Climate Changes

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).

The 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

How will climate change affect people?

Everywhere: How will

humans react Surprise

changes

The Challenge: Sustainable Energy

The Challenge: Food Security

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.

GOOD WRITING GOOD WRITING SKILLSSKILLS

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!