Another winner from Hong Kong has made a better battery for electric cars. They will use the prize money to make more batteries and sell them in other places. A group called WildAid is fighting against people fishing in the wrong way and hurting the ocean. A man named Aadith Moorthy is helping farmers grow more kinds of plants. The Earthshot Prize wants to make people and governments care more about keeping the Earth clean.
The Earthshot Prize is happy about the good ideas from Asia for helping the environment. Asia uses a lot of energy, so it's important they find ways to stop hurting the Earth. The people who give the Earthshot Prize hope it will make more people and countries want to help. The winners show us that anyone, anywhere, can come up with great ideas to make the world better.
Original news source: Earthshot Prize: Asia leads the way in quest to repair planet (BBC)
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Group or Classroom Activities
Warm-up Activities:
– News Reporter Role-play
Instructions: Students are divided into pairs. One student is the news reporter, and the other is an expert on environmental innovations in Asia. The reporter interviews the expert about the new inventions and initiatives mentioned in the article, such as the special dryers in India, the better batteries for electric cars, and WildAid's efforts. After the role-play, they switch roles.
– Sketch It
Instructions: In small groups, students are given a term or concept from the article (e.g., "dryers," "electric cars," "farming diversity"). Each group has a few minutes to draw a representation of their assigned term without writing any words. Other groups then guess what the term is based on the drawings.
– Vocabulary Pictionary
Instructions: Write down key vocabulary from the article on individual slips of paper (e.g., "save," "better," "fishing," "grow," "clean"). Students take turns picking a slip and drawing the word for their classmates to guess. The student who guesses correctly gets to draw next.
– Opinion Spectrum
Instructions: Clear a space in the classroom and create an imaginary line. One end represents 'strongly agree', the other 'strongly disagree'. Read out statements related to the article (e.g., "Electric cars are the future of transportation," "It's important to support farmers in using sustainable practices"). Students place themselves along the line based on their opinion and discuss why they chose their position.
– Future Predictions
Instructions: Students think about the environmental issues presented in the article and work in small groups to make predictions about the future. They can use structures like "will," "going to," and "might" to discuss what changes they think will happen in the next decade regarding environmental technology and conservation efforts. Each group shares their predictions with the class.
π€ Comprehension Questions:
The group in India made special dryers for farmers to save food from going bad.
It helps farmers make more money and it's also better for the air.
They will use the prize money to make more batteries for electric cars and sell them in different places.
WildAid is fighting against people who are fishing in the wrong way and hurting the ocean.
Aadith Moorthy is helping farmers grow more types of plants.
The Earthshot Prize wants people and governments to care more about keeping the Earth clean.
It's important because Asia uses a lot of energy, so they need to find ways to stop hurting the Earth.
π§βοΈ Listen and Fill in the Gaps:
People in are coming up with new ways to the Earth. One group in India special dryers to help farmers save food that might go bad. This helps the farmers make money and is better for the air. Asia has many problems because of the weather changing, but many people are to fix these . Another winner from Kong has made a better battery for electric cars. They will use the prize money to make more batteries and sell them in other places. A group called WildAid is fighting against people fishing in the wrong way and hurting the . A man named Aadith Moorthy is helping farmers grow more of plants. The shot Prize wants to make people and governments care more about keeping the Earth clean. The Earthshot Prize is happy about the good ideas from Asia for helping the environment. Asia uses a lot of energy, so it's they find ways to stop hurting the Earth. The people who give the Earthshot Prize hope it will more people and want to help. The winners show us that anyone, anywhere, can come up with great ideas to make the world better.
π¬ Discussion Questions:
1. What is a prize you have won before?
2. How would you feel if you won a prize for helping the Earth?
3. Do you like the idea of making special dryers for farmers? Why or why not?
4. Have you ever seen food go bad? What happened?
5. What do you think about using electric cars instead of cars that use gas?
6. Can you think of a way to help the Earth that you can do in your town?
7. Do you know what it means to fish in the wrong way? Why is it bad?
8. Have you ever planted anything? What did you grow?
9. Why do you think it's important to grow more kinds of plants?
10. What is something you can do to keep the Earth clean?
11. Do you think it's a good idea to give money to people who help the environment? Why or why not?
12. Do you believe that kids can come up with good ideas to help the Earth? Can you think of any?
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