1. British Council Project:
Connecting Classrooms
Climate Change:
“How Can We help?”
Escuela 3 DE 15 “República de Costa Rica”, GCBA
Teacher: Miss Iberia J. Denegri.
October 2012

2. Contents of the presentation:
Characteristics of the project: Duration,
methodology, ways to share our work.
Planning of the six weeks ahead.
Evaluation.
Final Outcome.
Brief introduction to the topic: Climate Change, How
Can We Help?

3. Characteristics of the Project
Six-weeks project: It starts on Oct 19th and finishes
on November 29th.
Collaborative work .
Several tasks during each week.
Student’s work shared on the Project Space of the
British Council.
In the Project Space will participate many countries
and we’ll be in touch with schools from all around
the world!!

4. Planning of the six weeks
Previously, the teacher took a course on-line to plan
the weeks ahead.
* The teacher chose the images, videos, activities,
exercises and the final product the class will be doing.

5. Teacher’s Farewell of the course
(Popplet App.)

6. Types of Evaluation
1) Teacher Assessment through a rubric
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=Sho
wRubric&rubric_id=2233800&
Students will be assessed in: 1) Work done in class, 2) Use of Class Time,
3) Developing of Questions, 4) Technologicall Skills, 5) Creativity and 6)
Respect for others.
* 2) Peer Correction: You will work in pairs to evaluate
your partner about how he worked in class, time
managment, use of the computer and behaviour.

7. Final Outcome
The final outcome of the project will be a video to be
produced on Windows Movie Maker. The video will
be about the causes and consequences of Climate
Change and the conclusions of “How Can We Help?”
You can start thinking about which song you
would like to include on the video and also reflect
if it is the best for our final product!
* Three secretaries will be appointed to help to write down
notes and help to remember all the things that have to be
included in the final product.

8. Introduction to Climate Change
What do see in these pics? How are this
pictures connected?
Let’s discuss some ideas about climate change and what you know about it.

9. Now we are going to watch two
videos on the topic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8Ek3v1RBEU&feature=f
vwrel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4gLIXnlw2I&NR=1&feat
ure=endscreen
Let’s talk about how can we help. What can we do to
save the planet?

10. 1st task of the project:
You will create a Pinterest board and pin the
images you think are important to help to save the
world.
While we are working we are going to listen to this song, which is related
to Climate Change and our planet. Do you know who the singer is?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwrel&NR=1&v=wtoeZ9Nkeqk
I hope we all enjoy and learn during this project!!