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

3. PLANNING THE LESSON Learning outcomes ActivitiesLanguage for Learning ResourcesThinking skillsAssessment 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 wheel 2. We can/We can’t with a certain type of weather 3. The weather around the world. Making a graph with temperatures Follow up: Content Vocabulary 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; Science: The weather 2

4. Learning outcome: 3  To understand how the weather affects our lives (?).

5. Activities Activity 1Activity 2Activity 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’t We 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 CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July 2010 4

6. Activity 1 1. Learning outcome: n To review the different types of weather. 2. Vocabulary: 3. Structures: o This is different from this because it is/it has got… o This is similar to this because it is / it has got… 4. Materials: n One set of the selected paintings for each group; n The weather wheel as shown in the slide. 5. Students are given a set of paintings. They have to look for differences and similarities between the paintings. CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July 2010 5 Types of weather

7. Activity 1 6. The weather wheel: students will say the differences and similarities they found, and the teacher will place each painting in one section of the weather wheel, according with the weather type shown in the picture. Whole group activity. CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July 2010 6

8. Activity 1. MATERIALS PAINTINGS 7 CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July 2010

9. Activity 1. MATERIALS WEATHER WHEEL 8CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July 2010

10. Activity 2 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’t 4.Materials: worksheet 5.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: We can / we can’t CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July 2010 9 How weather affects our lives and the importance of the weather forecast.

11. Activity 2. MATERIALS Worksheet CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July 2010 10

12. Activity 3 Temperature. 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 show 5.Make a graph with the temperature CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July 2010 11

13. Activities 4.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 show 8.Make a graph with the temperature CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July 2010 12

14. Our world CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July 2010 13

15. WARM UP: nlnlnlnlllllllllllllllllllll CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July 2010 14

16. 1, 2, 3 – quite a lot nbnbnbnbbbbb nnnnnnnnnnnnnn (= 1000 schools) CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July 2010 15

17. 1, 2, 3 – quite a lot nInInInIn your school: 500 nInInInIn Sheffield: 500 000 nInInInIn the United Kingdom: 60 000 000 (= 120 Sheffields or 120 000 schools) CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July 2010 16

18. 1, 2, 3 – quite a lot nInInInIn your school: 500 nInInInIn Sheffield: 500 000 nInInInIn the United Kingdom: 60 000 000 nInInInIn the World: 6 800 000 000 (= 112 Uks or 13 600 Sheffields or 13.6 million schools) CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July 2010 17

19. From land to people CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July 2010 18

20. World population China: 1.3 billion people India: 1.2 billion people USA: 309 million people Europe: 732 million people Africa: 973 million people Latin America: 577 million people CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July 2010 19

21. Welsh speakers Argentina (Patagonia): 5000 native speakers UK: 470 000 native speakers USA: 2700 native speakers CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July 2010 20

22. Where we are CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July 2010 21

23. Countries and regions CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July 2010 22

24. The United Kingdom CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July 2010 23

25. P.S. CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July 2010 24