Ukraine-USA Zoom Conference 6
Date: December,17th 2020
Time: 5:00 - 5:30 pm (Kyiv time)
8:00 - 8:30 am (Lafayette time)
Topic: Wrapping up Protecting the Planet Topic
Objectives: PenPal collaboration
Teachers: Nataliia Byzova (Ukraine), Bill Meyers(USA)
Students: Troyeshchyna Gymnasium (Kyiv) - Alexander Dawson School(Lafayette)
At the end of the Conference the American and the Ukrainian students are welcome to post the answer to the question:
How do you or people in your community
make personal efforts to help the environment?
Think about the following question and post a comment while you watch the videos and read the text:
How is Sylvia Earle helping to protect the environment?By Jaime Joyce
April 15, 2016
On a recent Sunday morning, 28 kids from the Cabo Pulmo Youth Center stood on a beach in Cabo Pulmo, Mexico. They wore life jackets and flippers. They fitted snorkel tubes in their mouths. And they strapped on masks. Then they waddled into the cool water. Teachers were there to help. One of them was a famous oceanographer. Her name is Sylvia Earle.
Watch the videos and then read the article below the videos.
Answer the following questions:
1. What did you learn?
2. What surprised you ?
3. What vocabulary word did you not know? What is the definition?
4. What can you learn from the Black Mamba's example?
Learn more about rhinos playing the Kahoot game
Play the Kahoot game with the teacher or friends
Some extra information
The American and Ukrainian students
are welcome to post their feedback comments!
More information on Penpals Platform
After the 3rd Conference post comments in order to answer the questions:
What different ways can drilling impact a community?
How does an earthquake affect a community?
Do businesses have a responsibility to protect the environment?
A Pollinator Problem from PenPal Schools on Vimeo.
Let's read about pollinators!
Let's practice poillinators in a kahoot game
Let's play a kahoot game about pollinators at a zoom conference!
Let's post comments about pollinators:
What pollinators do you see in your community?
How would your community change if there were no pollinators?
Welcome to Protecting the Planet! In this topic you will learn about the environment with PenPals from Ukraine and USA! You will create a project to share what you learn. Share your project with your friends, family, and PenPals!
PenPal Schools Demo for Students from PenPal Schools on Vimeo.
The students are welcome to post their comments answering the questions:
What is one environmental issue that you care about?
Why do you care about it?On September 16, the students of 6th grade of Troyeshchyna Gymnasium (Ukraine) and Alexander Dawson School (the USA) took part in an integrated lesson of English (teacher N. Byzova) and Science (teacher B. Meyers) in the form of a Zoom conference.
The students are welcome to post their feedback comments of the Conference here.
