Earth Hour - The Places You Love (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 vocabulary exercise about words such as ‘awe’, ‘astound’, ‘marvel’ and ‘inspire’. They then spend time outside in nature, and use a ‘Rake thinking tool’ to investigate how they experience nature and connect to it emotionally.

Using images collected before the activity, students create a collage and supporting presentation to share the places they love in Australia with classmates. Students will then look at how these places might be affected by climate change. Finally, students will create a postcard to encourage their local community to participate in Earth Hour.

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。学生通过参加一个关于“敬畏”`的词汇练习，如“震惊”，“震惊”，“奇迹”和“感发”等的词语，开始这节课。然后，他们花时间户外体验自然，使用Rake思维工具，调查他们如何体验自然，并在情感上连接自然。使用活动之前手机的图片，学生创建拼贴和支持的演示，与同学分享他们在澳大利亚喜欢的地方。学生将会看到这些地方如何可能受到气候变化的影响。最后，学生们将创作明信片鼓励当地社区参与2016年地球一小时。

Essential questions:

• Why do we need to value our environment?
• How do people and environments influence one another?
• How do people influence the human characteristics of places and the management of spaces within them?
• How do people’s connections to places affect their perception of them?

基本问题:

• 为什么我们需要珍惜我们的环境呢?
• 人们是如何和环境相互影响的?
• 人们是如何影响人类特征的地方和管理他们生活的空间呢?
• 人民与地方的联系如何影响他们的看法吗?