| Educational objectives: |
Explain the local impact of harmful substances to people and the broader environment and what can be done by individuals, groups and the community to reduce the risk. Understand the global impact of harmful substances and how local actions can change the global environment. |
| Personal growth areas: |
Social Development |
| Brief summary of activity: |
A simple activity to start the group thinking about your personal daily energy use and how this affects the environment. |
| Equipment: |
Hardware
- Internet Connection
- Mobile phone/ Tab/ Lap top/ Computer
- Speaker/ Hands-Free/ Headset
- Question cards, green, orange and red answer cards.
- The answer cards should be in three different sizes.
- The red cards must be the biggest and the green cards the smallest.
Software
- Actionbound App
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| Preparation: |
Prepare question cards and answer cards. Use the questions provided and if appropriate prepare additional questions that are relevant to your local environment.
Questions and Answers -
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PKOFkichEyHP8EoHQdr91hS5a69bfzrnUnepfHLHX6w/edit?ts=5fdc3ff2#gid=1452592648&range=B13"
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| Duration: |
30 Minutes |
| Setting: |
Safely at Home - Online with good internet connection |
| Step by step guide to activity: |
1. Set the question cards out in a circle and place the answer cards in the middle in three piles (a green pile, an orange pile and a red pile).
2. Each question has three answers a green answer, an orange answer and a red answer. When making the answer cards, think about the number of participants
and what their likely answers will be to the questions. This will determine how many answer cards of each colour are made. The answer cards can be made smaller if necessary.
The important point is that the red cards are the largest and the green cards are the smallest.
3. Explain the activity. Each participant moves around the circle answering the questions and taking the correct coloured answer card at each question.
Once they have answered all the questions they find a space and lay out their answer cards on the floor to make a patterned mat.
4. Once the Scouts have laid out their mat explain what it means.
The mat demonstrates their day to day energy use, which actually represents their day to day carbon footprint. It will vary between participants.
The greater your energy use the bigger and redder the mat will be and the less your energy use the smaller and greener your mat will be.
5. Submit your results to actionbound app |
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