Recognizing Pollution in Turull Forest (“BASURALEZA”) and What to do With It

OBJECTIVES:
•Students will identify objects that do not belong to the natural cycle of the Forest.
• Students will practice their English vocabulary and oral/listening competence.
• Students will learn to identify sources of forest pollution, collect object foreign to the Forest and discard them properly.

AIM: For each students to recognize what constitutes pollution in a natural environment and to know what to do about it.

MATERIALS:
✔️ Stakes of different colors,
✔️ bags of different colors
✔️Gloves

Activity: Students form groups of 4 (1 collector, 3 searchers). Each team has a color (green, yellow, blue, brown, grey, etc.), and collects as much as they can for 10 minutes. After collecting, students sort materials into 5 categories corresponding to recycling container. The sources of objects found are discussed as well as measures to reduce the presence of these objects in the forest.