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

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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 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 wheel2. We can/We can’t with a certain type of weather3. The weather around the world. Making a graph with temperatures

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 structures.

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 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 Science: The weatherweather

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Cross-curricular link:Cross-curricular link:

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

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http://www.google.es/http://www.google.es/

Cultural focus:Cultural focus:

Learning Learning outcome:outcome:

InterculturalityInterculturality

Web links:Web links:Geography, Mathematics, ArtGeography, Mathematics, Art

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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

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

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ActivityActivity 1:1:

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


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


ActivityActivity 1:1:Types of weather

ActivityActivity 11.. MATERIALSMATERIALS

PAINTINGSPAINTINGS


ActivityActivity 11. . MATERIALSMATERIALS

WEATHER WHEELWEATHER WHEEL


ActivityActivity 2:2:

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

2. Vocabulary: activities, sports, adjectives, collocation.

3. Structures: we can / we can’t If4. Materials: cards describing the weather, cards with the sentences worksheet

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



It’s heavy rain

It’s strong wind I can swim in the river

I can play football

It’s light rain

It’s gentle wind I can fly a kite I can sunbath

It’sheavy snow

It’s bright sun I can play badminton

I can surf

It’slight snow

It’s light sun

I can walk my dog

I can ski


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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

ActivityActivity 33::Temperatures around the Temperatures around the worldworld


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Students will be shown how to search Students will be shown how to search for the weather on the Internetfor the weather on the Internet

Each pair of students will be given a Each pair of students will be given a worksheet with the web pages where worksheet with the web pages where they have to search for the weather of they have to search for the weather of each city.each city.

They will fill the worksheetThey will fill the worksheet Share the resultsShare the results They will be shown a temperatures They will be shown a temperatures

graphgraph The will complete their own graph on The will complete their own graph on

the worksheetthe worksheet

ActivityActivity 33::Temperatures around the Temperatures around the worldworld


ActivityActivity 33::Temperatures around the Temperatures around the world.world.MaterialsMaterials

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Web pages:

ActivityActivity 33::Temperatures around the Temperatures around the world.world.MaterialsMaterials

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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)


World populationWorld population

China:China:1.3 billion1.3 billion

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India:India:1.2 billion1.2 billion

peoplepeople

USA:USA:309 million309 million

peoplepeople

Europe:Europe:732 million732 million

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Africa:Africa:973 million973 million

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Latin America:Latin America:577 million577 million

peoplepeople


Where we areWhere we are


The United The United KingdomKingdom


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