MODULE 9: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

Objectives:
At the end of the session:

 The students are expected to understand the concept of climate change

and how it affects the earth
 The students are expected to know that the ocean plays a vital role in the
balance of nature
 The students are expected to be able to comprehend and apply ways to
delay and/prevent the effects of climate change
Materials Needed:

 Pictures (Cause and effect of Climate Change)

 Visual Aid (Drawing book containing the module content/lesson)
 Bond Paper
 Art Materials
Methodology:

 Carry out a mini game of Cause and Effect of pictures that emphasizes on the
causes and effects of climate change and the children will have to guess.
 Go through lecture proper about the differences of global warming and climate
change, causes and effects of climate change, brief background of the marine
environment, the effects of climate change within the marine environment, and
prevention of climate change.
 Let the children make slogan about what they realize and what they can apply
from the lesson to slow down climate change and let them explain their works
afterwards.
Input:
 Climate Change
o this states the warming of the Earth as well as the side effects of the initial
warming
o human-caused changes to nature
o nature also contributes to climate change but on a very low rate
 Global Warming
o this only refers to the rising of the temperature of the Earth
o human-caused warming of the Earth
 What are the effects of climate change?
o On biodiversity
 Plant reduction
 Extinction of plant and animal species
 o On oceans
 Glaciers melting-increase of sea level
 Acidification-affect seashells, coral reefs and marine life
o On humans
 Scarcity of food resources
 Population migration

o On the weather
 More drought and heatwaves
 More natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes, storms and wild
fires

 What is the difference between weather and climate?

o Weather is the day-to-day state of the atmosphere, and its short-term
variation in minutes to weeks while Climate is the weather of a place
averaged over a period of time, often 30 years.
 What do greenhouse gases do?
o Greenhouse gases are any gas that has the property of absorbing infrared
radiation (net heat energy) emitted from Earth’s surface and reradiating it
back to Earth’s surface, thus contributing to the greenhouse effect
o Ex.
 Carbon Dioxide
 Methane
 Nitrous Oxide
 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
o surveys the research on climate change happening all around the world
and reports to the public about the current state of our scientific
knowledge

Review: Slogan Making

Reference Materials:

Wired. (2018, September 7). What is climate change? The definition, causes and
effects. Retrieved October 4, 2019, from https://www.wired.co.uk/article/what-is-
climate-change-definition-causes-effects.

Global Warming Effects. Retrieved October 4, 2019, from

https://solarimpulse.com/global-warming-solutions?gclid=Cj0KCQjwuNbsBRC-
ARIsAAzITueqqTXi2QVZPusGmw4TN3BTx3zkCJw2boACCcslgmBAt5b3Xa3IiW
IaAn96EALw_wcB
Shaftel. (2019, October 2). The Effects of Climate Change. Retrieved October 4, 2019,
from https://climate.nasa.gov/effects/

Climate vs. Weather. (n. d.) Retrieved October 4, 2019, from

https://nsidc.org/cryosphere/arctic-meteorology/climate_vs_weather.html

What's the difference between global warming and climate change?: NOAA
Climate.gov. (2015, June 17). Retrieved October 4, 2019, from
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/whats-difference-between-
global-warming-and-climate-change.

Mann, M. E. (n.d.). Greenhouse gas. Retrieved October 4, 2019, from

https://www.britannica.com/science/greenhouse-gas.
 MODULE 8: SUSTAINABILITY OF RESOURCES
Objectives:
At the end of the session:

 The students are expected to understand that natural resources are

limited and that they should be managed in a way that they are still
available for future generations
 The students are able to understand sustainability of resources
 The students will be able to be mindful of their actions and apply what they
learned in the module
Materials Needed:

 Pictures (Basic human needs and wants)

 Visual Aids (containing the module lesson)
 Scratch paper (as many as possible)
Methodology:

 Carry out a game about Wants and Needs. Divide the children into groups and
distribute mixed pictures of things (whether a need or want). Once they have
picked three things, let them imagine they are brought into an island and the only
things they could bring are the things they have picked.
 Discuss and lecture on about sustainability, environmental sustainability, carrying
capacity, wants and needs, and effects of unsustainable supply of resources.
 Divide the children into groups and let them build a tower or fortress with just
paper. After, the facilitators will try to blow and let the tower/fortress fall with a fan
by three times. The group with the tallest tower after the three fans will win.
Input:

 Sustainability
o study of how natural systems function, remain diverse and produce
everything it needs for the ecology to remain in balance
o Understanding how to meet the needs of the present without
compromising the needs of future generations to meet their own needs.
(Brundtland Commission, 1987)
- Environmental Sustainability
 is the process of making sure that present interaction and usage of
the environment is going at a rate at which they can be replenished
- Carrying Capacity
o an ecosystem has a certain ability to replenish its resources over time
but it is limited
  Wants and Needs
o A need is something you have to have, something you can't do without. A
good example is food. If you don't eat, you won't survive for long. Many
people have gone days without eating, but they eventually ate a lot of
food. You might not need a whole lot of food, but you do need to eat.
o A want is something you would like to have. It is not absolutely necessary,
but it would be a good thing to have. A good example is music. Now,
some people might argue that music is a need because they think they
can't do without it. But you don't need music to survive. You do need to
eat.
 Effects of Unsustainable Supply of Resources
o Poverty
o rapid population growth
o the need for food security
Review: Fortress Making

Assessment: What have I learned? Pick atleast 3 children and ask them what they
have learned from the activities and lesson.
Reference Materials:

Mason. (n. d.) What issustainability? Three pillars of sustainability: Environmental

Sustainability. Primary goals of sustainability. Retrieved October 4, 2019, from
https://www.environmentalscience.org/sustainability

What is sustainability? Retrieved October 4, 2019, from

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/znmnb9q/revision/1
Sustainable Development. Retrieved October 4, 2019, from
https://science.jrank.org/pages/6642/Sustainable-Development.html