Climate Change · B2 Science

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B2.5.4.1.1 - Explain some common human activities that are harmful to the environment

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least four human activities that harm the environment, such as bush burning, burning rubbish, and throwing rubbish into water bodies.
Explain how each harmful activity affects living things, including themselves, using simple cause and effect statements.
Predict what might happen to their health if they breathe in smoke or drink contaminated water.
Work in groups to share ideas about harmful activities in their own community and report their findings to the class.
Draw or describe one way they can avoid harming the environment in their daily life.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Humans and the Environment (Strand 5)
Sub-strand: Climate Change (5.4)
Content standard: B2.5.4.1 - Know that climate change is one of the most important environmental issues facing the world today
Indicator: B2.5.4.1.1 - Explain some common human activities that are harmful to the environment
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 11 (Week 35 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Science Curriculum (Basic 1-3), 2019, p. 48
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Let learners come out with different activities that could harm the environment (bush burning, burning of rubbish, throwing rubbish into water bodies).
- Let learners determine if they could be harmed by these activities. (What will happen to you if you breathe in smoke? what will happen if you drink water from a contaminated source?)
- Explain to learners that fossil fuels like the petrol used in cars is causing the world to become warmer, affecting the weather.
- If it is a farming community, how has the weather patterns changed recently?
- If it's a fishing community by the ocean, has the ocean been taking away the land? BASIC 3