Monday 1 st June- Thursday 4 th June LO: To learn how humans have negatively impacted the environment through deforestation This week and next week in topic we will look at how humans have affected our physical environment. This week we’re looking at the negative changes made by humans. Watch this introduction to the topic: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zp22pv4/articles/z2md82p We are going to focus on deforestation. This is when forests are destroyed and not replanted. Humans cut down trees for many reasons, one is to make palm oil which comes from the oil palm tree. Palm oil is used to make lots of food, household products, make-up and fuel. 1. Watch this advert from 2018 to see the effects of cutting down the trees for palm oil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ha6xUVqezQ Think about : What are your first impressions of the advert? How does it make you feel? How does it try to make the audience care about the environment? 2. Read ‘All about Palm Oil’. Use the glossary to help. 3. Answer the questions. 4. Choose how you want to spread the word.