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The course has the following objectives:
understanding the phenomenon from the point of view of Physics
making the young generation aware of the new climate changes
identifying the changes that have occurred in the students’ own country by giving clear
examplessuggesting measures that should be taken, in each country, in order to stop or to diminish
this phenomenon
The lessons will be as The lessons will be as follows:follows:
Lesson I: General presentation of the Lesson I: General presentation of the phenomenon. Causesphenomenon. Causes..
Lesson II: The effects:Lesson II: The effects: the greenhouse the greenhouse effect and its damage, effect and its damage, air pollution and air pollution and its effects on animalsits effects on animals, birds and human , birds and human beings, beings, environmental changes in each environmental changes in each countrycountry and on Earth as a whole, ocean and on Earth as a whole, ocean warming.warming.
Lesson III: Ways of reducing or even stopping Lesson III: Ways of reducing or even stopping this phenomenon: solar heating systems, wind this phenomenon: solar heating systems, wind or water energy, etc.or water energy, etc.
Lesson IV :Measures to make people aware of Lesson IV :Measures to make people aware of these effects: students from each school will these effects: students from each school will have to realize a have to realize a questionnairequestionnaire about climate about climate changes and a changes and a statistics statistics concerning the concerning the knowledge of this phenomenon and the knowledge of this phenomenon and the measures taken within households, schools, measures taken within households, schools, cities and countries to stop itcities and countries to stop it..
Changes in the sun Changes in the earth's orbit Changes in the clouds Changes in ice sheets Changes in the gases in the
atmosphere (Greenhouse effect)
What makes climate change?
Human-Forced Climate Change
Climate changes can be natural or human caused
Humans can affect the climate by changing the gases in the atmosphere. (greenhouse effect).
Romania, like other countries are Romania, like other countries are often confronting nowadays with often confronting nowadays with floods,floods, tornados and even with the tornados and even with the desertificationdesertification process. The process. The climate changes caused by climate changes caused by excessive pollution are already excessive pollution are already affecting the citizens’ way of lifeaffecting the citizens’ way of life
Effects of Climate ChangeEffects of Climate Change
Greater air pollutionGreater air pollution Severe and frequent extreme weather Severe and frequent extreme weather
events such as storms, floods, droughts, events such as storms, floods, droughts, tornadoes, heat wavestornadoes, heat waves
Increase in diseases transmitted by Increase in diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, ticks or rodents because of mosquitoes, ticks or rodents because of changes in precipitation and temperature changes in precipitation and temperature
Fresh water sources threatened with Fresh water sources threatened with rapidly shrinking glaciers and droughtrapidly shrinking glaciers and drought
Intense exposure to sun’s ultraviolet rays Intense exposure to sun’s ultraviolet rays due to thinning ozone layer leading to due to thinning ozone layer leading to more skin cancer and impaired visionmore skin cancer and impaired vision
Inadequate food production due to Inadequate food production due to environmental changes and pollutantsenvironmental changes and pollutants
Changes in population distributionChanges in population distribution
Heat Absorption by Ice MassesHeat Absorption by Ice Masses Arctic ice, Antarctic iceArctic ice, Antarctic ice Mountain glaciersMountain glaciers
• Mt. Kilimanjaro glacier will disappear within 20 Mt. Kilimanjaro glacier will disappear within 20 yearsyears
• Chacaltaya glacier, Andes Mountains, will disappear Chacaltaya glacier, Andes Mountains, will disappear in 7-8 years (water supply for La Paz, Bolivia)in 7-8 years (water supply for La Paz, Bolivia)
• Italian Alps will lose its permanent ice inItalian Alps will lose its permanent ice in20-30 years20-30 years
• Glacier National Park is losing ice at an Glacier National Park is losing ice at an accelerating rateaccelerating rate
How will climate change affect people?
Everywhere: Sea-level rise Ecosystem
change• effect on species• effect on farming
Melting of polar ice• effect on
shipping• effect on wildlife
Coral death
How will climate change affect people?
Everywhere: Increase in
intensity of hurricanes
Increase in droughts in some places
Increase in intense rain in some places
The final products of the The final products of the course will be:course will be:
realizing a realizing a questionnairequestionnaire among the among the students from each school and a statistics students from each school and a statistics concerning the knowledge about this concerning the knowledge about this phenomenon;phenomenon;
making a making a posterposter about climate changes that about climate changes that will be posted in each school;will be posted in each school;
making a making a filmfilm about climate changes in the about climate changes in the students’ own country or city.students’ own country or city.
WHY A COURSE ON WHY A COURSE ON WRITING SKILLS?WRITING SKILLS?
We have chosen this We have chosen this course as our students as course as our students as well as all of us are well as all of us are writers in one way or writers in one way or another: writers of another: writers of letters , memos, reports, letters , memos, reports, daily diaries or greetings daily diaries or greetings on Christmas cards and on Christmas cards and so on . so on .
By attending this course you will be able to By attending this course you will be able to write a better letterwrite a better letter, avoid those , avoid those grammar grammar gremlinsgremlins and make and make written Englishwritten English your most your most valuable tool at work, school or home. You valuable tool at work, school or home. You may also find how to get the response you may also find how to get the response you want, how to use clear, cliché-free ways to want, how to use clear, cliché-free ways to convey sympathy or express what you really convey sympathy or express what you really feel without falling into the common writing feel without falling into the common writing traps.traps.
OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES
to make students aware of to make students aware of the difference between the difference between speech and writing;speech and writing;
to observe examples of good to observe examples of good and also bad writing;and also bad writing;
to get students familiar with to get students familiar with the structure of different the structure of different pieces of writing ( a CV, a pieces of writing ( a CV, a letter of application etc);letter of application etc);
to enable students to create to enable students to create their own effective pieces of their own effective pieces of writing.writing.
STRUCTURE OF THE COURSESTRUCTURE OF THE COURSE
LESSON 1LESSON 1. . How To Write Clearly and How To Write Clearly and What Language You Should Avoid;What Language You Should Avoid;
LESSON 2.LESSON 2. A Few Refreshing Things In A Few Refreshing Things In Grammar and Punctuation;Grammar and Punctuation;
LESSON 3.LESSON 3. How To Create the Perfect CV;How To Create the Perfect CV; LESSON 4.LESSON 4. Say What You Mean, Get What Say What You Mean, Get What
You Want; Creating Persuasive Pieces ofYou Want; Creating Persuasive Pieces of Writing.Writing.
FINAL PRODUCTSFINAL PRODUCTS
Students will have to write Students will have to write
their own European CVtheir own European CV They will have to exchange They will have to exchange
E-mails on certain topics E-mails on certain topics applying the newly learned applying the newly learned rules and notionsrules and notions
In Romania most investors and business men are foreigners, they had to present their CVs and job applications in English and according to the new
European requirements. Therefore, we consider that students might need some extra information and
practice on this topic as during the classes at school it is difficult to cover all aspects and to study enough
examples.We hope you will find this course as useful as we do. Of
course, suggestions and comments will be more than welcome. I hope you will enjoy it. Good luck!