World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated every year on 5th June to raise global awareness to take positive environmental action to
protect nature and the planet Earth. It is run by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).It was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972.
WORD OF THE DAY
VOCABULARY
The Recycling Process
A short animation to learn about Pollution
What is pollution?
LEARNING ABOUT RECYCLING
Watch and learn about recycling
A video from the European Comission : "Everyone Can Save The Planet"
This is another one called "Energy, let's save it!"
"The plastic planet"
WHAT CAN WE DO?
WHAT CAN WE DO?
In this video you can listen a story book called The Earth Book by Todd Carr. A lovely book where the small ones can hear what things they can do to help our planet
"Change the world in 5 minutes"
Everybody can do something. Look at this cute dog recycling.
"Care for Earth"
"8 ways to help the Environment"
SONGS
"It's up to me and you" song
Listen this song about things you can do to protect the Earth.
Pocoyo episode: "Not in my backyard"
"Oliver takes out the trash"
Another song , This one is about recycling
The band called
Formidable Vegetable Sound System has released this song to celebrate World
Environment Day 2015.
The track
called “Limits” is a call to reduce our impact on the planet. According to the
band it was inspired by the 'feedback' we are getting from the planet in the
form of climate change, which could be interpreted as a sign that it's time to
change our behavior. The main message is that one small, yet powerful thing we
can all do is to get back to the garden and try to grow our own food.
to know more about the band go to the web page :
http://formidablevegetable.com.au/
to know more about the band go to the web page :
http://formidablevegetable.com.au/
GAMES
Try this vocabulary game
Planet Earth Museum
a Charlie and Lola episode :"Look after your planet"
If you go to this page you can play several games or do different activities such as word search, puzzles, memory games ....
These games are from Primary Games web page. As you can see there are several games you can play.
How green are you?Click on each room and move your mouse to find the questions
VIDEO STORIES
Another clean up game
Peppa Pig's episode : "Recycling"
Another Peppa's Pig episode. In this case is "Composting"
Heroes of water saving episode : "Water project"
ANIMALS SAVE THE PLANET VIDEOS
ANIMALS SAVE THE PLANET VIDEOS
“The Animals Save the Planet” is a series of funny cartoons from “Animal Planet“, where animals provide tips on how to live an eco-friendly lifestyle.
1-Help save their planet, avoid using plastic bags:
Supermarket Bags : "We can all bring our own bags when we go shopping."
2-Help save their planet, insulate your home:
Polar Bears Overheating:"Is your heating turned up too high?"
3-Help save their planet, cut your emissions:
Meerkat traffic :“I think we can all agree, cycling produces no emissions and it’s good for you.”
4-Help save their planet, use only the water you need
Elephant shower :“Perhaps it might be nicer to think of others before you use up all the water.”
Dog on standby:"What we leave on standby not only produces greenhouse gases but can also keep some of us awake at night."
5-Help save their planet, turn off all what you don't use
Dog on standby:"What we leave on standby not only produces greenhouse gases but can also keep some of us awake at night."
6-Help save their planet, eat a balanced diet
Gassy cows :"The more meat we eat, the more cows are producing greenhouse gases"
7-Help save their planet, use recycle bin
Leopards hate litter :"Don't you just hate it when someone else's rubbish ruins
your lunch break."
Romancing the bag:" Do give a thought to where our rubbish goes"
9.-Help save their planet, recycle all you can
Lions recycle : " If animals can recycle, so can we"
Electric eels : "Definitely not a couple of brigth sparks"
11.-Help save their planet, don't waste energy
your lunch break."
8.-Help save their planets , use biodegradable products
Romancing the bag:" Do give a thought to where our rubbish goes"
9.-Help save their planet, recycle all you can
Lions recycle : " If animals can recycle, so can we"
10.-Help save their planet, don't waste energy
11.-Help save their planet, don't waste energy
Energy efficient penguin:“Energy saving bulbs use one fifth of the energy of ordinary bulbs.”
