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Curriculum

  • 5 Sections
  • 76 Lessons
  • Lifetime
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  • 2024-2025
    8
    • 1.1
      What is the exit poll and how does it work?
    • 1.2
      What Happens When You Procrastinate Too Much
    • 1.3
      How to change your personality
    • 1.4
      Gibraltar: What’s inside The Rock?
    • 1.5
      A brief history of Downing Street
    • 1.6
      The rocky 1960s origin of online dating
    • 1.7
      Why do we gossip?
    • 1.8
      How to Build Mental Strength
  • 2023-2024
    6
    • 2.1
      Tips to save money
    • 2.2
      Would you pass the wallet test?
    • 2.3
      One of history’s most dangerous myths
    • 2.4
      The Seed Vault
    • 2.5
      Commuting to work
    • 2.6
      The history of New Year’s Resolutions
  • 2022-2023
    14
    • 3.1
      Critical Thinking
    • 3.2
      Daylight saving time
    • 3.3
      Functional illiteracy in Europe
    • 3.4
      Brain Hacking
    • 3.5
      Conspiracy theories
    • 3.6
      Electric cars
    • 3.7
      How do you survive a zombie attack?
    • 3.8
      How green is green energy?
    • 3.9
      Money
    • 3.10
      Schema
    • 3.11
      Small talk can make you happier
    • 3.12
      The Mango Cult
    • 3.13
      When are you actually an adult?
    • 3.14
      Whodunnit
  • 2022-2022
    19
    • 4.1
      The limits of human memory
    • 4.2
      The history of the United Nations
    • 4.3
      Separated at birth
    • 4.4
      Is nuclear power the solution?
    • 4.5
      Meeting the parents
    • 4.6
      Is ecotourism a sustainable practice?
    • 4.7
      Endangered Languages
    • 4.8
      Constitutional monarchy vs republic
    • 4.9
      China’s Social Credit System
    • 4.10
      As it used to be
    • 4.11
      The Locavore Movement
    • 4.12
      The person who knows how to cheer your day up
    • 4.13
      The Savant
    • 4.14
      The Science of Christmas
    • 4.15
      The Zero Waste Lifestyle
    • 4.16
      What might Bill Gates be worried about?
    • 4.17
      Who should tackle misinformation on social media?
    • 4.18
      Why videos go viral
    • 4.19
      World Peace Games
  • 2021-2022
    29
    • 5.1
      #32 Should you trust strangers?
    • 5.2
      #31 The Ravens of the Tower of London
    • 5.3
      #30 Food waste
    • 5.4
      #29 Unpaid workers
    • 5.5
      #28 Anti-social Behaviour?
    • 5.6
      #27 Urbanisation
    • 5.7
      #26 The Dark Side of Self-improvement
    • 5.8
      #25 The history of chocolate
    • 5.9
      #24 Thank god you are here!
    • 5.10
      #23 Test Tube Meat
    • 5.11
      #22 Escape from the Grand Canyon
    • 5.12
      #20 Should we embrace GMO food?
    • 5.13
      #19 Bletchley Park
    • 5.14
      #18 Money
    • 5.15
      #17 How many friends can you have?
    • 5.16
      #16 Success
    • 5.17
      #15 Studies of panicking crowds
    • 5.18
      #14 The benefits of paternity leave
    • 5.19
      #13 Keep calm and carry on
    • 5.20
      #12 The history of the English language
    • 5.21
      #11 St. Patrick’s Day
    • 5.22
      #10 National Anthem
    • 5.23
      #8 What counts as political corruption?
    • 5.24
      #7 How an amateur built the world’s biggest dome
    • 5.25
      #5 Cycle Superhighway London
    • 5.26
      #6 Does Child Labour Help Children in Poverty?
    • 5.27
      #3 How computers threaten the job of mid-skilled workers
    • 5.28
      #2 Should you be allowed to sell your kidney?
    • 5.29
      #1 Surviving quicksand

Electric cars

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Starting Point. Discuss the questions below.

  • What do you know about electric cars?  What is a hybrid car?
  • If you were in the market for a car, would you consider buying one? Why or why not?
  • Do you have any concerns about switching the world to electric vehicles and devices?
  • CO2 emissions in the European Union (EU): (a) evolution of CO2 emission... | Download Scientific Diagram

 

Focus on Vocabulary. Match the words with the correct meaning.

Focus on Comprehension. Answer the questions below about the video.

  1. What is the main purpose of EVs?
  2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of electric cars?
  3. What are the various issues with green cars? (manufacturing and environmental)
  4. How much more CO2 is created by petrol powered cars?
  5. What kind of solutions are suggested to reduce CO2 emissions?

Focus on Listening. Watch the video. Read the transcript below if necessary.

 

Focus on Speaking. 

  1. How much of the material in this video was new to you, and how much was already familiar? Do you have any questions?
  2. What are some of the benefits of electric cars? Why would switching to them be desirable?
  3. According to the video, why have electric vehicles become more viable in recent years?
  4. Why do you think corporations are making the shift to electric vehicles, despite the fact that current sales remain limited?
  5. What do you think now about buying an all-electric car?

 

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