Earth Hour - For the Love of Nature - LOTE

Students explore how nature makes them feel, the Australian places in nature that they love, and how these places might be affected by climate change. Students begin this lesson by participating in a mindfulness walk through nature, observing their responses to nature. They are then asked to look at and compare holiday photos of their parents/caregivers with pictures of places they love, discussing the reasons why these places are special and speculating on how these places may have changed over time.

Students will then look at a range of other images of special places in Australia, and investigate how climate change might affect the place they love and their experience of it.

Finally, students will write an article to describe the place they love, how it will be affected by climate change, how Earth Hour is featuring the places we love in their campaign, and why people should participate in Earth Hour. Note: Year 7 students will look at Australian places with water that they love; Year 8 students will look at Australian landscapes that they love.

This lesson has been translated into Mandarin for intended use in a LOTE class.

快速总结: 学生探索自然让他们感受的方式，他们喜欢澳大利亚自然景点，这些地方可能如何受到气候变化的影响。学生通过参与一个有意识地走进大自然开始这节课，观察他们对自然的反映。要求他们看照片，比较自己父母或监护人他们喜欢的地方，讨论这些地方是特别的原因，推测这些地方如何随着时间的推移可能会改变。学生将会看看其他一系列的图，比如在澳大利亚特别的地方，调查气候变化如何影响他们的爱和经历过的地方。最后,学生们将写一篇文章描述他们喜欢的地方,它将如何受到气候变化影响，地球一小时2016年活动是如何展示我们爱的地方，以及为什么人们应该参与2016年地球一小时。注意：7年级学生将看澳大利亚与水有关的地方; 8年级学生将看澳大利亚的风景。

Essential questions:

• How do we value our environment?
• How do people’s reliance on places and environments influence their perception of them?
• How do environmental and human processes affect the characteristics of places and environments?
• What are the consequences of changes to places and environments and how can these changes be managed?

基本问题:

• 我们怎么样评价我们的环境?
• 人民对地方和环境的依赖如何影响他们的看法?
• 环境和人类的过程如何影响地方和环境的特征?
• 地方和环境变化的后果是什么,这些变化是如何管理的