1. O U R E A RT H : M Y
L I F E
HOMEROOM GUIDANCE 10
MODULE 14

2.  “Whatever you do, comes back to you”,
 “What you sow is what you reap”,
 “What goes up must come down” are beliefs or theories that you
learned in school.
 Newton’s third law of motion states that: “In every action there is an
equal and opposite reaction” which is an academic knowledge you are
very familiar with.
Fortunately, this law applies to our environment which you must be
fully aware of.

3. At present, there are environmental problems ranging
from air, water, and soil that cause damage in our
forest and oceans. Earth’s temperature is said to have
suffered human’s incapability to take care of the
environment.

4. SOME OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL
CONCERNS THAT MUST
BE ADDRESSED

5.  G E N E T I C
M O D I F I C AT I O N O F
C R O P S
M a n - m a d e c h e m i c a l s
a r e c a u s i n g d a m a g e t o
o t h e r l i v i n g
o r g a n i s m s . B u t t e r f l i e s
a n d o t h e r i n s e c t s a r e
d y i n g d u e t o t h e s e
c h e m i c a l s u s e d i n
c r o p s .

7. W A S T E P R O D U C T I O N –
P r o d u c t i o n o f t o o
m u c h w a s t e a n d n o t
h a v i n g p r o p e r w a y o f
d i s p o s i n g i t e n d s u p
i n l a n d f i l l s w h i c h
g e n e r a t e s a n
e n o r m o u s a m o u n t o f
m e t h a n e . T h i s k i n d o f
g a s p o t e n t i a l l y
c o n t r i b u t e s t o g l o b a l
w a r m i n g .

8. W A T E R P O L L U T I O N –
t h e n e e d f o r f r e s h
w a t e r i s c r u c i a l t o a n y
k i n d o f l i f e o n e a r t h .
H o w e v e r , m o r e n a t u r a l
s o u r c e s o f f r e s h w a t e r
a r e b e i n g p o l l u t e d
t h r o u g h h u m a n
a c t i v i t i e s . P o l l u t e d
w a t e r m a y a l s o h a r m
a n d c o n t a m i n a t e t h e
w a t e r w e d r i n k . T o i t s
w o r s t , w a t e r p o l l u t i o n
d e s t r o y s o r g a n i s m s
l i v i n g i n t h e o c e a n s .

9. W A T E R P O L L U T I O N –
t h e n e e d f o r f r e s h
w a t e r i s c r u c i a l t o a n y
k i n d o f l i f e o n e a r t h .
H o w e v e r , m o r e n a t u r a l
s o u r c e s o f f r e s h w a t e r
a r e b e i n g p o l l u t e d
t h r o u g h h u m a n
a c t i v i t i e s . P o l l u t e d
w a t e r m a y a l s o h a r m
a n d c o n t a m i n a t e t h e
w a t e r w e d r i n k . T o i t s
w o r s t , w a t e r p o l l u t i o n
d e s t r o y s o r g a n i s m s
l i v i n g i n t h e o c e a n s .

10. D E F O R E S T A T I O N –
O u r f o r e s t s a r e t h e l u n g s
o f t h e e a r t h . R e m o v i n g m o r e
t r e e s w i l l d e p l e t e t h e o x y g e n
b e i n g p r o d u c e d . W i t h t h e
c o n t i n u e d l o s s o f t r e e s i n t h e
f o r e s t , c a n y o u i m a g i n e w h a t
w i l l h a p p e n t o a l l t h e l i v i n g
t h i n g s o n t h e p l a n e t ?
L i k e w i s e , f o r e s t s s e r v e a s
h a b i t a t t o m a n y a n i m a l s a n d
o t h e r o r g a n i s m s , d e f o r e s t a t i o n
w i l l c a u s e a n e x t i n c t i o n t o
s o m e o f t h e s e a n i m a l s .

11. A i r p o l l u t i o n –
H u m a n s a n d a n i m a l s a r e d e p e n d e n t o n a i r t o
l i v e . H a v i n g p o l l u t e d a i r e x p o s e s a l l l i v i n g
t h i n g s t o t h e r i s k o f d e v e l o p i n g n u m e r o u s h e a l t h
p r o b l e m s . H o w e v e r , w i t h t h e o n - g o i n g p a n d e m i c
t h a t l i m i t s a l l k i n d s o f t r a n s p o r t a t i o n i n t h e
l a n d , o n a i r a n d i n t h e w a t e r , r e p o r t s c l a i m e d
t h a t a i r p o l l u t i o n d e c r e a s e s a t a l a r g e r e x t e n t .
C o u n t r i e s w e n t i n t o l o c k d o w n a n d t h e i n d u s t r i a l
a c t i v i t i e s s h u t d o w n g l o b a l l y . T h e s e c h a n g e s i n
t r a n s p o r t a c t i v i t i e s a n d o i l d e m a n d r e s u l t e d i n a
s i g n i f i c a n t i m p a c t o n t h e e n v i r o n m e n t a l q u a l i t y
w h i c h c a n b e t r e a t e d a s g o o d e f f e c t .

12. Activity 1
“MY CONTRIBUTION
TO ENVIRONMENT”

13. 1 . L o o k a r o u n d y o u r h o u s e a n d c h o o s e o n e
s p o t . I t c o u l d b e y o u r g a r d e n , a t t h e b a c k o r
f r o n t o f y o u r h o u s e , o r m a y b e i f y o u h a v e
a n o t h e r d e s i r e d s p o t t h a t y o u w i s h t o
i m p r o v e .
2 . G e t a c l e a n s h e e t o f p a p e r a n d f o l d i t i n t o
t w o . O n t h e l e f t s i d e , d r a w o r m a k e a s k e t c h
o f y o u r c h o s e n s p o t / p l a c e i n y o u r h o u s e . O n
t h e r i g h t s i d e , d r a w / i l l u s t r a t e / s k e t c h w h a t
y o u d r e a m / p l a n t o h a p p e n / b e c o m e o f t h a t
p l a c e .

14. 3 . Yo u r d r a w i n g / i l l u s t r a t i o n w i l l b e y o u r
m a s t e r p i e c e o f t r a n s f o r m i n g y o u r d e s i r e d
s p o t i n t o a g a r d e n o f f l o w e r s , v e g e t a b l e
g a r d e n o r a c o m b i n a t i o n o f b o t h . Yo u a r e
e n c o u r a g e d t o u s e r e u s a b l e / r e c y c l a b l e a n d
i n d i g e n o u s m a t e r i a l s t h a t y o u l e a r n e d , o r
y o u g e t t o k n o w i n y o u r p r e v i o u s g r a d e s o r
l e s s o n s y o u h a d f r o m o t h e r s u b j e c t s . Yo u c a n
a l s o u s e a c q u i r e d i n f o r m a t i o n f r o m o t h e r
s o u r c e s t o m a k e s u r e y o u w i l l o n l y u s e
m a t e r i a l s t h a t w o u l d h e l p l e s s e n w a s t e
m a t e r i a l s .

15. 4 . Yo u c a n a s k t h e h e l p o f y o u r
p a r e n t s f o r t h e s e e d l i n g s o r
f l o w e r i n g p l a n t s .
5 . B e c r e a t i v e a n d i m a g i n a t i v e w h i l e
w o r k i n g o n t h e a c c o m p l i s h m e n t o f
y o u r p l a n .
6 . K e e p y o u r w o r k w i t h y o u f o r
r e f e r e n c e l a t e r.