Monday 1 st June- Thursday 4 th June LO: To learn how humans have negatively impacted the environment through deforestation

This week and next week in topic we will look at how humans have affected our physical environment. This week we’re looking at the negative changes made by humans.Watch this introduction to the topic: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zp22pv4/articles/z2md82p

We are going to focus on deforestation. This is when forests are destroyed and not replanted. Humans cut down trees for

many reasons, one is to make palm oil which comes from the oil palm tree. Palm oil is used to make lots of food, household products, make-up and fuel.

1. Watch this advert from 2018 to see the effects of cutting down the trees for palm oil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ha6xUVqezQ

Think about: What are your first impressions of the advert? How does it make you feel? How does it try to make the audience care about the environment?

2. Read ‘All about Palm Oil’. Use the glossary to help.3. Answer the questions.4. Choose how you want to spread the word.

Spread the Word! Your Challenge is to spread the word about the dangers of deforestation!

You can choose to: Design a poster/leaflet

Write a poem Make a presentation

Create a character/short story to explain the problem Anything else you think!

For lots of information and statistics, look at this Newsround article and video: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/39492207