Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager  that started the antiglobal student movement; listen to her talk and then  think about:

1.- Five things WE ALL could do to reduce our CO2 emissions.

2.- Five measures governments should  implement to stop climate change.

St Patrick's Day

This activity is compulsory for all levels. once you have finished it, go to your class page to check if you have sometning else to do, depending on your level.

Let's check your previous knowledge on the topic! Take the following QUIZ and write the answers in your notebook; send me a picture.

 As you know yesterday  it was St. patrick's Day.

St. Patrick’s Day  occurs every  17th March, to commemorate  the death of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. What began as a religious feast day in the 17th century has evolved into a variety of festivals across the globe  with parades,  music, dancing, and a  lot of green.

Let's watch the following video just to know a little bit more about this saint

For further information please click and read
https://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day/history-of-st-patricks-day

 Answer the following questions in your notebook and send me  a picture (via email)
Who was Saint Patrick?
When was the first St. patrick's DAy celebrated?
How many St. Patrick's day parades are held in the  USA every year?
When did Irish immigrants begin to arrive massively in the USA?
What is a Leprechaun? what do they have to do with St, Patrick's Day?

However, this year all celebrations have been postponed because of Coronavirus outbreak. Here you are going to find several articles about it from Chicago Suntimes.

Now, go to your class page and check if you have something else to do.

World Water day

 

Twenty- three years ago, the United Nations designated March 22nd as World Water Day. It’s designed to bring attention to the fact that over one billion people in the world are without access to  water, and focuses attention on the growing issue of “water privatization”- in other words,  forcing many people to pay private companies extremely high  prices to obtain the necessary water to survive

Here are some games designed to help people learn how to conserve water;
The Water Family Game
Mission H2O

 The CBBC Newsround has a very accessible Guide To Water.
 
Water Conservation Around The House is an interactive sharing ways to conserve water.
Imagine All The Water is a very accessible and interactive site sponsored by the European Commission.
Here’s how The Atlantic describes it:
The site Imagine All the Water would like to remind you of how much water you’re using even when you’re not taking a bath or brushing your teeth. Sponsored by the European Commission, the site brings together a mind-boggling array of estimates about the overall amount of water required to create everyday consumer products. Though the site’s purpose is advocacy — essentially, to scare us into a water-conservational mindset — it also offers a useful reminder of how crazily resource-intensive the most ordinary objects can be.

I hope you find all these links useful and remember saving energy and other resources is not only a question of money, but also of being responsible consumers and  environmentally respectful human beings.