1. The Weather CLIL project in Science for the 2nd cycle
Science: The weather
The Weather CLIL project in Science for the 2nd cycle

2. PLANNING THE LESSON Science: The weather Know: Be able to: Be aware:
Learning 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 types of weather with their consequences;
Interpret information. about weather from symbols on a map.
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 wheel
2. We can/We can’t with a certain type of weather
3. The weather around the world. Making a graph with temperatures
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 structures.
Weather wheel
Worksheets
Computers
Internet
World map
Classifying
Comparing
Contrasting
Reasoning
-Analyzing
Competences
Communicative
Knowing the world
Social
Digital
Mathematical
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;

3. Cross-curricular link:
Learning outcome:
To understand how the weather affects our lives.
Cultural focus:
Interculturality
Cross-curricular link:
Geography, Mathematics, Art
Web links:
NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010

4. NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010
Activities
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
Associate sentences with possible activities with different types of weather.
(Matching game)
We conclude how important is the weather forecast to plan our daily life.
Search on the web for the weather in five different cities around the world.
Make a temperatures graph
NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010

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

6. NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010
Science: The weather
Activity 1:
Types of weather
6. The weather wheel: students will analyze 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.
NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010

7. NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010
Activity 1. MATERIALS
PAINTINGS
NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010

8. NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010
Science: The weather
Activity 1. MATERIALS
WEATHER WHEEL
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9. NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010
Activity 2:
How weather affects our lives and the importance of the weather forecast.
Learning outcome:
To know that weather affects our lives;
To know the importance of the weather forecast.
Vocabulary: activities, sports, adjectives, collocation.
Structures: we can / we can’t If
4. Materials: cards describing the weather,
cards with the sentences
worksheet
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10. NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010
Activity 2. MATERIALS
It’s
heavy rain
It’s strong wind
I can swim in the river
I can play football
light rain
It’s gentle wind
I can fly a kite
I can sunbath
heavy snow
It’s bright sun
I can play
badminton
I can surf
light snow
light sun
I can walk my dog
I can ski
NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010

11. NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010
Activity 2. MATERIALS
NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010

12. Temperatures around the world
Activity 3:
Temperatures around the world
1. Learning outcome:
To know how to look for the weather forecast in different parts of the world
To know make and interpret a graph.
2. Vocabulary: temperature, graph
3. Structures: What is the weather like temperature in (city)?/ In London it is (weather type) and they’ve got (degree) of temperature.
4. Materials: Internet conection. Worksheet
5. Interaction: Pair work
NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010

13. Temperatures around the world
Activity 3:
Temperatures around the world
Students will be shown how to search for the weather on the Internet
Each pair of students will be given a worksheet with the web pages where they have to search for the weather of each city.
They will fill the worksheet
Share the results
They will be shown a temperatures graph
The will complete their own graph on the worksheet
NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010

14. Temperatures around the world. Materials
Activity 3:
Temperatures around the world. Materials UK
Vancouver
Spain
Haiti
India
South Africa
Australia
NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010

15. Temperatures around the world. Materials
Activity 3:
Temperatures around the world. Materials
Web pages:
NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010

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

17. NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010
1, 2, 3 – quite a lot
In your school: 500
In Sheffield:
In the United Kingdom:
In the World:
(= 112 Uks or Sheffields or 13.6 million schools)
NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010

18. NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010
World population
Europe:
732 million
people
USA:
309 million
people
China:
1.3 billion
people
India:
1.2 billion
people
Latin America:
577 million
people
Africa:
973 million
people
NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010

19. NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010
Where we are
NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010

20. NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010
The United Kingdom
NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010

21. NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010
Science: The weather
P.S.
NILE at UEA University. CLIL project: the weather. July 2010