Make your buying decisions on the following questions:
1. Is this purchase something I need?
2. Do I already own something that will serve the same purpose?
3. Can I make or borrow something that will do the same thing?
4. Is my purchase locally made?
5. Is the product made with environmentally sustainable materials?
6. Was it produced by workers who are treated fairly under safe and healthy working conditions?
7. Can I easily compost or recycle the product when I'm finished with it?
Add your own question based on the experience from your home country.
Discuss with your group which of these tips have priority.
Monday, October 25, 2010
HOW MAPLE SYRUP __________ (MAKE)
1. Use passive forms of the verbs in parentheses:
First, a hole __________ (drill) in the trunk of a maple tree.
A spout, called a spile, __________ (hammer) into the hole.
The sap from the tree __________ (collect).
Then the sap __________ (boil) into maple syrup.
The water __________ (evaporate) by boiling for a long time.
The hot syrup __________ (pour) into bottles and __________ (seal).
Maple candy can also __________ (make)
Maple syrup __________ (use) for cooking and baking.
2.
Cut stripes with one sentence on each and have students order them in a paragraph.
First, a hole __________ (drill) in the trunk of a maple tree.
A spout, called a spile, __________ (hammer) into the hole.
The sap from the tree __________ (collect).
Then the sap __________ (boil) into maple syrup.
The water __________ (evaporate) by boiling for a long time.
The hot syrup __________ (pour) into bottles and __________ (seal).
Maple candy can also __________ (make)
Maple syrup __________ (use) for cooking and baking.
2.
Cut stripes with one sentence on each and have students order them in a paragraph.
Gorillas and cell Phones
Toronto Zoo has a cell phone drop off program called "Phone Apes". If you decide to take your class for a visit there,maybe you'll find this material useful not only to teach the language, but to instill some Earth watcher's ideas along.
Conservationists point out that recycling cell phones protects landfills from the many potentially hazardous chemicals found in the phones, including antimony, arsenic, copper, cadmium, lead, and zinc.
But cell phones also include coltan, a mineral extracted in the deep forests of Congo in central Africa, home to the world's endangered lowland gorillas.
Fueled by the worldwide cell phone boom, Congo's out-of-control coltan mining business has in recent years led to a dramatic reduction of animal habitat and the rampant slaughter of great apes for the illegal bush-meat trade.
"Most people don't know that there's a connection between this metal in their cell phones and the well-being of wildlife in the area where it's mined," said Karen Killmar, the associate curator of mammals at the San Diego Zoo.
Conservationists point out that recycling cell phones protects landfills from the many potentially hazardous chemicals found in the phones, including antimony, arsenic, copper, cadmium, lead, and zinc.
But cell phones also include coltan, a mineral extracted in the deep forests of Congo in central Africa, home to the world's endangered lowland gorillas.
Fueled by the worldwide cell phone boom, Congo's out-of-control coltan mining business has in recent years led to a dramatic reduction of animal habitat and the rampant slaughter of great apes for the illegal bush-meat trade.
"Most people don't know that there's a connection between this metal in their cell phones and the well-being of wildlife in the area where it's mined," said Karen Killmar, the associate curator of mammals at the San Diego Zoo.
Friday, October 22, 2010
TREES
Match the trees with their parts:
OAK TREE - ACORN
PINE - CONE
MAPLE - KEY
HAZEL - CATKINS
CHESTNUT - SPINES
LOCUST - PODS
BASSWOOD - LEAFY BRACT
OAK TREE - ACORN
PINE - CONE
MAPLE - KEY
HAZEL - CATKINS
CHESTNUT - SPINES
LOCUST - PODS
BASSWOOD - LEAFY BRACT
Mystery Things
1.
They are called "monarchs of the mist".
They are the highest of all living things on earth although they grow from seeds not larger than tomato seeds.
They were far more spread during the age of dinosaurs. Their fossils have been found in Asia,Europe and North America. Now their natural range is reduced to a belt 35 miles wide and 450 miles long, from extreme southern Oregon to Monterey County, California.
2. It looks like a mass of dead leaves, moldy fungus or a termite's nest when you see it high up in a tree,hanging upside down. It lives only in Central America, where it is very rare. It has long, coarse hair and four long limbs. It has three long claws that look like hooks. Its face looks like it is always smiling.It moves extremely slowly because it drags its body as its legs do not support it. It spends 18 out of 24 hours sleeping.
ANSWERS: 1. redwoods (sequoias); 2. three-toe sloth
They are called "monarchs of the mist".
They are the highest of all living things on earth although they grow from seeds not larger than tomato seeds.
They were far more spread during the age of dinosaurs. Their fossils have been found in Asia,Europe and North America. Now their natural range is reduced to a belt 35 miles wide and 450 miles long, from extreme southern Oregon to Monterey County, California.
2. It looks like a mass of dead leaves, moldy fungus or a termite's nest when you see it high up in a tree,hanging upside down. It lives only in Central America, where it is very rare. It has long, coarse hair and four long limbs. It has three long claws that look like hooks. Its face looks like it is always smiling.It moves extremely slowly because it drags its body as its legs do not support it. It spends 18 out of 24 hours sleeping.
ANSWERS: 1. redwoods (sequoias); 2. three-toe sloth
Walking in High Park
We are going to High Park to explore and enjoy the sights. Complete the following tasks:
1. Look around and find:
3 types of deciduous trees
2 types of conifers
3 types of birds
a prairie
a slope
a path
a monument
a sculpture
a flower bed
a pond
fish
a bridge
2. Find some information about Colborne Lodge and write a paragraph to read in your class.
3. Look for the memorial to John and Joanna Howard. Describe the way how you got there. Find out about the Howards and share with your class.
4. Finish the sentence with appropriate verb forms:
If you ___________ (come) to the pond in 1837, you ___________ (find) yourself virtually standing on the shore of Lake Ontario.
5. Describe people's activities in the Park.
1. Look around and find:
3 types of deciduous trees
2 types of conifers
3 types of birds
a prairie
a slope
a path
a monument
a sculpture
a flower bed
a pond
fish
a bridge
2. Find some information about Colborne Lodge and write a paragraph to read in your class.
3. Look for the memorial to John and Joanna Howard. Describe the way how you got there. Find out about the Howards and share with your class.
4. Finish the sentence with appropriate verb forms:
If you ___________ (come) to the pond in 1837, you ___________ (find) yourself virtually standing on the shore of Lake Ontario.
5. Describe people's activities in the Park.
Awareness Walk
Walking in nature can be so much more than hurrying to a destination.Walking is a doorway to being in your body instead of your head, experiencing instead of thinking.When you walk with awareness, you can regroup and return to your centre, clear your thoughts and feelings, and align your inner and outer worlds.It can be a time when you regain your perspective and experience yourself as healthy, integrated and alive. Nature around you, breathing cleaner air and relaxed mood, will replenish your energy and relieve stress from over-committed life.
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