The Whole Class Will Put Together the TV Programme

Student activity AB3.26.1 Book links: Page 222 Lesson reference: B3.26 Global warming Specification links: B3.4.2 a–d; B3.4.3 a–c

Global warming report

Equipment required per student/group: Student book Access to the Internet

Getting started Your task is to work as a class to produce a TV news programme on global warming and its effects.

Investigating  The whole class will put together the TV programme.  Your teacher will divide you into small ‘news teams’ with at least one researcher and one presenter.  You will be asked to put together an item for the TV programme.  Each item will be two or three minutes long and should include some images on a computer slide presentation.

Thinking about Your ‘news team’ will be responsible for one of the following roles: 1 TV anchor This team must coordinate the report, putting the items in a logical order, and producing the introduction to define global warming. 2 Science correspondent This team will give the scientific view on the process of how global warming occurs. 3 Industrial correspondent This team will provide information about the causes of global warming, looking especially at the release of greenhouse gases. 4 Regional correspondents These four teams will each look at the affects of global warming on one of the following:  polar ice caps melting  migration of animals  reduced biodiversity  distribution of species 5 Weather correspondent The weather team will give the facts about changing weather patterns and global temperatures.

Practical activities have been checked for health and safety advice by CLEAPSS. All users will need to review the risk assessment information and may need to adapt it to local circumstances. 83 © Oxford University Press 2011 This document may have been altered from the original. Asking questions  Use pages 222–223 of the Student book as your starting point to give the facts about your subject.  You should then find extra information on the Internet to make the report item factual and interesting.  Some images could be added to illustrate the points made.  When searching the Internet, include the term ‘global warming’ in all searches as this gives better results.  The sources you use need to be chosen carefully. Some sites may be biased so you will need to try to distinguish between fact and opinion.  In your report, it may be useful to state how reliable you feel your sources are.

Spreading the word  At the end of the lesson, the class will present the TV programme on global warming.  After you have listened to all the information, you need to summarise your findings as a class. Is global warming a problem or not?

Practical activities have been checked for health and safety advice by CLEAPSS. All users will need to review the risk assessment information and may need to adapt it to local circumstances. 84 © Oxford University Press 2011 This document may have been altered from the original.