Giacomo Cossu
Clil Unit
Introduction to the
Solar
System
RATIONALE
This
unit is aimed at students of fifth class of Liceo Scientifico, and it
is part of the curriculum of Natural Science.
The starting
material is an introduction to the Solar System and it can be found
here:
http://www.edinformatics.com/math_science/solar_system/solar_system.htm
In
order to support students' learning, the document has been transformed
and integrated with interactive materials in order to visually and
auditory help the learners.
SCAFFOLDING STAGES
The
original text has undergone three different stages of elaboration in
order to offer visual, auditory and language support to the students.
Stage
1
Text formatting
Paragraphs carrying
secondary information have been removed. Paragraphs have been boxed and
bulleted. Keywords have been formatted in bold.
Whole paragraphs
have been trascoded into visuals, so as to simplify the communication
of the concepts.
Stage
3
Language support
Synonims and a
glossary have been added.
ACTIVITIES
In
order to support learning some interactive tests have been created.
Their purpose is to have students do something with the new concepts
been taught to them.
The
tests have been gathered into a Tests Table of Contents, and it is
possible to navigate from one to the other.
In order to
support
students with the pronounciation of new technical terms, a listening
and choosing activity has been created, using an Audio Editor and Hot
Potatoes.
ASSESSMENT
The
final assessment test is based on some previous activities and on a
chart to be completed with sentences using the future Will form.