Environmental Science

Three Modules of 12 weeks duration – Double Class per week

To provide a general education in Environmental Studies for all students.
To cultivate an awareness of the environment at school, community and global levels.
To develop a feeling of responsibility for the environment through active involvement in Green Schools.
To develop skills by providing opportunities to for students to do projects on their own or as part of a team.
To understand the challenges facing our environment.
To foster a feeling of stewardship of the environment for future generations.
To make students aware of Environmental Studies as a third level subject option and as a future career.
To encourage team work and active participation.
To break away from passive learning.
To tap into the innate student interest in Nature.
To develop a feeling of Global Citizenship.

push out their boundaries
meet and accept new challenges
discover more about their personal strengths
develop maturity and self-confidence
improve their self esteem
build interpersonal and team skills
discover as much as possible about the environment and identify threats to our planet.
build character
embark on new projects both within and outside school
promote personal maturity
become more independent learners

Students will be able to do projects on the following topics and will present them to their peers using powerpoint and other media:

Energy as we know it and alternatives.
Recycling at home and in school.
Encouraging a Green Christmas.
Reviewing the adopted areas (areas frequented by students at lunch time outside of the school grounds)
“Fair Trade” and the organizing of a “Fair Trade” day.
Carbon Footprint.
Biodiversitly.
Climate Change.
Global Warming.
Water consumption and conservation.
Lights monitoring.
Nationalities in our school.
Announcements in different languages.
Global awareness in the school community.

Formal input by the teacher
The students will learn by watching powerpoint and other presentations given by their peers
The students will learn through active participating in and presenting their assignments in class
The students will learn by implementing the seven steps involved in the application for the Seventh Green Flag, the theme of which is Global Awareness with an emphasis on Energy.

Credits will be given for the following:

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