How to develop ecological competency in secondary school

How to develop ecological competency in secondary school. By Iryna Pozhydaieva

Ecological competency awareness of the ecological base of environmental management and the necessity of conservation following the rules in the countryside, economical use of natural recourses awareness of how the environment influences people’s lives and health conservation for sustainable development of society

Ecological literacy is the base of ecological competency. Ecological literacy contains ecological knowledge, skills, values, personal senses, that help students to mobilize and use them in specific ecological situations.

Major ecological problems pollution of World Ocean with an oil slick deforestation desertification badlands in areas of natural resources mining threat to biodiversity

Task 1 Group your students into several teams. Ask each team to draw/stick photos of 1 ecological problem on A3. Teams leave their posters and move clockwise. Now they must write 2-3 suggestions how to solve the problem, and stick their ideas on the poster. There are several rounds. Finally, presentations.

Task 2 Ask your students to prepare infographics on the topic “Simple Rules “Save Our Planet””https://www.50waystohelp.com/

Task 3 Did you know that…?Students find and write interesting facts about environment and its protection starting their sentences with Did you know that…? Did you know that 19 litres of water are wasted while you are brushing your teeth with water turned on? Did you know that plastic bags decompose for more than 200 years?

Task 4 Greta Thunberg is a Swedish environmental activist teenager who is known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action for climate change mitigation. Watch the episode and shoot your video for Tik. Tok to support this brave girl.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ury. IL4k. Ucx8

Task 5 Self-regulation of nature. What can you see in this photo? Where is it?Let your students write an essay why such things happened when people were sitting at home during the isolation.

Get acquainted your students with this organization. Ask them to find and present 4 Ukrainian places from UNESCO list. Task 6

Task 7 Recycling Discuss the topic Recycling. What can we recycle? How?Students can create different craft works from paper, plastic,glass, etc.