SAVING THE EARTH
COGNITION
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
THINKING GAMES
HOTs & LOTs
CULTURE & COMMUNITY
CULTURAL LINKS
writing poems: put vertically the word "EARTH" and write a poem using the letters of the word. For example (see the note added beside)
Everybody, everywhere
hAs to
Recycle because we
wanT to live in a
Healthy world.
Song: saving Earth promise song.
The Mother Earth Day (22nd April)
Documentaries about pollution
COMMUNITY LINKS
Mother Earth Day, 22nd April
show our project to the families
speak with children of other schools
writing a letter to the mayor
talk with a naturalist
exploring our surroundings (school, the nearest parks and the streets)
CULTURAL AWARENESS
take care of the environment (the nearest one and in general).
CONTENT
KEY COMPETENCES
SENSE OF INITIATIVE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SOCIAL AND CIVIC COMPETENCES
LEARNING TO LEARN
DIGITAL COMPETENCE
COMPETENCE IN MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
COMPETENCE IN LINGUISTIC COMMUNICATION.
CROSS CURRICULAR ELEMENTS
LINGUISTIC SKILLS: learning Englsih through the theme, creating a poem, writing a letter, the lyrics of the song, communication with other schools...
ICT: searching for information, some online activities...
RESPECT: other students, their ideas and contributions and the environment too.
CIVIC EDUCATION: how to keep the environment clean and safe, respect among others and places...
ENTREPRENEURSHIP: learn to learn. Students will have the freedom to create and promote their own ideas; for example, creating an item with recycled materials, creating the mural...
AUDIOVISUAL AIDS: video explaining types of pollution, the song, another videos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cygAkWUWq48 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcEEGIwhNt0)
RELEVANT
There is a global project in the school and they do activities around the theme in Tutoring classes. Besides, pollution is a theme that children hear a lot at home, in television... so it is familiar for them and they are aware about its danger.
MULTIPLE FOCUS
MUSIC: saving Earth promise song
ARTS & CRAFTS: creationf of murals, create an item with recycled materials
MATHS: quantity and amount, comparisons, estimations.
ENGLISH: vocabulary about pollution, grammar structures, communication with others, write a letter to the mayor of the city...
MAIN SUBJECT THEME
NATURAL SCIENCES: Saving the Earth and pollution
Types of pollution.
Recycle.
different materials and how to recycle them.
beneficious and healty habits for ourselves and for the environment.
Greenhouse effect.
sciencetific vocabulary, content and materials.
