Saturday, December 31, 2011

Powerpoint basic data


Just have a look at some basic information about climate change

Climate Change Questionnaire





http://tiki.oneworld.net/global_warming/quiz/climate-quiz.htm

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Friday, December 23, 2011

100 ways to save the planet


100 Ways To Save The Planet - For more funny videos, click here


E-Cube
Invented by British engineers, the £25 gadget significantly reduces the amount of energy used by fridges and freezers, which are estimated to consume about a fifth of all domestic electricity in the UK. If one was fitted to each of the 87 million refrigeration units in Britain, carbon dioxide emissions would fall by more than 2 million tonnes a year.

Trials are under way with supermarkets, breweries and hotels. One of the largest, the Riverbank Park Plaza hotel in London, fitted the device to each of the hotel's 140 major fridges and freezers. David Bell, chief engineer, says energy use decreased by about 30% on average - enough to slash the hotel's annual electricity bill by £17,000.
Because air heats up much more quickly than yoghurt, milk or whatever else is stored inside, this makes the fridge work harder than necessary. With the cube fitted, the fridge responds only to the temperature of the food, which means it clicks on and off less often as the door is open and closed.

Water butt
If you live in an area of the country that endures regular hosepipe bans during the summer, you may struggle to keep your garden watered during the dry months. Almost 100,000 litres of rainwater falls on our roofs each year so by collecting it in a water butt, you have a ready source of water that can help keep your garden looking lush and green. Tesco stocks a range of plastic water butts in various styles and sizes depending on your taste and budget.

TASCA 3 :Take Action :LIttle Things you can do

Task:

Make a 25 question survey for the students of our school using the following template

http://survey_resource.sta.cuhk.edu.hk/template/

Use a Matrix type of questions( 10+10+5)
Export the qestions to a word document and upload it on
water-agua1011.wikispaces.com


TA Toilets which don't use water and don't damage the environment. You reduce the sewerage system and the maintainance costs. You save water

http://www.climatecrisis.net/take_action/reduce_your_impact_at_home.php

http://www.climatecrisis.net/files/pdf1/AIT-TwelveThingsToDo2.pdf


http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/quiz-going-green/

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/kids/pdfs/EnergyActionList.pdf

http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/take-action/action-items/




http://www.carboncontrol.org.uk/carbonator/default.aspa
Calculates your carbon emmissions

t's not just policies and industries that need to be more
climate-friendly, each individual has an impact on his or
her environment. Choices that we make in our day-to-day
lives can affect the climate.














The impacts on our water are significant and with regards to flooding, it is vital we start thinking about it immediately. For detailed information, see our articles below.

Sea levels

As temperatures rise, the sea will absorb heat from the atmosphere, causing it to expand and therefore creating sea level rises. For more detail read the full article.

Glaciers

If the entire Western Antarctic ice sheet melts, the water produced will raise sea levels by about 3.2 metres. For more detail read the full article.

Flooding

Major floods that have only happened before say, every 100 years on average, may now begin to occur every 10 or 20 years. The flood season may become longer and there will be flooding in places where there has never been any before. For more detail read the full article.

Gulf stream

Some climate models indicate that the Gulf Stream could slow by 20-25% by 2100. For more detail read the full article.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Task 4: Have a look!! REVISARRRRRRRRRR

Have a look at the powerpoint ( divshare:http://www.divshare.com/download/15777403-fae )
in English, and answer the questions on the word document using a complete sentence. Print the questions on paper and answer them.
Vocabulary list vocabulary :
Questions word document
Questions web page
Solutions to the questions




Monday, December 12, 2011

Global warming Consequences

This diagram shows how the Earth's atmosphere, climate, oceans, snow and ice, and ecosystems are all connected, which means extra greenhouse gases in the atmosphere lead to many other changes.
Find the consequences with a magnifying glass

Task: click on each of the consequences and write a 100 word summary in water-agua2011.wikispaces.com
User: Ana Maria Garcia MUñoz
Password: Lunayunai







And watch this animation and speak about what you see

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXntPfWi8H0&feature=related



Global warming video

RADIO"2036 Canvi climatic Catalunya. Estem a l'Any 2036 Radio

Edu3.cat

Make a summary about what is going to happen

Where: On a piece of paper and on the water-agua2011.wikispaces.com after correction


















KYOTO PROTOCOL

The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty proposing targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions emissions, which are generally believed to aggravate global warming. It was negotiated in Kyoto Japan

The Kyoto Protocol is a legally binding agreement under which industrialized countries will reduce their collective emissions of greenhouse gases by 5.2% compared to the year 1990 (but note that, compared to the emissions levels that would be expected by 2010 without the Protocol, this target represents a 29% cut.) The goal is to lower overall emissions from six greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulphur hexafluoride, HFCs, and PFCs.

Signatories to the Kyoto Protocol are split into two groups:

Annex I countries (industrialised countries) and

Annex II countries (developing countries).

Annex I countries agree to reduce their emissions (particularly carbon dioxide) to levels below their 1990 emissions levels.

: The USA although a signatory to the protocol, has neither ratified nor withdrawn from the protocol

Annex II countries have no immediate restrictions under the protocol.

President George Bush, indicated that he does not intend to submit the treaty for ratification, not because he doesn't support the general idea, but because he is not happy with the details of the treaty. For example, he does not support the split between Annex I and Annex II countries. Bush said of the treaty:

"The world's second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases is China Yet, China was entirely exempted from the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol.




Sunday, December 11, 2011

Climatechange





Make an expedition

Click on the cloud to see the english subtitles
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/index.html

Sunday, December 4, 2011

WATER-AGUA

Title of the Project

Water and Climatechange: Are troubles everywhere the same?

Aviat treballarem a la Wiki amb els nostres col.leges Holandesos les conseqüències del canvi climàtic i especialment el tema de l 'aigua. La proposta de recerca és: Cóm afectarà la pujada del nivell de l'aigua a Holanda per un costat i la manca d'aigua per un altre costat a Catalunya?

Tasca 1: Effects of climatechange in Catalonia and Holland.


Busqueu a Internet informació sobre aquest tema i pujeu-la.(A DOCUMENTS trobareu alguns articles o links, però n'heu de buscar més) També es poden incloure links de videos que tractin el tema i peguntar als vostres professors de Ciències. Si busqueu fonts en Anglès , cal extreure les frases que enteneu, clares i concises. En cap cas es poden copiar parrafs sencers i recordeu que els traductors NO tradueixen bé)

Upload the information at water-agua2011.wikispaces.com

A Holanda diuen...

Is water a friend for your country/region o is water becoming more and more an enemy in the future?? There are many investigitions and reports about which the effects of climate change in the Netherlands will be in the 21th century. Some of the major effects will be

- Sealevel will rise 60-100cm this century

- We will receive more precipitation every year. But the danger will be the fact that this precipitation will fall in a more intensive way: We will have to deal with periods of less rain and periods with much rain. -The Netherlands will receive more water by the rivers from neighbouring countries. Piekflows from the river Rhine and Maas will cause a lot of threats of flooding.



TASK 2The beauty of the world

Tasca 2
Watch the pictures and make a comment

They should be creative, orginal, enriching andunderstandable.
Include opinions, ideas etc

Where: On the blog in Comments. Sign your comments

Friday, December 2, 2011

5 ways to save the planet



5 ways to save the planet

EARTH SONG MICHAEL JACKSON

BritishCouncil activities



Greenpeace Videoclip

Sever Suzuki Speaking at the United Nations 1992

Make a powerpoint illustrating her speech


Severn Cullis-Suzuki has been active in environmental and social justice work since kindergarten. At age 9, after witnessing burning in the Brazilian Amazon on a trip with her family, she started the Environmental Children’s Organization with her grade 5 friends. ECO was committed to learning and teaching other kids about environmental issues. Eventually they were successful in raising enough money to appear at 1992’s Rio Earth Summit, when 12-year-old Severn delivered a powerful speech at a plenary session that gained worldwide attention. For this, she received the UN Environment Program’s Global 500 Award in 1993. Since then, Severn has spoken worldwide on social and ecological issues, on climate change, and intergenerational injustice





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