The Weather CLIL project for Science (2nd cycle-3rd year)

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To understand how the weather To understand how the weather affects our lives. affects our lives.

Learning Learning outcome:outcome:

Learning outcome> Planning the lesson > Activities > Activity 1 > Activity 2 > Activity 3

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 types;• Compare the characteristics of different weather types;• Associate types of weather with their consequences;•Search for information about weather on the web •Interpret and represent information about weather in a graph.

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

Activate prior knowledge: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 showing temperatures

ContentVocabulary-weather (it’s sunny, it’s windy, it’s foggy)Adjectives(heavy rain, gently wind)

Structures•This picture is similar to/ different from…. Because it’s/it’s got…..•If....•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 structure

Resources

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

Thinking skills

•Classifying•Comparing•Contrasting•Reasoning-Analyzing

Competences

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

Assessment

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

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ActivitiesActivitiesActivity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3

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

Associate types of weather with different activities.

Complete a worksheet to conclude how important the weather forecast is to plan our daily life.

Search on the web for the weather in five different cities around the world.

Make a temperature graph.



Learning outcome:Learning outcome:

To be able to recognize the To be able to recognize the different types of weatherdifferent types of weather

To compare the characteristics of To compare the characteristics of the different types of weatherthe different types of weather

ActivityActivity 1.1. Types of weather Types of weather


Footsteps in the snow

Perfect storm Rain

Sunny

Wind

ActivityActivity 1.1. Types of Types of weatherweather SoundsSounds


PaintingsPaintings

SorollaSorolla

Tim Tim ParrishParrish

AlbertAlbert CuypCuyp

Carl Carl LarssonLarsson


KanawaKanawagaga

HockneyHockney Ando HiroshigeAndo Hiroshige

Van GoghVan GoghHockneyHockneyMonetMonet


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This is different from this because This is different from this because it`s...it`s...

This is similar to this because it This is similar to this because it ‘s...‘s...

sunny foggy stormy cloudy

snowing windy

raining heavilySnowing

slightly


WEATHER WHEELWEATHER WHEEL

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I t's sunny

I t's raining

I t's foggy

I t's windy

I t's snowing

I t's stormy

I t's cloudy



Activity 2.Activity 2. Is the weather Is the weather forecast importantforecast important

Learning outcome:Learning outcome:

To know that weather affects our To know that weather affects our liveslives

To associate weather types with To associate weather types with consequencesconsequences

To be aware of the importance of To be aware of the importance of weather forecastweather forecast

NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010

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It’s sunny It’s cloudy

It’s foggy It’s snowing

It’s stormy It’s windy

It’s raining heavily It’s raining slightly

It’ssnowing heavily

It’ssnowing slightly

There is a strong wind

There’s a gentle wind

It’s cold It’s hot

It’s extremely cold It’s extremely hot

I t's sunny

I t's rainy

I t's foggy

I t's windy

I t's snowing

I t's stormy

I t's cloudy


NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010 14

ActivityActivity 22.. MATERIALSMATERIALS

I can swim in the river I can play football I can’t observe stars I can’t ride a bike

I can fly a kite I can sunbathe I can’t sunbathe I can’t have a picnic

I can play badminton

I can surf I can’t skate outdoors I can’t fly a kite

I can walk my dog I can ski I can’t see a rainbow I can’tplay football

I can see a rainbow I can play indoors. I can’t drive a car I can’t go for a long walk

It’s raining heavily

There is a strong wind It’s cloudy It’s windy

It’s raining slightly

There’s a gentle wind It’s sunny It’s stormy

It’ssnowing heavily

It’s extremely cold It’s rainy It’s hot

It’ssnowing slightly

It’s extremely hot It’s foggy It’s cold


1. Learning outcomes:

• To search for information about the weather on the web;

• To interpret and represent information about weather on a graph.

Activity 3:Activity 3: Temperatures around the Temperatures around the worldworld


The The thermometer!!!!!!!thermometer!!!!!!!

How do we measure the How do we measure the temperature?temperature?

In ° C


Sydney

Cape Town





What’s the weather like in...?

Date: 15th of March 2010


What’s the weather like in...?

Date: TODAY


Weather in Madrid: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1W1TSEA_esES333&q=weather+in+Madrid&aq=f&aqi=g10j1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

Weather in Buenos Aires: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1W1TSEA_esES333&q=weather+in+buenos+Aires&aq=f&aqi=g10j1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

Web pages:

Weather in Cape Town: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1W1TSEA_esES333&q=weather+in+cape+town&aq=f&aqi=g10j1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

Weather in Quebec: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1W1TSEA_esES333&q=weather+in+quebec&aq=f&aqi=g10j1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

Weather in Sydney: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1W1TSEA_esES333&q=weather+in+sydney&aq=f&aqi=g10j1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=



http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1W1TSEA_esES333&q=weather+in+Madrid&aq=f&aqi=g10j1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai












CLIL PROJECT

UEA NORWICH

JULY 2010

Susana Cabeza Boeddinghaus

Katarzyna Galaj Andres

M Concepcion Moreno Fernandez

Documents

The Weather CLIL project for Science (2nd cycle-3rd year)