A planet under pressure

PROCESS

Divide the class into six groups.

ACTIVITY 1: Gather some facts

Go to the bottom of this page and download the "Exercise A" and "Exercise B" documents. They were designed to provide some background information and terminology on environmental problems.

ACTIVITY 2: Research

Here you will visit a number of websites published by a number of different organizations involved in the environmental problems issue. Choose one of the six areas where most experts agree that a crisis is emerging. Research the problem you´ve chosen and then provide at least three solutions for it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk

http://video.nationalgeographic.com 

Directions to  video: go to videos by category; click VIEW ALL by environment link; click ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS, CLIMATE CHANGE (on the right hand side), GLOBAL WARMING

http://www.liveearth.org

www.greenworld.org

ACTIVITY 3: Final assignment

For this activity, you will use the evidence and information you´ve collected in the previous activities and produce a Power Point presentation. Don´t forget to provide at least three possible solutions for the problem you´ve studied.