Global Warming Script

Kaplan University

Theme: Global Warming

This is a conversation between Peter, an 8 year old boy and his mother, Mary. Peter and Mary are having dinner in the dining hall at home.

|Peter |Mum, I was watching Nat Geo this afternoon and there was this show which showed how the polar bears are dying |
| |because it seems that their houses are melting away. The polar bears looked so sad. They travelled miles and miles |
| |and yet were unable to find food. The show said that the houses of polar bears are disappearing due to global |
| |warming. What exactly is global warming? |
|Mary |Well Petey, global warming refers to the rise in global temperatures. The polar bears are losing their homes because|
| |the ice in their habitat is melting away at a very fast rate due to global warming. |
|Peter |Why does global warming occur? |
|Mary |You see, the atmosphere is made up of many different types of gases that help to control the temperature on Earth. |
| |However, human activities have brought air pollution and thus caused an increase in composition of carbon dioxide as|
| |well as other poisonous gases in the air. As a result, these gases trap heat in the atmosphere to result in the rise|
| |in global temperature. |
|Peter |I see, what do you mean by human activities which bring about air pollution? |
|Mary |We are not always very kind to Mother Earth in our daily activities. For example, when you watch