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viernes, 30 de mayo de 2014

The secondary sector

Nivel: 3º ESO
Materia: Geography
Profesora: Ana Jiménez

The secondary sector
En este post voy a tratar de desarrollar el proyecto final para el curso de AICLE INTEF, con el desarrollo de un artículo sobre la unidad didáctica que he estado trabajando en el mismo.
Esta unidad didáctica denominada "The secondary sector" va dirigida al curso de 3º ESO para la materia Geography. 
A lo largo de dicha unidad se tratará de trabajar el sector secundario a través de una unidad basada en la metodología AICLE, con unos objetivos muy concretos, como son comparar las fuentes de energía tradicionales con las nuevas alternativas o distinguir cuáles son energías renovables y cuáles no, junto con los diferentes tipos de cada una:
1.      To compare alternative and traditional energy sources.
2.       To distinguish the different types of renewable and non-renewable energy.
Los contenidos a trabajar relacionados con los objetivos anteriores serían las principales fuentes de energía, la energía tradicional y la alternativa, junto con las renovables y no renovables, que concretamos en los siguientes:
1.      The principal energy sources.
2.      The conventional and alternative energy sources.
3.       Renewable and non-renewable energy.
En cuanto a la periodización se tratará de conseguir a lo largo de un total de cinco sesiones, que incluirán una sesión inicial con actividades de scafolding y comprobación de conocimientos previos, otras tres para el desarrollo propio de la unidad, con explicaciones por parte de la profesora, actividades de desarrollo como las que se exponen a continuación, y una sesión final con una serie de pruebas para comprobar los conocimientos y destrezas tanto orales como escritas adquiridas por el alumnado.
Entre las actividades destacamos la atención a todas las habilidades del alumnado con:
Read different texts about the secondary sector (book and web pages);
Write writing about the secondary sector using the previous structures;
Listen the teacher, the auxiliary, the classmates and some internet resources;
Speak during the class with the other classmates, the conversation assistant and the teacher.
Junto con la utilización de las Nuevas Tecnologías para por ejemplo el visionado de un video en Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBTnVoEIb98) y otras como puedan ser responder de manera escrita a una serie de cuestiones tales como: Where does the main source of energy for Earth come from? a) Plants b) The Sun c) Fossil fuels d) Power stations.
Se procurará emplear una amplia variedad de recursos, que van desde los más tradicionales: pizarra del aula, libro de texto,… hasta las últimas tecnologías de las que disponga el centro: conexión a internet para:
·         El visionado de videos http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=169099,
·         La consulta en diccionarios on-line como http://blachan.com/shahi/,
·         Escuchar podcasts sobre el sector secundario http://www.symbaloo.com/radio/radiostream.do?smarkId=125714921&desktopId=1000004005307522 ,…),
Y la pizarra digital para el visionado de estos videos o la audición de los podcasts.
                                                                                Ana Jiménez Ávila

martes, 27 de mayo de 2014

CLIL UNIT: Primary Economic Activities

Subject:  Social Science - Geography        
Title of the Unit : Primary Economic Activities        
Level  3º ESO


INTRODUCTION: This Didactic Unit is aimed at studying the economic activities included in the primary sector of the economy: farming, fishing and forestry. Students will get familiar with the different farming methods and world agricultural landscapes and will be able to reflect on the challenges that the sector is facing in developed and underdeveloped countries. 

Learning outcomes:

  • To know the economic activities that can be included in the primary sector of the economy
  • To identify the physical and human factors that can influence farming
  • To analyse the differences between developed and traditional farming
  • To know the different methods of farming around the world and their main characteristics: location, agricultural landscape, technology used and level of development, climate, type of crops grown, destination of the produce.
  • To identify the main problems of fishing and forestry in the present world
  •  To know the meaning and implications of Genetically Modified Organisms and Organic Farming Methods

Subject content: 

  • The primary economic activities: definition, types (agriculture, livestock farming, fishing and forestry) and main characteristics.
  •  Natural and human factors that influence primary economic activities.
  • Types of farming around the world: developed and underdeveloped farming methods. 
  •  Fishing and forestry: main characteristics and challenges

Task: 

A final presentation about the advantages and drawbacks of different types of farming (study case of GMOs and Organic Farming

Activities: 


  • Reading the texts
  • Activities included in the worksheets provided:  Answer short questions about the texts; defining vocabulary; labelling pictures about farming methods around the world;  true or false activities; filling in the gaps; writing a short comparative text
  • Listening activities about farming in Africa
  • Watching a video about food processing
  • Online quizzes
  • Gathering of  information to make a presentation

Sessions : 


Session 1:

Session 2:

Session 3:

 Session 4:
Quizz online about Farming in rural areas:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/quiz/q91535116
Quizz online about Managing tropical areas
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/quiz/q47078849
Quizz online: 
http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/multichoice/farm.html

Session 5:



Session 6:
  • Class-group activity:  Debate about GMOs and Organic Farming. 



Resources:


Ø  Powerpoints:
-       Agricultural world (types and location of agricultural landscapes):  https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B88OXNG0EzmnbzBtNGZiRWFacDA/edit?pli=1
Ø  Comprehension activity after a listening about farming in Africa:
Ø  Video about the development of organic farming:
Ø  Online quizzes
Quizz online about Farming in rural areas:
Quizz online about Managing tropical areas
Quizz online:
Ø  Website. Factors affecting agriculture:

PLANTILLA UD: 

María Menéndez Fernández


sábado, 24 de mayo de 2014

CLIL UNIT: The continents

Title: The continents
Subject: Geography
Course: 1º ESO
Timing: 8 sessions


The Content objectives for this unit will be:

-          learn about the physical features, climate and vegetation of the continents
-          to analyse the relationship between relief and climate
-          to locate on the map the main characteristics of the relief for each continent
-          to locate on the map the different climates for: Africa, Asia, America and Oceania (Europe will be studied in another unit)
-          to compare maps and draw conclusions

You will find the template of this unit here:

Session 1 and 2: An introduction to the unit and the presentation of Africa.
First, I will make some questions in oral to know how much information they know about this topic.
I will be in the classroom with a laptop and I will make a presentation of the subject.
After this, I will propose some activities to the students.

Resources:
-          activities from the book "Essential Geopgraphy and History" Santillana  

With these resources we will work individually doing the activities from the book and the photocopy about the puzzle from Africa. We will work in groups viewing the map and the video of Africa.
I will make some questions from the video and a final quizz.
I will try to motivate the students with these activities, to help them to understand the information and to know new vocabulary.

Session 3 and 4: presentation of Asia

I will use a laptop in the classroom to show my students a physical map of Asia and a map with the Asian climates.
I will use the texts from the book.
I will propose some activities to the students using the maps so they can learn the most important features from the relief, rivers, lakes and the climate.


Resources:
-          Activities from the book "Essential Geopgraphy and History" Santillana

The activities from the book will be done in the notebook, but they can work in pairs to solve them. The photocopies should be done individually.
The game will be done in groups.

Session 5 and 6: presentation of America

I will use a laptop in the classroom to show a physical map of America and a map with the American climates.
I will use the texts from the book.
I will propose some activities using the maps and a game.
The purpose is to show some important information about the relief, rivers, lakes and climate from America.

Resources:
-          Activities from the book "Essential Geopgraphy and History" Santillana


The activities from the book will be done in the notebook, but they can work in pairs to solve them. The photocopies should be done individually.
The score games will be done in groups

Session 7 and 8: presentation of Oceania:

I will use a laptop in the classroom to show a physical map of America and a map of Oceania.
I will use the texts from the book.
I will propose some activities using the maps and a game.
The purpose is to show some important information about the relief, the landscape and the climate from Oceania.

Resources:
-          Activities from the book "Essential Geopgraphy and History" Santillana
-          a survey about the unit

The activities from the book will be done in the notebook, but they can work in pairs to solve them. The photocopies should be done individually.
The quizzes will be done in pairs. The survey will be done individually and it will be anonymous, it will give me an important feedback about my teaching.

Clil Unit done by María Iriarte Aríztegui




sábado, 7 de diciembre de 2013

Physical Geography: an introduction.


Subject: Social Sciences- Geography
Teacher: Ricardo Forner Diego
Title: Introduction to PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY          
Course / Level : 4º ESO

   This unit has been designed as an introduction to different aspects of Physical Geography. It deals basically with map location, geography and climate in the UK and other parts of the world.
The activities and materials that I have chosen as well as their sequencing all try to adjust to a "CLIL" approach and are based on some of the principles we have been studying so far.
  
Learning outcomes:

Master the specific vocabulary and concepts commonly used in physical Geography.
Locate continents, oceans, rivers, mountain ranges…in physical maps.
Identify and describe different landscapes, physical features, natural disasters…
Be able to follow historical routes in maps.
Get to know some basic facts about the climate and geography of the United Kingdom.
Get to know some interesting aspects of life in the Arctic and the Antarctic regions.
Be able to talk about some interesting regions on our planet which might be unique from a geographical point of view.

   You can see a detailed description of the unit session by session with all the activities and materials I have used at:

Design of the unit I (contents, objectives, language, timing, methodology, evaluation…)
Design of the unit II (Sessions, activities, materials…)

  I hope that you like it and I am looking forward to all sorts of comments since I am sure they will be useful to enrich it and improve it in the future.