Putting our fish in hot water!
Activities
C. Read the text below and say if the statements that follow are true/false. If false, give the correct information.
Fish population is in serious danger from global warming. Climate change is increasing the water temperature in rivers, lakes and seas. This means there is less food and oxygen available for fish. It also means the fish may not grow fully and may have fewer offsprings. Some fishes will become extinct if temperatures rise even by one or two degrees Celsius.
Climate change increases the pressure on fish population. Fishes are one of the world's most valuable biological assets. Forty percent of people in the world eat fish as their main source of protein. If we fail to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we will increase the pressure on fish. As a result, people who depend on fish will suffer from hunger and poverty.
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D. Role play: Student A is a fish. Student B is a fisherman. First write a dialogue between the two. Then act it out. Change roles and repeat the role-play
Role A - A FISH :
I am a fish. I know things are getting serious. Ice is melting, rivers are drying up and millions of my cousins have disappeared because of over-fishing. I heard it is because of humans' carelessness and greed. Let the humans know what is really happening in the oceans and rivers.
Role B - A FISHERMAN
I am not worried about my future. I have seen no change in the number of fish I catch each year. There will always be plenty of fish. The oceans are too big to be changed by global warming. I think that: scientists produce reports just to become famous.
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E. You are a nature lover. Write a letter to the organizers of the National Climate Change Conference in Bangladesh. Tell them about how global warming is changing your environment. Also suggest what they can do to help save fish population.
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F. What do you think happened to these fishes? Write down some of the reasons that might be the causes behind such incidents.
I think these are dead fishes. They might be in a lake where industrial chemical trashes are dumped. Or, it might be a variation in the water temperature that caused the death of the fishes.