Climate Worldwide

CLIMATE WORLDWIDE
Lesson plans

Pluvia Loriente
CEIP JOSEP TARRADELLAS

October-December, 2009

CLIMATE WORLDWIDE
UNIT: 1 LESSONS: 1 to 4 TYPES OF CLIMATE  Weather & climate.  Climates and places.  Climate zones around the Earth. ( lessons 3 and 4 ). AIMS  To understand the differences between weather and climate.  To know about the Earth’s climate zones and what causes them.TRANSFERABLE SKILLS Communicative:  Express and interpret oral facts about weather and climate conditions.  Interact orally with partners asking and answering questions in pair work. Methodological:  Activate thinking skills organizing weather and climate words in a tree diagram.  Apply study skills that include cooperation and self-evaluation skills.  Interpret the concept of average and put intopractice mathematical reasoning. Personal Social and Civic:  Take decisions and agree with others about different choices.  Cooperate, share and engage effectively with others. LEARNING OUTCOMES At the end of the lesson, students will: KNOW:  Differences between weather and climate.  How the sun’s rays affect the temperature levels in different areas.  The main imaginary lines on Earth. BEABLE TO:  Describe different weather conditions.  Understand the concept of climate  Distinguish between weather and climate.  Complete a temperature and rainfall graph.  Find the Earth’s main imaginary lines on a globe or map. BE AWARE OF:  How a positive attitude affects group work.  How collaborative work helps one’s learning.  The value of one’s own work and of others’ as well.  Thefact that the value and appreciation of others’ work helps you to learn. COGNITION Classifying weather and climate pictures. Deciding on criteria to classify weather and climate pictures. Matching letters and words. Processing information about climate and climate zones on Earth. Organising information by identifying key words about what causes the weather and different types of climate.  Makingdecisions about weather preferences.  Reasoning about different climate zones on Earth.  Locating different climate zones on a map.      CULTURE      Realize how human beings depends on the nature. Respect different lifestyles. Appreciate living in a temperate climate region. Be aware of the effort needed to live in extreme climate regions. Realize the need for being respectful withnature.         COMMUNICATION Language for learning Vocabulary:  Words to describe weather; ( warm, hot, cold, rainy, sunny, cool, foggy, cloudy, snowy)  Words to describe weather data; ( temperature, rainfall, sunshine wind, graph )  Names of the main imaginary lines on Earth; ( Equator, Tropics and Polar Circle)  Words to describe sun’s rays; ( angle, rays, perpendicular, heat, level,surface) Communication Structures:  What’s the weather like in...?  It ‘s ...  How much...is there on.....?  There is .......  What’s the temperature on ..?  It is.....  What was thecoldest/hottest/wettest/driest day?  I ‘d like to go to/ place and country/ because:  I like /camels/jungle animals/  I like going to /the beach.  I like skiing/visiting......  What colour is used for Polarclimate?  It is grey......  What climate type is there in......? In......there is a ............climate. Language of learning  Asking and answering questions about weather and climate.  Stating likes about going places and giving reasons.  Stating preferences.  Giving reasons to explain the different climate zones. ASSESSEMENT CRITERIA Students should be able to ....... Tell someone what theweather is like. Understand the differences between weather and climate. Complete a weather graph. Say the weather words learnt in the Unit. Identify the Earth’s climate zones. Locate on a globe the Equator, Tropics and Polar Circles. Classify the words learnt in the Unit following content criteria. Respect and enjoy group and pair work.

Pluvia Loriente

CEIP JOSEP TARRADELLAS

CLIMATE...