CLIL Unit on global warming. 3rd Cycle of Primary

1. WE HAVE THE POWER
LET’S SAVE ENERGY!!!
•Subject: Science
•Level: 3rd Cycle Primary (mixed group)
•Teacher: Mª del Carmen Reigada Pérez

2. 1. Learning outcomes
 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.

3. 2. Subject Content
 Individual responsibility in energy
consuming.
 Consequences of global warming

4. 3. Language Content /
Communication
Vocab
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
Follow instructions
Give advice

5. Contextual (cultural) element
Effects of global warming in different parts of the
world

6. . Cognitive (thinking)
processes
Observe,
Analyze,
Critical thinking,
Aply knowledge

7. TASK
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

8. Activity 1: Activate previous
knowledge
Time: 20 minutes
 Questions: Do you think 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

9. Activity 2: Video on global warming
30 minutes
 Watch a video on global warming (It's just an
animation, so we have to put the language)
 Explain what happens on the video
 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.
 Scaffolding

10. Activity 3: Effects of global
warming
 What are the effects of green house effect and
global warming in the world?
Vocabulary needed
 Find on the Internet....
Global warming

11. Activity 4: Writing activity
 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.
 Scaffolding

12. Activity 5
Website: On the trail of the energy wasters
 (Follow the instructions of the game, even if they
don't understand every word)
 List up of the ways of wasting energy we have
detected on the website game.

13. Activity 6: Design a poster
 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 on the IWB)
Scaffolding

14. Activity 7
 Remind what it's already done. Language revision
 Work in groups
 Use PUBLISHER to design a brochure to include
all the advice to take home.
 Use Internet to find images.
 Save the brochures in the shared folder to print
out.

15. Activity 8:
Show the brochures to the class
 Sumarise all the unit
 Share the brochures with the class, explaining
their design.

16. Activity 9 Evaluation
 Use rubric 1 to evaluate oral work
 Use rubric 2 to evaluate the brochures
 Use rubric 3 to evaluate work group
 Check your knowledge
 Evaluation criteria for the whole unit