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LESSON 1-B:
CARE FOR THE

PLANET
By: Analyn R. Valle BEED 3
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
At the end of the lesson, the students must be
able to:
demonstrate an affectionate attitude towards the Earth
and Nature;
describe how we contribute to the environmental
crises;
value reusing , repairing and recycling natural
resources and
appreciate peace with nature.
CARE FOR THE
PLANET
“The earth does not belong to
us; we belong to earth.”
–Red Indian Chief

Seattle
ACTIVITY: Silent
Watching
This activity helps in developing affection towards Nature. (modify if alone)
Time Allotment: 20 minutes

Materials: (nature, picture of a leaf)
Take the group to a pleasant and quiet natural surrounding.
Instruction:
“Now each of you leave the group and feel alone by yourself in this
beautiful natural surrounding. Experience the silence for 5 minutes . Do not
think. Let the mind quiet down.”
After letting them stay in silence, tell them: “Look around . Select a
natural object such as a tree , plant, the sky, the earth, or a cloud. Look at it
with complete silence and attention . Watch it with affectionate and friendly
feeling in your heart.
Enjoy the sunshine, freshness of the air, listen to the songs of birds.
Listen to the silence with in you and outside you.
ANALYSIS
Convene the group. Sit on the ground under a tree in
the same surroundings and share the experience
gained from the activity.
● Did you enjoy being alone with Nature?

● How would you explain your experiences?
● What kind of insights did you get while watching
Nature?
Abstraction
✦ Understanding The Concept
This aims at developing the sense of ‘touch’

with Nature in us. In fact, we are very sensitive to
nature. But as we gradually grow into adulthood in
this artificial surrounding of the modern era, the
‘touch’ diminishes away from our life. Peace with
nature is blissful, healing and fulfilling. It creates a
deep spiritual sense of communion with Nature, which
brings about contentment and peace. The ever-
increasing restlessness in the modern society arises
from the loss of touch with Nature.
In coming into touch with Nature, we develop
what is called, the planet consciousness. Children need
to have it to know how the ecosystem operates.
Fortunately many curriculum designers have identified
the needs. Subjects like science, geography, and social
studies area in both primary and secondary amply
provide knowledge about the planet. Peace education
helps internalization of such knowledge, through
bringing in the affective learning dimension.
Our present era is crucially decisive about the
future of Mother Earth. Mankind had been living on earth
at least for the last six million years. They built many
civilizations on various parts of the earth. The striking
part about the ancient civilizations was that they were
never posed threats to the earth. But within the short
existence of the modern civilization for the last twenty-
seven decades, say from 1830 with the beginning of the
Industrial Revolution up to the present, the earth has
been threatened with damage, pollution and destruction
as never before. Unless we stop this, the future of the
earth is a great risk.
EDUCATING TO CARE FOR THE
PLANET
Children need to understand the consequences of
damages we do to the earth because they are the
future citizens. In fact children can be crusaders to
save the earth. To quote only a few problem affecting
the earth:
o Global warming
o Epidemics/ pandemics
o Ever increasing poverty
o Population growth
o Famines, cyclones
o Loss of forest
o Soil erosion
o Extinction of species
o Scarcity of drinking water
o Chemical poisoning of fertile soil
o Toxic waste
OVER FISHING AIR POLLUTION
People accept the need to stop all this
destruction. However, when it comes to action they
are indifferent . The damaging is continuing as ever
year-by-year.
Educationally, raising awareness in children
should be reinforced through providing an opportunity
to get into action. Participation in action-oriented
projects strengthens attitudes. Schools have to
organized environmental projects as co- curricular
activities. Here we should not forget the fact that
children are capable of changing the world in their
own ways.
We are capable
A teacher from a public school in Colombo, Sri Lanka
reports:
“ I did a small classroom activity on the caring of the

earth. A few days later I heard how one of my
students had stopped his destructive habit. The
parents leave home to their offices with the child. On
the way there is a preserved birds sanctuary land.
Many people bring their home garbage in bags, stop

cars and throw them away to the preserved land. On
the following morning the child protested against their
APPLICATION
How do you express your affection for Nature? Write
one statement to express your affection to nature
across the leaf.
Discoveries about self Things you want to Things you want to
and nature continue change
Please complete the statement
1.I wish __________________________________
2.I learned _______________________________
3.I realized that ___________________________
Thank
you!
That in all things, God may be
glorified!

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LESSON 1-B:

CARE FOR THE

–Red Indian Chief

Time Allotment: 20 minutes

● Did you enjoy being alone with Nature?

This aims at developing the sense of ‘touch’

“ I did a small classroom activity on the caring of the

Many people bring their home garbage in bags, stop

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