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INSTITUCIÓN EDUCATIVA

INEM “JORGE ISAACS” DE CALI

RESOLUCIÓN No. 007 DEL 5 DE ENERO DE 2003 (Art. 7) DE LA SECRETARÍA DE EDUCACIÓN MUNICIPAL

Condecoraciones Simón Bolívar y Aidee Guerrero

GUIDE N° 1 - FIRST PERIOD - GRADE 8° School year 2016

English guide designed by Esp. María Isabel Morán M.

Student´s name: ___________________________________Course:____________

“The environment and me”

“I do not want to be a product of my environment.

I want my environment to be a product of me”

Frank Costello

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“The environment and me”

TOPICS REVIEW:

Tense review:

Verb to Be

Vocabularies review

Classroom objects

The time

Numbers

Places in the city

Directions

Description adjectives

TOPICS FOR THIS PERIOD

Simple present tense.

Adverbs of frequency.

Verbs for routines.

Vocabulary through a song.

Environment vocabulary.

LEARNING GOALS

In this period you will:

Express your daily routine,

and other ones.

Identify and use vocabulary

about environment.

Recognize your role for

helping to have a better

environment.

Participate in discussions on

the environment topic in our

city.

Look for information about

how industry, transportation,

and Cali citizens’ actions

impact our environment, and

share it in class.

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REVIEW

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TOBE

PRESENT PAST I am I was You are You were

He/she is He/she was

It is It was

We are We were

You are You were

They are They were Taken from http://www.mansioningles.com/gram37.htm

Remember:

The Verb “to be” means “ser" , "estar" y “tener”. It depends the context of the sentence.

I am English / (Yo) Soy inglés

I am in England / (Yo) Estoy en Inglaterra.

It expresses age, feelings and weather:

Mary is 20 years old / Maria tiene 20 años

I am 21 / Yo tengo 21 años

How old are you? / ¿Cuántos años tienes?

Are you hungry? / (Tu) ¿Tienes hambre?

He is thirsty / El tiene sed

It's windy / Hace viento

It's very cold / Hace mucho frío

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GRAMMAR PRACTICE

Activity 1

1. I____________fine, thank you.

2. Who____________that boy?

3. Where____________my shoes?

4. It____________a nice cat.

5. My exercise books____________in the schoolbag.

6. This____________ John.

7. Bob____________not here today.

8. Carol, ____________ this your bike?

9. We____________in the classroom.

10. How____________you today?

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11. Where____________my brother?

12. How old____________ you?

13. I think (that) you____________ tired.

14. I think (that) his pen____________ black.

15. She ____________ in the house.

16. The dog and the cat____________ in the garden.

17. The woman____________behind a tree.

18. I____________ Kevin.

19. It____________ black.

20. My name____________ Bob.

21. The children____________ in the shop.

22. He____________ a teacher.

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23. We____________ hungry.

24. Mrs. Gomez ____________funny and nice.

25. I____________twelve years old.

Activity 2

A. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES.

1. “Are you hungry?” - “No, but _________________thirsty.

2. “____________________your parents?” - They are fine.

3. “Is Lisa at home?” “No, _____________________ at work.”

4. “___________________ my keys?” “In the Kitchen.”

5. Where is John from? ____________________American or Canadian?

6. _______________very hot today. The temperature is 38 degrees Celsius.

7. “Are you a teacher? “ “No, ____________________ a student.

8. “_____________________ your umbrella? “Green.”.

9. Where´s your car? ___________________in the parking lot.

10. “_____________________tired? -”No, I’ m fine.”

B. Chose the correct form of the verb To be in past tense.

1. Jamie was / were really annoying on Saturday.

2. You was / were great in the game. Good job!

3. I was / were really tired after the concert.

4. There was/ were a storm yesterday when we was / were at the beach.

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5. My parents was / were angry because there was / were a mess in the kitchen after our

party.

6. Sandra was / were happy yesterday because there was / were three letters for her.

7. Joey and I was / were late this morning because there was / were a problem with the

buses.

8. The game last night was / were really boring.

C. Write the sentences in the negative form.

I was at the party on Friday. I wasn’t at the party on Friday.

1. It was very cold yesterday.

____________________________________________________________________

2. I was hungry at dinnertime.

____________________________________________________________________

3. You were late for school yesterday.

____________________________________________________________________

4. Mom and Dad were strict with my younger sister.

____________________________________________________________________

5. We were ready for the Math test this morning.

____________________________________________________________________

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Taken from: http://www.english-4u.de/time_gr.html

Examples:

12-hour 12-hour

11 a.m. It's eleven o'clock a.m. 8:15 a.m. It's a quarter past eight a.m.

11 p.m. It's eleven o'clock p.m. 8:15 p.m. It's a quarter past eight p.m.

10.30 a.m. It's half past ten a.m. 9:10 a.m. It's ten (minutes) past nine a.m.

10:30 p.m. It's half past ten p.m. 11:20 a.m. It's twenty (minutes) past eleven

a.m.

4:45 a.m. It's a quarter to five a.m. 9:50 p.m. It's ten (minutes) to ten p.m.

4:45 p.m. It's a quarter to five p.m. 7:40 p.m. It's twenty (minutes) to eight p.m.

The time

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Activity 3

WHAT'S THE TIME?

Write the time. Start the sentence with "It's".

___________________________________________________________

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Activity 4

WHAT'S THE TIME? Taken from: http://www.english-4u.de/time_ex2.htm

Don't forget to write a.m. or p.m. Start the sentence with "It's". Example: 06:50 - It's ten to seven a.m.

1. 20:15_________________________________________________________________________.

2. 07:30_________________________________________________________________________.

3. 14:50_________________________________________________________________________.

4. 18:23_________________________________________________________________________.

5. 06:17_________________________________________________________________________.

6. 20:45_________________________________________________________________________.

7. 11:00_________________________________________________________________________.

8. 14:55_________________________________________________________________________.

9. 21:46_________________________________________________________________________.

10. 22:30________________________________________________________________________.

11. 12:15________________________________________________________________________.

12. 05:42________________________________________________________________________.

13. 16:23________________________________________________________________________.

14. 10:45________________________________________________________________________.

15. 17:08___________________________________________________________________________________.

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Activity 5

WHAT'S THE TIME ?

Match the items on the right to match the items on the left.

A. 08:10

B. 22:40

C. 00:30

D. 02:40

E. 17:50

F. 21:30

G. 04:45

H. 20:55

I. 14:05

J. 15:45

K. 06:00

L. 12:15

1. It's five past two p.m.

2. It's twenty to three a.m.

3. It's ten to six p.m.

4. It's half past midnight

5. It's half past nine p.m.

6. It's ten past eight a.m.

7. It's a quarter past noon

8. It's twenty to eleven p.m.

9. It's a quarter to four p.m.

10. It's a quarter to five a.m.

11. It's six o'clock a.m.

12. It's five to nine p.m.

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Activity 6

WHAT'S THE TIME?

Match the items on the right to match the items on the left.

A. 23:15

B. 01:00

C. 21:05

D. 20:55

E. 23:55

F. 06:20

G. 09:15

H. 13:05

I. 04:05

J. 11:45

K. 16:40

L. 05:30

1. It's half past five a.m.

2. It's a quarter past eleven p.m.

3. It's five to nine p.m.

4. It's a quarter past nine a.m.

5. It's a quarter to noon

6. It's one o'clock a.m.

7. It's five to midnight

8. It's twenty to five p.m.

9. It's five past four a.m.

10. It's twenty past six a.m.

11. It's five past one p.m.

12. It's five past nine p.m.

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Activity 7

TIME

. Go to the website http://www.english-4u.de/time_cw.htm and complete the crossword.

1. It's on Saturday and Sunday.

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2 e e k e n d

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Review: Asking for and Giving Directions Taken from: https://www.ego4u.com

Asking

1. How do I get to…? ______________________________________________.

2. What's the best way to…? ______________________________________________.

3. Where is…? ______________________________________________.

Giving Directions

1. Go straight on ______________________________________________.

2. Turn back./Go back. ______________________________________________.

3. Turn left/right ______________________________________________.

4. Go along… ______________________________________________.

5. Cross… ______________________________________________.

6. Take the first/second road on the left________________________________________.

7. Take the first/second road on the right ______________________________________.

8. It's on the left/right. ______________________________________________.

9. straight on ______________________________________________.

10. opposite ______________________________________________.

11. near ______________________________________________.

12. next to ______________________________________________.

13. between ______________________________________________.

14. at the end (of) ______________________________________________.

15. on/at the corner ______________________________________________.

16. behind ______________________________________________.

17. in front of ______________________________________________.

18. (just) around the corner ______________________________________________.

19. traffic lights ______________________________________________.

20. Crossroads ______________________________________________.

21. signpost ______________________________________________.

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Activity 8

Exercise on Asking and Giving Directions

How do I get to the post office?

1. Excuse me, where is the post office, please?

2. _____________________________at the next

corner.

3. Then ________________________until you come

to the traffic lights.

4. ________________________there.

5. The post office

is ____________________________the cinema.

How do I get to the post office?

Use the words: continue, end, excuse, get, left (2x), next, opposite, right, second, straight on,

thank, turn, welcome

1. ______________, how do I get to the cinema?

2. Go ________________________.

3. _______________ at the corner.

4. Then take the _______ road on your right.

5. _______________ to the end of the road.

6. ____________ left there.

7. The cinema is on your _____, _______________ the

castle.

8. ________________ you very much.

9. You're __________________.

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Review: Places in the City Taken from: http://usefulenglish.ru/vocabulary/places-in-the-city

Cities

City, town, capital, metropolis, big city, large city, small town; village, center, downtown, suburb;

region, district, neighborhood;

Streets and transportation

Street, road, avenue, boulevard; main street, side street, back street, main road, back road,

country road, highway, speedway, expressway, freeway, parkway, access road, intersection,

crossroad; traffic light, red light, yellow light, green light; crossing, zebra crossing, crosswalk;

sidewalk, bus stop, bus terminal, taxi stop, subway station, subway entrance; parking lot, garage,

park; train station, airport.

Buildings

House, small house, large house, brick house, townhouse, summer house, mansion, villa, castle,

palace; office building, tower; church, cathedral, temple, synagogue.

Eating places

Restaurant, fast food restaurant, self-service restaurant; cafe, diner, coffee shop, snack bar,

lunchroom; bar, pub.

Shopping places

Shopping center, shopping mall; department store, shoe store, computer store, bookstore; food

store, supermarket, grocery store; food market, farmers' market; trading center / trade center;

market, flower market, flea market; newsstand.

Tourist information places

Tourist information center, visitors center, travel agency.

Hotels

Hotel, motel, hostel.

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Places of interest and entertainment

Sightseeing places, historical places, monuments; museum, art gallery; zoo, botanical garden,

park, amusement park; concert hall, theater, movie theater, cinema, circus; dancing hall, disco /

discotheque, night club.

Rentals

Rental agency; car rental, video rental; house rental, apartment rental.

Beauty shops

Hair salon / hairdresser's, barber shop; beauty salon / beauty shop.

Services and repair

Laundry, dry cleaner's; car repair shop / garage; bicycle repair shop, computer repair workshop,

home repair shop.

Sports facilities

Health club, fitness center, gym; tennis club, golf club, country club, basketball ground, tennis

court, golf course; swimming pool, skating rink, boxing ring, racetrack, football field, stadium.

Educational facilities

Kindergarten, nursery school, elementary school, high school; college, university, academy;

business school, music school, medical school, law school; library.

Banks

bank, cash machine, currency Exchange.

Health facilities

Hospital, clinic, polyclinic, health center, surgery department, cardiology department; dental clinic,

waiting room, consulting room, emergency room, the ambulance.

Other places

Police department, prison / jail, fire department, post office.

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Activity 9

Look at the words in the list below and write them under the correct pictures

bank

airport

museum

hospital

theatre

cinema

butchers

fire station

hotel

gym

flower shop

cafe

greengrocer's

hairdresser's

bus stop

chemist's

police station

book shop

park

amusement park

gas station

stadium

baker's

library

school

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What is a routine?

_________________________________________________________________________

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My daily routine

Activity 10

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A day in my life

Hi. My name’s Alexander Caicedo, but some friends call me “Alex”. I am a Colombian boy and I

live in Norwalk, near to New York.

I live with my aunt Shelly and my two cousins in a small house. They are American. I study at

Kennedy High School, in Norwalk.

I get up very early – at five o’clock, my aunt at four forty five. I pray for six minutes, I brush my

teeth, and then I take a shower for five minutes. I have breakfast. I have omelet with cheese and

ham, bread, and a cup of hot cocoa. My cousins only have cereal and milk. My aunt has breakfast

with us. She has cereal, milk and some of fruit. We leave home at six ten. She goes to her office

by car; my cousins go to study by bike. I go to school by bus. It takes thirty-five minutes. I start

classes at seven o´clock. I am in tenth class. I have lunch at twelve at school. I finish school at

three o’clock every day. Then, I take the school bus to my house. I arrive home at three fifty. Then

I take a nap for 40 minutes. I play Wii with my two cousins Joseph and Sebastian for one hour.

Then, I do all my homework. I have dinner at seven o´clock; I have French potatoes, steak, and

some lemonade. I brush my teeth. I watch the news with my aunt Shelly. Then, I pray for six

minutes and, finally, I go to bed so happy for a great day in my life.

Written by María Isabel Moran.

INDIVIDUL ACTIVITY

Write on your English notebook your own routine following the text above. Draw or stick some

pictures.

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Activity 11 Work with a class partner. Take information about his/her routine. Write the key words on this calendar.

Then, Write a short text about his/her routine.

March 2016

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 18 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31

Recurso educativo elaborado con http://www.printablecalendar.ca/

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SIMPLE PRESENT Taken from: http://www.english-4u.de/presentsimple.htm

That's the way to express habits, facts, thoughts and feelings.

It is used with general statements and actions that happen sometimes, always, usually,...

Affirmative Negative Interrogative

I like oranges. I don't like grapes. What do you like?

You have an ipad. You don't have a desk pc. Do you have a pc?

He wants an ice-cream He doesn't want pop corns What does he want?

She likes hot dogs She doesn't like hamburger. What does she want?

The dog (= It) hates cats The dog doesn't hate hens. What does the dog hate?

We hate peppermint We don't hate onion. What do you hate?

They) sing a song They don't Write songs, What do they do?

NOTE

We add es after verbs end in - s / - ch / - sh

We Write - ies after a verb end - y

Examples: passes - watches – finishes

Examples: study - studies / carry – carries

We add es after verb end in o

Examples: do - does / go - goes / have - has

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Activity 12

PRESENT TENSE

1. My sister__________________ (read) a book.

2. Frank__________________ (like) dogs.

3. My parents__________________ (do) the shopping.

4. We sometimes__________________ (meet) in front of the cinema.

5. Uncle George__________________ (go) to the doctor's.

6. Our friends__________________ (play) football in the park.

7. She__________________ (go) to the park every Friday.

8. He__________________ (ride) his bike every day.

9. We__________________ (have) the best ideas.

10. Carol__________________ (say) good bye.

11. She__________________ (be) the best singer in our class.

12. My sister__________________ (live) in a big house.

13. The children__________________ (eat) hamburgers.

14. Bill__________________ (have) got nine posters.

15. I__________________ (be) at home.

16. Mary__________________ stamps. (collect)

17. Tom and Sue__________________ two T-shirts. (buy)

18. The children__________________ in the garden. (play)

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19. He__________________ in a big house. (live)

20. Mum__________________ all the dirty clothes. (wash)

21. Dad__________________ a new car. (buy)

22. The boys__________________ football. (play)

23. On Friday we always__________________ our piano lesson. (have)

24. Mary__________________ her homework. (do)

25. Richard__________________ TV. (watch)

26. I__________________ big cities. (like)

27. He__________________ in the library. (study)

28. She always__________________ to work at 7. (go)

ACTIVITY 13

Put the sentences into negation. Use short forms (doesn't, don't, isn't, aren´t)

Example: I am hungry. - I am not hungry.

1. They wash the car. They__________________ the car.

2. I get up early. I__________________ early.

3. They walk to school. They__________________ to school.

4 Jim eats an orange. Jim__________________ an orange.

5. My sister listens to her new CD. My sister__________________ to her new CD.

6. Ann cleans her shoes. Ann__________________ her shoes.

7. Henry climbs the tree. Henry__________________ the tree.

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8. They are at the cinema. They__________________ at the cinema.

9. We like pizza. We__________________ pizza.

10. Gary and Peter go to the party. Gary and Peter__________________ to the party.

11. My parents work in a restaurant. My parents__________________ in a restaurant.

12. We like our uncle. We__________________ our uncle.

13. She sings her favourite song. She__________________ her favourite song.

14. Bill reads a book. Bill__________________ a book.

15. Mary goes to the zoo. Mary__________________ to the zoo.

16. Peter goes to the party. Peter__________________ to the party.

17. His schoolbag is brown. His schoolbag__________________ red.

18. We meet our friends. We__________________ our friends.

19. The teacher hands out the books. The teacher__________________ the books.

20. Pat is a clever boy. Pat__________________ a clever boy.

21. The monkey takes the banana. The monkey__________________ the banana.

22. Tony is hungry. Tony__________________ hungry.

23. Tim has a brother. Tim__________________ a sister.

24. They are at Sarah's party. They__________________ at home.

25. I like apples. I__________________ oranges.

26. Winter begins in December. Winter__________________ in October.

27. They are at home. They__________________ at home.

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ACTIVITY 13

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FREQUENCY ADVERBS Taken from: http://www.agendaweb.org

They are words that indicate the periodicity an action is done. The frequency adverbs are

commonly used with the present simple.

Examples:

I always go to sleep early.

You never listen to her.

a) Always : siempre

b) Usually: habitualmente

c) Frequently: frecuentemente

d) Often: a menudo

e) Very often: muy a menudo

f) Sometimes: algunas veces

g) Occasionally: ocasionalmente

h) Rarely: casi nunca

i) Seldom: casi nunca

j) Never: nunca

k) Normally: normalmente

Posición de los adverbios de frecuencia (Taken from: http://www.vitutor.com/gramatica_inglesa/adverbs/adverbs_frequency.html

http://aprendeinglessila.com/2012/02/adverbios-de-frecuencia-en-ingles-2/

http://www.shertonenglish.com/resources/es/adverbs/adverbs-frequency.php

I. Con el verbo TO BE

El adverbio de frecuencia va siempre detrás del verbo to be, si la frase es afirmativa

o negativa,

Examples:

I am always happy.

He is never here.

She isn´t usually bored.

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Si la frase es interrogativa, el adverbio de frecuencia irá detrás del sujeto.

Are you sometimes sad?

II. Con verbos en Presente Simple

En una frase afirmativa, el adverbio de frecuencia se ubica delante del verbo.

Examples:

I always eat at two o'clock: (Yo) siempre como a las dos

He often sings in this pub: El a menudo canta en el bar

She usually arrives late at work: Ella usualmente llega tarde al trabajo

It hardly ever works: Eso casi nunca funciona

We sometimes feel tired: A veces nos sentimos cansados

You rarely drink milk: Tu rara vez bebes leche

They never do this kind of things: Ellos nunca hacen ese tipo de cosas

En una frase negativa e interrogativa el adverbio de frecuencia también se ubica

delante del verbo principal.

Examples:

I don´t usually get up early.

Los adverbios de frecuencia "Usually", "normally", "generally", "frequently",

"sometimes" , "occasionally" y “regularly”, pueden colocarse al principio o al final

de la oración para dar más énfasis.

Examples:

Mrs. Brown goes to church regularly.

Sometimes I go to the gym on weekends.

I visit her occassionally.

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Las expresiones de frecuencia"Often", "seldom" y "rarely" pueden ir en

posición final especialmente si van precedidos de " very" o "quite".

You don't go to the cinema very often .

Las expresiones de frecuencia formadas con "once", "twice"... suelen ir

en posición final.

once una vez

twice dos veces

three times t res veces

from time to time /every now

and then de vez en cuando

every now and again cada dos por tres

He plays football twice a week.

She buys flowers three times a week.

I eat beans once a week.

Karen cooks dinner herself every now and then.

Las expresiones de frecuencia formadas con "every", pueden ir en

posición final o inicial.

every

hour cada hora

todas las horas

morning todas las mañanas

afternoon todas las tardes

evening todas las noches

day todos los días

Sunday todos los domingos

week todas las semanas

month todos los meses

year todos los años

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Examples:

I go to the gym every day

She travels to England every year

We study every evening

Mrs. Clark goes shopping every weekend.

Our children walk to school every day.

ACTIVITY 14

Write ten examples using the frequency adverbs.

1. ____________________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________

4. ____________________________________________________________________

5. ____________________________________________________________________

6. ____________________________________________________________________

7. ____________________________________________________________________

8. ____________________________________________________________________

9. ____________________________________________________________________

10. ____________________________________________________________________

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What is environment?

How does it affect me?

Taken from: http://www.immune-health-solutions-for-you.com/what-is-environment.html

Very simply, it is everything on the earth that surrounds us,

whether it be living or not. It is an intelligently designed gift to the

human family for sustaining life on the beautiful planet we call

Earth.

Water is plentiful in our environment, and it takes many different

forms we are familiar with. Usually when water is mentioned , it

is usually referring to either our landscape, our weather, or

something that we drink to stay alive. But either way, it is the

same H2O that does it all!

For example, think of the different pictures these forms of water in our environment bring to mind

in it's three states of solid, liquid, and gas:steam, geysers, clouds, puddles, pools, waterfalls,

fountains, ponds, lakes, streams, rivers, bays, seas, and oceans. Think of glaciers, ice caps, and

snowflakes. What is environment as it relates to water? Think of water in these ways as they

relate to what is environment and weather - that is, water coming through the atmosphere towards

the earth in a way that affects us : snow, hail, ice, sleet, torrents, and floods. No doubt you can

come up with a few that I forgot!

All are various ways of looking at water, which is the most plentiful, varied, and necessary

substance in our environment. What is environment as it relates to water? Much depends on the

context and temperature of the water!

There is another way of looking at these components as they relate to our health. We are living

in the environment and as a result it affects our health. The elements of knowing what is

environment as it relates to our health are our food, air, and water.

TEAM ACTIVITY

1. What is environment as it relates to our food? Our air, and our water?

2. In our city there are a lot of factories, industries that impact the environment of our city. How

is that impact…positive, negative?