Ecology Research - Game Script How can we keep our environment?


Background

How can we reduce our rubbish and keep the environment clean?

Can we recycle everything? What is organic and what isn't? Lets find out!

Characters

Aviv Science teacher

You are 32 years old science teacher from Tel-Aviv, teaching high school students. You are vegetarian and a member of 'Let the Animals Live'.
Your moto is:  "Vegetarianism is more than what not to eat- It's an ideology of how life should be lived".


Your Task

You need to research about recycling in Israel-

1. What can/can't we recycle?
2. What are the differences between the various bins?
3. Where can we find these bins?


Resources


Tal Restaurant Owner

You are 28 years old. The owner of an asian restaurant called "Asia" in Ramat-Gan.
Your restaurant sereves many clients every day and produces large amounts of waste.


Your Task

You want to reduce the rubbish in your restaurant and organize it in order to recycle different types of garbage.

You need to research about organic and inorganic waste- 
1. What are the different types of organic/inorganic waste?
2. What is the impact of organic waste
3. What should people do in order to recycle organic waste?


Resources


Yam swimmer

You are 24 years old swimmer from Natanya.
You started swimming when you were 7 years old and competed in several contests around the country.

 

love the beach 


Your Task

Wasting water makes you angry! you like it so much and want other people to take care of it as well.

You need to research about the water crisis in Israel:
1. What is the Israeli chronich water problem?
2. Is there any way we can solve it?
3. How can we save water in our home?
4. What is better- Tami 4 / buying water bottles? 


Resources


Dalit Literature teacher

You are 42 years old literature teacher from Haifa. You teach high school students in a poverty neighbourhood.

You teach for 15 years and like your profession very much. Your students really appreciate you.


Your Task

Your students don't have enough money to buy literature books so you give a lot of photocopied papers during the week. You need to think of ways to reduce the usage of paper and recycle the used papers.
Research about:
1. Paper recycling- what are the advantages?
2. How can we reduce paper usage at school?


Resources


Scene 1: Ecology Research



1.

Public Message

Hi everybody! How are you?

All of you were chosen to come here in order to save our planet!

Tell me a little bit about yourself.



2.

Private (a while after previous message)

Aviv:

You need to research about recycling in Israel-

1. What can/can't we recycle?
2. What are the differences between the various bins? 
3. Where can we find these bins?

Tal:

You want to reduce the rubbish in your restaurant and organize it in order to recycle different types of garbage.

You need to research about organic and inorganic waste- 
1. What are the different types of organic/inorganic waste?
2. What is the impact of organic waste
3. What should people do in order to recycle organic waste?

Yam:

Wasting water makes you angry! you like it so much and want other people to take care of it as well.

You need to research about the water crisis in Israel:
1. What is the Israeli chronich water problem?
2. Is there any way we can solve it?
3. How can we save water in our home?
4. What is better- Tami 4 / buying water bottles? 

Dalit:

Your students don't have enough money to buy literature books so you give a lot of photocopied papers during the week. You need to think of ways to reduce the usage of paper and recycle the used papers.
Research about:
1. Paper recycling- what are the advantages?
2. How can we reduce paper usage at school?



3.

Public Message (a while after previous message)

Do you need any help with something?



4.

Public Message (Shortly After previous message)

I look forward to learn from you..

What are your findings?



Vote

What is more important to you according to the findings?

 



Option 1
Recycling
Option 2
Wasting water


Ending message for when most people voted for option



Option 1

Recycling is very important!


Option 2

You take care of your country!




Discussion Points

Did you learn something new from the others? If so, what did you learn?

Did you learn something new about your specific subject?