Title ごみの量   Amount of Garbage
Unit/Lesson No. Recycle/Lesson 1
Topic Amount of garbage produced
Function Expressing comparison
Focus Draw students’ awareness about the amount of garbage produced individually and worldwide
I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS
Purpose of This Lesson

Students will become aware about how much garbage they produce and the differences in the amount of garbage produced by different individuals and different countries.

Teacher Instructions
  1. Before class, prepare the handout and transparency.

  2. Explain activity 1 using Transparency 1. Distribute Handout 1. Have students complete activity (a)-(c) and bring the results to class.

  3. Have students do activity 1 (d) in pairs or groups of three.

  4. Explain activity 2 using Transparency 2. Distribute Handout 2.

  5. Check their answers using the transparency.

  6. Repeat the process for activity 3.

Answer Key to Student Activities

2. 1. アメリカ、2. (スイス)、3. イギリス、 4. スウェーデン、5. (日本)、6. 韓国、7. メキシコ

3.
a)  アメリカ  
b) メキシコ 
c) 回答例:ごみの少ない国はリサイクルをよくしている。ごみの少ない国は物が少ない。ごみの多い国はファーストフォードをよく食べる。

Suggestions

If students have digital cameras, have them take photos of their garbage and bring them to class in addition to 1 (c).

Notes

Website sources:

The United Nations Environment Program (Amount of Municipal Waste per Capita)

Visual resources

II. STUDENT ACTIVITY HANDOUTS

Handout 1

1. Collect all the waste items you generate in one day and weigh them at the end of the day. Keep a record of the waste you produce.

あなたのごみの量1は?

<家で(宿題)>

 (a) 朝起きてから夜寝るまでに出したごみを全部集2めてください。

 (b) ごみを集めた後に:

   どんなごみがありましたか。ごみの種類3を書き出してください。

<Useful Vocabulary>

1. Paper=紙 2. Plastics=プラスチック 3. Glass=ガラスびん
4. Aluminum can=アルミ缶 5. Food waste=食べ物の残り

 (c) ごみの重さを計ってください4

   (           ) pounds of garbage

  <クラスで>     

 (d) グループで、他のメンバーのごみと比べてください。

   どんなごみが多いですか。だれがごみをたくさん出しましたか。

<Useful Vocabulary>

1. りょう = amount 2. あつめる = to collect, gather 3. しゅるい = kinds
4. はかる = to measure

Handout 2

2. The chart below shows the amount of municipal waste per capita of the various countries in the world. Speculate what countries would produce more waste or less waste and complete the chart by choosing the names of the countries in the box below.

3. After placing the countries in the correct sequence in the chart above, answer the following questions.

a) ごみの量が一番多い国はどこですか。

b) ごみの量が一番少ない国はどこですか。

c) どうしてごみの量が違うと思いますか。

III. VISUAL AIDS FOR TEACHERS

Transparency 1

same as Handout 1

Transparency 2

same as Handout 2