The Weather CLIL project in Science NILE University. July 2010

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

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

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

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 Types of weather

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Our world CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The United Kingdom CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July

P.S. CLIL project: The weather. NILE University. July