CLIL/Volcanoes useful links

In questa pagina si propongono attività CLIL inerenti le Scienze della Terra, o link a siti e materiali utili per svolgere attività in lingua.

CLIL activities on volcanoes edit

Learning goals edit

After this activity a student should be able to explain the follow phenomena

  • Describe the structure of a generic volcano
  • Describe the types of volcanoes
  • Describe how volcano forms
  • Describe where volcanoes occur and why
  • Describe the main active volcanoes in the world
  • Describe the main active italian volcanoes

Learning materials edit

Videos on YouTube (didattici) edit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgktM2luLo la prima parte è un po' d'effetto, la seconda è più didattica

StudyJams - Volcanoes simpatico cartone ma chiaro e semplice (ha bisogno del plugin flash attivato)

Khan Academy - Hawaiian-islands-formation formazione delle Hawai su Khan Academy (non c'è altro...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAR3P3Fshok altro semplice cartoon con audio ben fatto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRH1PAJGlvo da Mexus Education con logo davanti ...(sennò bisogna pagare...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJgwNqzumL8 breve ma con buon audio (e video low resol)

Videos on YouTube (documentari) edit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp0Xd1qvgGM documentario 44' LR ba discreto audio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlH7pCK4H-s&feature=youtu.be documentario BBC sulle eruzioni islandesi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksSFfm19cvY documentario BBC sui vulcani attivi

Wikipedia useful pages edit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano the page about volcanoes on Wikipedia

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano the simple-english page on wikipdia <--- very useful to start!!!

Wikibooks about volcanoes edit

Volcanoes on Wikibook fo High School <-- very useful to work with (with exercises)

Tectonic plates (on Historical Geology)

Italian volcanoes

Volcanoes in the world

Vocabulary edit

Simple and good physical geografy glossary of terms

Wiktionary

SlideShare edit

http://www.slideshare.net/GavinMalavolta/volcanoes-types-structure-and-effects

http://www.slideshare.net/kkaiser55/volcano-notes-3057827

Useful software edit

Anki opensource software ti memorize terms and definitions. It's a flash card software. Here you can find a set of cards (deck) about volcanoes that help you to memorize the main english related words.

Other useful edit

http://ita.calameo.com/read/0011501068cc1a12471f3 è protetto ma si può leggere (8 pagine)

http://www.earth4567.com/talks/volcanoes.html (here you can find a good power point with lectures notes and execises)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7533964.stm animazione della BBC sui vulcani

Example of a clil activity on vulcanoes edit

  1. Lesson 0 (homework): learn some key words about vulcanoes.
  2. Lesson 1: power point for basic informations on vulcanoes.
  3. Lesson 2: reading and listening exercises using wikipedia and wikibooks pages on vulcanoes.
  4. Lesson 3: watching a documentary on vulcanoes (with subtitles) (es. BBC Earth: The Power of the Planet. Volcano 1-5)
  5. Lesson 4-5: work in group: build a power point (or a document, or a web page, ...) on a related subject.
  6. Lesson 6: exposition of the work

CLIL activities on plate tectonics edit

CLIL activities on earthquakes edit