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Trends, Networks, and Critical

Thinking in the 21st Century
Quarter 3 – Module 7:
Understanding the Consequences of
Personal and Local Action to Global and
Planetary Climate Change
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Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in the 21st Century – Grade 12
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Quarter 3 – Module 7: Understanding the consequences of personal and local action
to global and planetary climate change.
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Trends, Networks, and Critical

Thinking in the 21st Century
Quarter 3 – Module 7:
Understanding the Consequences of
Personal and Local Action
to Global and Planetary
Climate Change

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Introductory Message
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our dear learners,
can continue your studies and learn while at home. Activities, questions,
directions, exercises, and discussions are carefully stated for you to understand
each lesson.
Each SLM is composed of different parts. Each part shall guide you step-by-
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check your learning. Answer keys are provided for each activity and test. We trust
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What I Need to Know

Welcome to Module 7! In this Learning Module in Trends, Networks and

Critical Thinking in the 21st century you will understand the consequences of
personal and local action to global and planetary climate change.

Specifically, after working on this module, you are expected to:

1. explain the effects of consumption and production patterns on climate
change (HUMSS_MCT12-Ih-i-2);
a. list activities that exemplify care for the environment (HUMSS_MCT12Ih-i-
1);
2. discuss personal contributions that can actually solve the problem of climate
change (HUMSS_MCT12-Ih-i-3); and
3. make a stand on how the consequences of one’s action affect the lives of
others and the environment (HUMSS_MCT12-Ih-i-4).

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What I Know

Directions: Identify which among the following terms shows the effects of human
consumption and production to climate change. Write E if it is an effect and X if
otherwise. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

___________1. tsunami

___________2. greenhouse gasses

___________3. heavy rainfall

___________4. flashflood

___________5. smaller harvest of fruits

___________6. undersized fish caught

___________7. skin cancer

___________8. extensive drought

___________9. terrorism

___________10. earthquake

___________11. melting of glaciers

___________12. heat waves

___________13. rising of sea levels

___________14. wildfires

___________15. more allergies and health risks

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Lesson Understanding the Consequences of

1 Personal and Local Action to Global

and Planetary Climate Change

Have you ever realized that anyone of us can contribute to climate change?
The food you eat, the soda you drink, the clothes you wear, and even the sheets of
paper you use in answering this module directly or indirectly affect our
environment.
Human activities are largely responsible for the increase in global
temperatures that causes the climate to change. Climate change is real, in fact it is
happening now, all you have to do is to open your eyes and be aware of it. This
learning module will help you become aware of this worldwide concern on climate
change and become more responsible individuals in the use of the earth’s
resources.

What’s In

Directions: Using the word GLOBALIZATION, write words, phrases or sentences

that you can associate with globalization. Write your answers on a separate sheet
of paper.

G ________________________________________________________
L ________________________________________________________
O ________________________________________________________
B ________________________________________________________
A ________________________________________________________
L ________________________________________________________
I ________________________________________________________
Z ________________________________________________________
A ________________________________________________________
T ________________________________________________________
I ________________________________________________________
O ________________________________________________________
N ________________________________________________________

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What’s New

Directions: Answer the following questions. Write your answers on a separate sheet
of paper.

1. Your family is a certified plant lover, that is why you decided to live in a
remote area surrounded by different trees and plants. You have observed a
factory of furniture in your area. One day you have noticed that the
materials they use in their furniture are from the trees near your
neighborhood. What is the effect of this situation in your area? As an
environmentalist, what will you do to protect the environment near you?
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2. You and your friends decided to eat in a cafeteria near your school. Roxan,
one of your friends, ordered a big serving of food. However, she ate only the
food she likes and leaves some portion of food she does not like. What is the
effect of Roxan’s behavior to the environment? What advice can you give her?

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What is It

The concept of planetary network emphasizes that everything on earth is

interconnected. Whatever happens to one element on earth has effect to the other
components.

Planetary networks refer to the interconnections and interrelations among

the various elements in the natural environment enveloping and affecting Earth as
well as beyond Earth’s surface. It includes the rain, the wind, the sun’s rays,
gasses and other climate-related elements.

Global warming is a phenomenon which refers to the rising of global average

temperature on Earth’s surface due to the thinning of the ozone layer in Earth’s
atmosphere. Ozone stays high up in the atmosphere where it is formed, and its
huge quantity is enough to form shield for earth against the sun’s ultraviolet rays.
Ultraviolet rays can cause cornea damage and skin cancer; stunt the growth and
food manufacturing process of green plants and destroy the floating
microorganisms at the base of the ocean food chain. Global warming causes
changes in the climate patterns and weather cycles of the Earth.

Climate change refers to the major changes in the climate that last for long
periods of time. Climate refers to the prevailing set of atmospheric conditions such
as temperature and humidity of a place within a span of time. Weather is the
atmospheric condition involving hot or cold, rainy or dry, cloudy or clear sky and
stormy or calm in a short period of time (Arzadon et.al 2015).

The Effects of Consumption and Production Patterns on Climate Change

Production refers to how people generate and manufacture the products

they need to use, sell, or consume. Almost everything comes from natural
resources which are depleted every time they are used.

If production pattern is characterized by heavy dependence on coal, the

problem of climate change will be more aggravated. China, for instance, has large
coal mines and relief on them for its energy requirements. This makes China one of
the most polluted countries on Earth. Dependence on petroleum in the
manufacture and production of goods makes U.S. produced 23 percent of global
carbon emission, while it makes eastern European countries, including Russia,
produce 14 percent of carbon emission (Harper 2001).

These only show that the more progressive the country is, the more they
contribute to the depletion of the ozone layer and the worsening of global warming
and climate change.

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Consumption refers to the use of economic or consumer goods and
resources. Consumption patterns can be categorized as individual, family, company
and government consumption. It is the main reason why we need to use our
resources. Ecosystem has the ability to regenerate, sustain and adjust what is lost,
but with the excessive use of land resources, ecosystem will be destroyed.

In economics, the more consumption, the more demand, the more demand
the more production, the more production the more extraction to natural
resources, the more extraction the faster for the resources to destroy. The
resources in our environment are limited but the need for production and
consumption is unlimited.

Some initiatives by the government that helps protect the environment are
the following:

1. The Kyoto protocol, which was enforced in 2005, specifies targets and
timeframes for reduction of Greenhouse gasses emission of the
industrialized countries. For example, United States produces 23 percent
of the global carbon emission, from 2000 to 2012 its target reduction is
seven percent.

2. The emission certificates guarantee a product’s resource efficiency which

can help in increasing sales, decreasing costs and boosting brand loyalty.
The certificate enables the manufacturer to gain international recognition
for the products.

3. Carbon offsetting is the reduction of carbon footprint by using other

options such as wind or solar energy.

Simple things you can do to help fight climate change:

1. Save energy
Saving energy not only saves you money but helps you cut carbon
emissions too. For example, refrain from using your cellphone while
charging.

2. Improve your diet

When buying fruits and vegetables, try to buy organic. Organic foods
are healthier because they contain fewer harmful substances, but
growing them also protects the environment and the climate.

3. Saving water at home

Clean water that is pumped to most homes has been treated which
uses lots of energy.

4. Recycling
It can really help stop climate change because re-using materials
usually uses less energy.

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5. Compost food scraps
If leftovers, peels, cores and cuttings were composted, they would
reduce emissions and help protect healthy soil.

6. Plant trees
Trees help suck carbon out of the air and stabilize the climate.

7. Avoid plastic wherever you can

Almost every plastic is produced from fossil fuels and in every single
phase of its life cycle, plastic emits greenhouse gases.

8. Get on your bike

Bicycle is still the number one form of sustainable transportation.

9. Be informed and support

Support organizations that hold companies to account for the
environmental practices.

9. Sharing is caring!
If we own less and use more things collectively, we need to produce
fewer things and that saves on resources. Sharing cars, exchanging
clothes, lending and borrowing tools are multiple different possibilities for
collective consumption.

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What’s More

A. Directions: Cite three existing problems brought about by climate change that
you have observed in your area. Fill in the columns below by writing the
reasons why the problems exist and your possible solutions to solve them.
Copy the table and write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

EXISTING REASONS WHY IT SOLUTIONS

PROBLEMS EXISTS

Example:
Air Pollution Too much car in the Use bike instead of car when
area going to school.

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What I Have Learned

Directions: Supply the missing words to complete the paragraph below. Write your
answers on a separate sheet of paper.

The concept of planetary network emphasizes that everything on

1)__________________ are interconnected. Human actions which transpire in the
realm of local networks can produce consequences that penetrate and affect global
networks. The depletion of 2)__________________ is caused by human activities
primarily the burning of fossil fuels. 3)__________________ is causing alterations in
the climate patterns and weather cycles of the earth. The 4)__________________ can
provide the legal bases of programs, projects and actions for the protection of the
environment and ecosystem. Correcting the wasteful consumption and production
patterns is one of the keys to a 5)__________________ and to prevent worsening of
climate change.

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What I Can Do

Directions: As a responsible senior high school student, your actions are cautious
consequences toward the protection of life of others and that of the environment. In
this activity, you have to make a plan of action at home by citing five household
consumption habits and write across each habit your possible contribution to help
solve the climate change. Draw the table below and write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper.

CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AT HOME

HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOLVE

HABITS CLIMATE CHANGE

Example: Use of disposable mask Use cloth mask instead

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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Assessment

Directions: The following are environmental stands of some famous personalities.

Choose one from them to reflect upon and write a two-paragraph essay about your
choice. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

1. “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's
greed.”- Mahatma Gandhi
2. “Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic
growth… these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots
between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food
security and women’s empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be
solutions for all.” – Ban Ki-moon
3. “The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the
environment, is to get everybody involved.” – Richard Rogers
4. “The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans
are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the
scientists, but it’s all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape
for the future generations than we found it.” – Mike Huckabee
5. “A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our
land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.” ― Franklin D.
Roosevelt

RUBRICS FOR ESSAY

Adapted from Tuazon, Jenny
CONTENT
The presence of ideas developed
through facts, examples,
anecdotes, reasons and/or
explanations
5 Substantial, specific, and/or
illustrative content demonstrating
strong development and
sophisticated ideas
4 Sufficiently developed content
with adequate elaboration or
explanation
3 Limited content with inadequate
elaboration or explanation
2 Superficial and/or minimal
content
STYLE/ CONVENTIONS
The choice, use and arrangement of
words and sentence structures that
create tone and voice
Precise, illustrative use of a variety of
words and sentence structures to create
consistent writer’s voice and tone
appropriate to audience
Generic use of a variety of words and
sentence structures that may or may not
create writer’s voice and tone appropriate
to audience
Limited word choice and control of
sentence structures that inhibit voice
and tone
Minimal variety in word choice and
minimal control of sentence structures

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Additional Activities

1. Directions: From the green lifestyles listed below, choose which you are
practicing among them. List down your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

Green Lifestyle Checklist

1. Practice the 3R’s (Reuse, Reduce, Recycle) at home

2. Use cloth mask instead of disposable mask

3. Turn off and unplug equipment when not in use

4. Provide materials for projects and school activities that are eco-
friendly

5. Take shorter showers

6. Use light bulbs with CFL low energy bulbs

7. Turn off the air conditioner when the cold is enough

8. Bring eco bag when buying stuff in the market

9. Do not use harmful chemicals that have negative effect to our

environment such as hair spray

10. Keep your house clean

Write a short reflection about your answers.

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2. Directions: In your most creative way of visual art expression, draw what you
have learned from the lesson presenting the effects of consumption and
production patterns on climate change and how to exemplify care for the
environment. You can also put a slogan that connects to your drawing. You may
use bond paper or oslo paper to draw your art.

Rubric for Poster

Criteria 5 4 3 2
Relevance All graphics are All graphics All graphics Graphics do not
related to the are related to relate to the relate to
topic and the topic and topic. Most the topic or
make it easier most make it borrowed several
to easier to graphics have borrowed
understand. understand. a source graphics do
All borrowed All borrowed citation. not have a
graphics have a graphics have source citation.
source citation. a source
citation.
Originality Several of the One or two of The graphics No graphics
graphics used the graphics are made by made by the
on the poster used on the the student, student are
reflect an poster reflect but are based included.
exceptional student on the
degree of creativity in designs or
student their creation ideas of
creativity in and/or others.
their creation display.
and/or display.

Attractiveness The poster is The poster is The poster is The poster is

exceptionally attractive in acceptably distractingly
attractive in terms of attractive messy or very
terms of design, layout though it may poorly
design, layout, and neatness. be a bit designed. It is
and neatness. messy. not attractive.

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What I Know: What’s In: What’s New: What’s More:
1. X
2. E Student’s answers Student’s answers Student’s answers
3. E may vary. may vary. may vary.
4. E
5. E
6. E
7. E
8. E
9. X
10. X
11. E
12. E
13. E
14. E
15. E
What I Have What’s I Can Do: Assessment: What’s I Can Do:
Learned:
Student’s answers Student’s answers Student’s answers
1. Earth may vary. may vary. may vary.
2. Ozone layer
3. Global
warming
4. Sustainable
development
Answer Key
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