Greenhouse Gases (Grade 7)

Curriculum Expectation

Overall

Assess the costs and benefits of technologies that reduce heat loss or heat-related impacts on the environment.

Specific

Identify common sources of greenhouse gases (e.g., carbon dioxide comes from plant and animal respiration and the burning of fossil fuels; methane comes from wetlands, grazing livestock, termites, fossil fuel extraction, and landfills; nitrous oxide comes from soils and nitrogen fertilizers), and describe ways of reducing emissions of these gases (Ontario Curriculum).

Learning Objectives

Understanding the effects of heat on the Earth. For example, the greenhouse effect and global warming.

Activity: Minds ON

Use information on greenhouse gases from NASA and create Kahoot questions before the class.

Activity: Action

Have students guess what “carbon footprint” means, then explain. Each student calculates their own carbon footprint (available in different languages). Have students make notes of their results.

Activity: Key Concepts Associated with Greenhouse Gases – English-Arabic

Activity: Greenhouse Gases Image choice

Activity: Drag the Word: Greenhouse Gases (English & Mandarin)

Language Friendly Pedagogy

Ask students whether they can add new vocabulary to their Concept Detective. You may print this or make a copy for each student on programs like Google Classroom. Students will be encouraged to use this document each class to identify new words, consider writing meaning or finding meanings with the help of peers, teachers and/ or parents.

Examples of concepts to add for this unit include:

Heat
Global warming
Carbon dioxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbons, acid rain
Particle theory
Fossil fuels
Carbon footprint

Greenhouse Gases: PDF Lesson Plan and Resource

Greenhouse Gases Vocabulary

The following bilingual and add your language glossary sheets include terms from Binogi’s Greenhouse Gases video.