In groups talk about…

• What is meant by deforestation?

• What happened when we deforested the cress?

• Were there different scales of impact? And can you give examples? (HINT: Were all the impacts local?)

5 mins250 acres of rainforest is cut down every 5 minutes.

Cut 5 cress stems every 5 minutes.

After this lesson we will…

• Know what goes into a packet of crisps

• Understand how crisps are causing the rainforest to be cut down

• To plan and devise a way to help make a difference

PLTS:

What’s in a packet of crisps?

Potatoes

Oil

Salt

Flavourings

E numbers

Sugar

How are crisps causing the rainforest to be cut down?

Answer the questions using as much detail as you can from the

cards.1. What oil is used to make crisps?

2. What type of plantation (an area of similar plants) is replacing rainforest?

4. What does growing something sustainably mean?

3. Do you think it is important to save the rainforests? Why?

5. What could you do to stop rainforests being cut down for crisps? Mind map your ideas.

Tell others about what I’ve learnt

Friends

Family

What could you do to stop rainforests being cut down

for crisps?

Check ingredients

Read the labels

Write an email or letter to your MP

Contact crisp manufacturers

Don’t buy products containing palm oil

Check food miles

Buy local products

Voice your opinions

Orang-utans: A Threatened Species

Write a poem or rap to tell others about how eating crisps can lead to rainforests being cut down.

Use the cards and the sheet to help you. We will hear some at the end of the lesson.

If there’s one thing I detest,It’s the destruction of the rainforest.If there’s one thing I cannot stand,It’s making crisps with rainforest land.

Verse 1: Introduce palm oil, products that contain it (crisps, chocolate, shampoo)

Verse 2: Link palm oil to rainforests, palm oil plantations leading to deforestation

Verse 3: Why its important to save the rainforests; people and their culture, wildlife

Verse 4: How it can be stopped, introduce sustainable ideas, consumer power

Eminem

50 Cent Lady GaGa

Rhianna

Oasis

Now we…

• Know what goes into a packet of crisps

• Understand how crisps are causing the rainforest to be cut down

• Can plan and devise a way to help make a difference

PLTS: