Environmental Issues

Acid Rain

Environmental Issues - Acid Rain

Learning Intentions: at the end of this lesson, you will be able to

1. explain what 'Acid Rain' is

2. describe and explain the causes and effects of acid rain on…..forests, lakes, and urban areas.

3. list some of the solutions used to reduce the effects of acid rain and assess how successful they are.

Environmental Issues - Acid Rain

Success Criteria:

1. You will work in pairs to extract and share information, and present your conclusion

to the class.

2. You will complete an information summary sheet and write a short report in your own words.

Environmental Damage in the Karkonosze Forest

Think

• about these 2 questions during the silent video

clip-put your detective hats on!

• What damage does acid rain do?

• What causes this damage?

Pair

• Share your answers in your pair for 1 minute

Pair

Now that you have watched the clip again with commentary

• Discuss with your neighbour how accurate you were and what extra details you discovered.

Share (with class)

• What did you think the effects of acid rain were when the sound was off?

• In what way was that confirmed by the commentary?

• What extra details did you discover about

• - the mountains• -what they are used for• -what sort of things have happened to healthy, strong trees• -what has caused this environmental tragedy• -how is acid rain created

Video Clip 1

Video Clip 2

Video Clip 3

Video Clip 4

Summary sheet and homework

• Complete the paragraph and diagram using word list and diagram on screen.

• Homework –write a paragraph about acid rain in your own words choosing to concentrate on either the causes,effects or solutions.