The Weather CLIL project in Science NILE University. July 2010.

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PLANNING THE LESSONPLANNING THE LESSONLearning outcomes

Activities Language for Learning

Resources Thinking skills

Assessment

Know:•That weather affects our lives;•The importance of the weather forecast;•That weather is different around the world.

Be able to:• Recognize different weather phenomena;• Compare the characteristics of different weather types;• Associate characteristics of weather with consequences;• Represent and interpret information.

Be aware:•of how to listen to others;•of how to take into account other’s work or investigation.

Activate prior knowledge:WARM UP: 1.Differences and similarities between pictures. Weather wheel2. We can/We can’t with a certain type of weather3. The weather around the world. Making a graph with temperaturesFollow up:

ContentVocabulary

Structures•This picture is similar to/ different from…. Because it’s/it’s got…..•We can/We can’t•What will the weather be like in…•It will be…..

Functions•Descriptions•Comparisons•Predictions•Explanations

Language support•Pictures•Weather wheel (word bank)•Sentence bank?

Resources

•Pictures•Weather wheel•Worksheets•Computers•Internet•World map

Thinking skills

•Classifying•Comparing•Contrasting•Reasoning

Competences

•Communicative•Knowing the world•Social•Digital•Mathematical

Assessment

The students can:•Recognize the characteristics of the different types of weather;•Compare the different weather types;•Associate weather phenomena with consequences;•Interpret information about weather;•Record information about weather;

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Learning outcome:Learning outcome:

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To understand how the weather affects our lives (?).

ActivitiesActivities

Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3

Look for differences and similarities related to weather seen in famous paintings and record it in a weather wheel

Is it possible to do all the activities/jobs we do if we only had one type of weather? (for example, if it was always windy).Complete a worksheet:We can / We can’tWe conclude how important is the weather forecast

Search on the web for the weather in five different cities around the world.Make a temperatures graph

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ActivityActivity 11

1.1. Learning outcome:Learning outcome: To review the different types of weather.To review the different types of weather.

2.2. Vocabulary:Vocabulary:

3.3. Structures:Structures:o This is different from this because it is/it has got…This is different from this because it is/it has got…o This is similar to this because it is / it has got…This is similar to this because it is / it has got…

4.4. Materials: Materials: One set of the selected paintings for each group;One set of the selected paintings for each group; The weather wheel as shown in the slide.The weather wheel as shown in the slide.

5.5. Students are given a set of paintings. Students are given a set of paintings. They have to look for differences and They have to look for differences and similarities between the paintings.similarities between the paintings.


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Types of weather

ActivityActivity 11

6. 6. The weather wheel: students will say The weather wheel: students will say the differences and similarities they the differences and similarities they found, and the teacher will place each found, and the teacher will place each painting in one section of the weather painting in one section of the weather wheel, according with the weather type wheel, according with the weather type shown in the picture. Whole group shown in the picture. Whole group activity.activity.


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ActivityActivity 11.. MATERIALSMATERIALS

PAINTINGSPAINTINGS

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ActivityActivity 11. . MATERIALSMATERIALS

WEATHER WHEELWEATHER WHEEL

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ActivityActivity 22

1. Learning outcome: • To know that weather affects our lives;• To know the importance of the weather forecast.

2. Vocabulary: Jobs, activities, sports.3. Structures: we can / we can’t4. Materials: worksheet5. Is it possible to do any type of activity or job if

the weather was always the same?For example: is it possible to go fishing in a windy

day?6. Complete the worksheet:

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How weather affects our lives and the importance of the weather forecast.

ActivityActivity 22.. MATERIALSMATERIALS

WorksheetWorksheet


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ActivityActivity 3 3Temperature. How to measure it.

What is the temperature in different cities around the world.

8. Search in given web pages the temperature in different cities (google)

4. Make a weather forecast show5. Make a graph with the

temperature


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ActivitiesActivities4. We can/we can`t with a specific

type of weather (to see the importance of the weather forecast)

5. Temperature. How to measure it.6. Search in given web pages the

temperature in different cities (google)

7. Make a weather forecast show8. Make a graph with the

temperatureCLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July 2010

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Our worldOur world


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WARM UP:WARM UP:

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11, , 22, , 33 – – quite a lotquite a lot

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(= 1000 schools)(= 1000 schools)


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In your school: 500In your school: 500 In Sheffield: 500In Sheffield: 500 000000 In the United Kingdom: 60In the United Kingdom: 60 000000 000000 (= 120 Sheffields or 120 000 schools)(= 120 Sheffields or 120 000 schools)


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In your school: 500In your school: 500 In Sheffield: 500In Sheffield: 500 000000 In the United Kingdom: 60In the United Kingdom: 60 000000 000000 In the World: 6In the World: 6 800800 000000 000000 (= 112 Uks or 13 600 Sheffields or 13.6 million schools)(= 112 Uks or 13 600 Sheffields or 13.6 million schools)


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From land to From land to peoplepeople


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World populationWorld population

China:China:1.3 billion1.3 billion

peoplepeople

India:India:1.2 billion1.2 billion

peoplepeople

USA:USA:309 million309 million

peoplepeople

Europe:Europe:732 million732 million

peoplepeople

Africa:Africa:973 million973 million

peoplepeople

Latin America:Latin America:577 million577 million

peoplepeople


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Welsh speakersWelsh speakers

Argentina (Patagonia):Argentina (Patagonia):50005000

native speakersnative speakers

UK:UK:470 000470 000


USA:USA:27002700



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Where we areWhere we are


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Countries and Countries and regionsregions


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The United The United KingdomKingdom


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P.S.P.S.


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