were being taken in society (yr 7)
10 Strange Ways To Save The Environment – YouTube (2:38)https://youtu.be/RgVPDyFpxnc
10 Strange Ways to Save The Environment With the rainforests disappearing and global warming melting the ice caps, people will try anything to save our Earth (yr 7)
Everyday English: The Environment – YouTube (4:58)https://youtu.be/hk98t1iNRMo
Learn how to use cause and effect language in this episode of Everyday English and pick up some environment-related vocabulary along the way (yr 7)
Writing
MAN – YouTube (3:36) https://youtu.be/WfGMYdalClU
Animation created in Flash and After Effects looking at man’s relationship with the natural world. Watch this animated video and write about the effects that man has had on the environment (yr 5-7)
Quizzes
Test Your Knowledge of Green Living With These 10 Questionshttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/green-lifestyle-quiz/
These 10 questions will test how well you understand what it takes to live an environmentally friendly lifestyle.
Interactive
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