Module 7
Module 7
Module 7
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Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in the 21st Century – Grade 12
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 3 – Module 7: Understanding the consequences of personal and local action
to global and planetary climate change.
First Edition, 2020
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Team Leaders:
School Head : Omar G. Magcalas
LRMDS Coordinator : Cherryl D. Cordova
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Introductory Message
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our dear learners,
can continue your studies and learn while at home. Activities, questions,
directions, exercises, and discussions are carefully stated for you to understand
each lesson.
Each SLM is composed of different parts. Each part shall guide you step-by-
step as you discover and understand the lesson prepared for you.
Pre-tests are provided to measure your prior knowledge on lessons in each
SLM. This will tell you if you need to proceed on completing this module or if you
need to ask your facilitator or your teacher’s assistance for better understanding of
the lesson. At the end of each module, you need to answer the post-test to self-
check your learning. Answer keys are provided for each activity and test. We trust
that you will be honest in using these.
In addition to the material in the main text, Notes to the Teacher are also
provided to our facilitators and parents for strategies and reminders on how they
can best help you on your home-based learning.
Please use this module with care. Do not put unnecessary marks on any
part of this SLM. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises and
tests. And read the instructions carefully before performing each task.
If you have any questions in using this SLM or any difficulty in answering
the tasks in this module, do not hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator.
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What I Know
Directions: Identify which among the following terms shows the effects of human
consumption and production to climate change. Write E if it is an effect and X if
otherwise. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
___________1. tsunami
___________4. flashflood
___________9. terrorism
___________10. earthquake
___________14. wildfires
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Have you ever realized that anyone of us can contribute to climate change?
The food you eat, the soda you drink, the clothes you wear, and even the sheets of
paper you use in answering this module directly or indirectly affect our
environment.
Human activities are largely responsible for the increase in global
temperatures that causes the climate to change. Climate change is real, in fact it is
happening now, all you have to do is to open your eyes and be aware of it. This
learning module will help you become aware of this worldwide concern on climate
change and become more responsible individuals in the use of the earth’s
resources.
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What’s New
Directions: Answer the following questions. Write your answers on a separate sheet
of paper.
1. Your family is a certified plant lover, that is why you decided to live in a
remote area surrounded by different trees and plants. You have observed a
factory of furniture in your area. One day you have noticed that the
materials they use in their furniture are from the trees near your
neighborhood. What is the effect of this situation in your area? As an
environmentalist, what will you do to protect the environment near you?
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2. You and your friends decided to eat in a cafeteria near your school. Roxan,
one of your friends, ordered a big serving of food. However, she ate only the
food she likes and leaves some portion of food she does not like. What is the
effect of Roxan’s behavior to the environment? What advice can you give her?
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What is It
Climate change refers to the major changes in the climate that last for long
periods of time. Climate refers to the prevailing set of atmospheric conditions such
as temperature and humidity of a place within a span of time. Weather is the
atmospheric condition involving hot or cold, rainy or dry, cloudy or clear sky and
stormy or calm in a short period of time (Arzadon et.al 2015).
These only show that the more progressive the country is, the more they
contribute to the depletion of the ozone layer and the worsening of global warming
and climate change.
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Consumption refers to the use of economic or consumer goods and
resources. Consumption patterns can be categorized as individual, family, company
and government consumption. It is the main reason why we need to use our
resources. Ecosystem has the ability to regenerate, sustain and adjust what is lost,
but with the excessive use of land resources, ecosystem will be destroyed.
In economics, the more consumption, the more demand, the more demand
the more production, the more production the more extraction to natural
resources, the more extraction the faster for the resources to destroy. The
resources in our environment are limited but the need for production and
consumption is unlimited.
Some initiatives by the government that helps protect the environment are
the following:
1. The Kyoto protocol, which was enforced in 2005, specifies targets and
timeframes for reduction of Greenhouse gasses emission of the
industrialized countries. For example, United States produces 23 percent
of the global carbon emission, from 2000 to 2012 its target reduction is
seven percent.
1. Save energy
Saving energy not only saves you money but helps you cut carbon
emissions too. For example, refrain from using your cellphone while
charging.
4. Recycling
It can really help stop climate change because re-using materials
usually uses less energy.
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5. Compost food scraps
If leftovers, peels, cores and cuttings were composted, they would
reduce emissions and help protect healthy soil.
6. Plant trees
Trees help suck carbon out of the air and stabilize the climate.
9. Sharing is caring!
If we own less and use more things collectively, we need to produce
fewer things and that saves on resources. Sharing cars, exchanging
clothes, lending and borrowing tools are multiple different possibilities for
collective consumption.
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What’s More
A. Directions: Cite three existing problems brought about by climate change that
you have observed in your area. Fill in the columns below by writing the
reasons why the problems exist and your possible solutions to solve them.
Copy the table and write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
Example:
Air Pollution Too much car in the Use bike instead of car when
area going to school.
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Directions: Supply the missing words to complete the paragraph below. Write your
answers on a separate sheet of paper.
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What I Can Do
Directions: As a responsible senior high school student, your actions are cautious
consequences toward the protection of life of others and that of the environment. In
this activity, you have to make a plan of action at home by citing five household
consumption habits and write across each habit your possible contribution to help
solve the climate change. Draw the table below and write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper.
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Assessment
1. “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's
greed.”- Mahatma Gandhi
2. “Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic
growth… these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots
between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food
security and women’s empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be
solutions for all.” – Ban Ki-moon
3. “The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the
environment, is to get everybody involved.” – Richard Rogers
4. “The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans
are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the
scientists, but it’s all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape
for the future generations than we found it.” – Mike Huckabee
5. “A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our
land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.” ― Franklin D.
Roosevelt
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Additional Activities
1. Directions: From the green lifestyles listed below, choose which you are
practicing among them. List down your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
4. Provide materials for projects and school activities that are eco-
friendly
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2. Directions: In your most creative way of visual art expression, draw what you
have learned from the lesson presenting the effects of consumption and
production patterns on climate change and how to exemplify care for the
environment. You can also put a slogan that connects to your drawing. You may
use bond paper or oslo paper to draw your art.
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References
Arzadon, M., Romerosa, P. and Zarate, M., 2018. Trends, Networks, and Critical
Thinking. 1st ed. Quezon City, Manila: Vibal Group, Inc., p.7.
Mangiduyos, Gladys P. 2017. Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in the 21st
Century. 1st ed. Sampaloc, Manila: Rex Publishing.
Urgel, Elizabeth. 2017. Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in the 21st Century
Culture. 1st ed. Makati City, Philippines: DIWA Learning Systems Inc.
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