LET'S SAVE ENERGY. 3RD CYCLE OF PRIMARY (MIXED GROUP)

Unidad CLIL para Primaria

Let's save energy from Carmen Reigada

LET'S SAVE ENERGY. WE HAVE THE POWER!!! - (5º - 6º PRIMARY - MIXED GROUP)

Subject:Science       Teacher: M. Carmen Reigada Pérez

Course / Level: 3rd Cycle  (mixed group)           

1. Learning outcomes  / Evaluation criteria	·         Be aware of the need of saving energy. ·         Explain how energy production influences global warming. ·         Identify the consequences of global warming. ·         Describe activities we often do that contribute to waste energy. ·         Write recommendations to save energy.
2. Subject Content	·         Individual responsibility in energy consuming. ·         Consequences of global warming
	3. Language Content / Communication
Vocabulary	Carbon dioxide, energy eficient, global warming, green house gases, greenhouse effect, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes. Electric devices: TV, radio, washing machine, ... Insulation, waste, electricity bill, Switch on/off, leave, separate,
Structures	Questions: Why...?  Because... Advice: Verb + noun+ when... (Ex Switch off the lights when you don't need them)
Discourse type	Listening - Reading - Listening - Speaking
Language skills	Give advise about saving energy or use it safely.
4. Contextual (cultural) element	Effects of energy production on the planet.
5. Cognitive (thinking) processes	Observe, Analyze, Critical thinking, Aply knowledge
6. (a) Task(s)	Make a campaing to encourage people to save energy - Posters around the school - Brochure to take home Organization and class distribution / timing -Four lessons of 60 min
6. (b) Activities

	7. Methodology
Organization and class distribution / timing Four lessons of 60 min
Lesson 1	Activity 1: Activate previous knowledge Questions: Do we waste energy? How? (Use the vocab we already know, as classroom rules: "Switch off the lights" "Leave the lights on" "Leave the computers on") Scaffolding Activity 2 Watch a video on global warming: It's just an animation, so we have to put the language. What are the consequences? (they can use Spanish and we put their language into English... and images) Lead the children to "global warming", green house effect, and green house gases. Language for activity 2 Wrap up: What we have learnt today	20 min 10 min 20 min 10 min
Lesson 2	Activity 3 What are the effects of green house effect and global warming in the world? Vocabulary needed. Find on the Internet.... Write a text of four paragraphs about the effects of global warming int he world. Don't forget to write an introductory sentence and a conclusion. Language for activity 3	20 min 40 min

Lesson 3	Activate prior knowledge: Consequences of wasting energy. What to do? Activity 4: Website: On the trail of the energy wasters http://www.eon-uk.com/EnergyExperience/123.htm (Follow the instructions of the game, even if they don't understand every word) Activity 5: List up of the ways of wasting energy we have detected on the website game. Wrap up: What we have learnt today	10 min 20 min 25 min 5 min
Lesson 3	Activate prior knowledge: Review the list we have done the previous day Activity 6: Individually think of two pieces of advice to save energy at home, at school or in town. In pairs, discuss each piece of  advice and share with the group. Make a poster on a A3 paper to put on the wall As children show their pieces of advice, we type all the contributions in a word document and share to all the class. Scaffolding	5 min 10 min 35 min 10min
Lesson 4	Activity : Remind what it's already done. Language revision Work in groups Use the document created in the previous lesson to design for a brochure  to include all the advice to take home. They can find images on the Internet. Use publisher Share the brochures with the class, explaining their design. Save the brochures in the shared folder to print out.	10 min 40 min 10 min
Resources / Materials	IWB Netbooks Internet connection. A3 papers Pictures
Key Competences	Lingüistic - Digital - Citizenship - Learning to learn
8. Evaluation (criteria and instruments)	Evaluation criteria Check your knowledge Oral presentation rubric Brochure rubric Group work rubric

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