viernes, 22 de mayo de 2015

TASK 17: CLIL e) Create a Glogster

TASK 16: CLIL d) Create an ESL video

TASK 15: CLIL c) Create a webquest

A webquest on The Digestive System

This is a webquest about The Digestive System.
You have to surf the net to find some answers, and show that you are a crack in the new technologies!


Activity 1:

To begin, you are going to go to this web site and watch the video about the digestive system.  Listen closely and you'll find out some interesting facts...

Click here!

Answer the following questions:

-What role does the tongue play?                                   

 ______________________________

-Where does most of the digestion take place?

_________________________________ 

-What role does the liver play?

 _________________________

-Where is water removed?

_______________________________


Activity 2:

After you have answered the above questions, let’s do a quick quiz of what you have really learned.  Go to the following link and take the quiz.  Count how many questions you answered correctly, and write it bellow.  Please answer truthfully! :P

Number of correct answers:_______


Activity 3:

Now, proceed to the following website and read the article about digestion.

if you can find the information here go back to the video, some of the answers are also in the quiz, and you can also use this website!

-Pay close attention to the following:

   -the mouth: what does it break down? How does it break it down?
   - the esophagus-> How does it move food to the stomach?
   - the stomach-> What happens in the stomach?
   - the pancreas-> what is its role in digestion?
   - the liver-> What's its role in digestion?
   - the gallbladder-> What's its role in digestion?
   -the small intestine-> What's it's role?  How long is food here?
   - the large intestine-> What does it remove?
   - rectum-> What's its function? 


Activity 4:

Finally, here you have some funny didactic games to find out how much you have learned about the digestive system and eating habits! Enjoy ;)

Build a body!!


Funny games!!!

http://interactivehuman.blogspot.com.es/2008/05/digestion-interactive-game-for-kids.html



TASK 14: CLIL b) Publish your material in ISSUU

Here you can have a look at my didactic unit about 'The Digestive System' :)

TASK 13: CLIL a) Template

Materia / Área:    Biology and Geology

Título de la Unidad: The Digestive System                 Curso  / Nivel: 3rd ESO
            



1. Objetivos / Criterios de evaluación




At the end of this didactic unit, students should be able to:

1. Know the main nutrients contained in food, and    the different functions they have in the living    organism.

2. Know the different parts in the digestive system    and how the digestion process works.

3. Understand the relevance of carrying out healthy  life habits as a measure in the prevention of food-  related illnesses.


2. Contenido de área /materia


1. Nutrients:
- Classification of nutrients

2. Food-related illnesses:
- Malnutrition
- Food poisoning

3. Anatomy of the digestive system:
- The digestive tract
- The associated glands: Salivary glands liver, pancreas

4. Digestion:
- Physical digestion
- Chemical digestion
- Nutrients absorption
- Egestion


3. Contenido de
Lengua / Comunicación

(el profesor de área no lingüística (ANL) también prestará atención a este aspecto)


Vocabulario


Key vocabulary: Ingestion, Nutrition, Nutrients, Supply, Regulate, Fibre, Form, Balanced, Malnutrition, Contaminate, Disorder, Deficiency, Lethal, Digestion, Break, Stomach, Saliva, Paste, Absorb, Faeces, Exchange, Collaborate

“Nutrients” vocabulary: Food, Water, Minerals, Carbohydrates, Lipids, Fats, Proteins, Vitamins, Diet, Cereals, Starches, Oil, Butter, Meat, Eggs, Fish, Fruit, Legumes, Milk, Vegetables, Undernutrition, Rickets, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, Overnutrition, Salmonella

“Digestive system” vocabulary: Mouth, Pharynx, Oesophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine, Large Intestine, Anus, Salivary Glands, Liver, Pancreas, Bile, Pancreatic Juice, Saliva, Gastric Juice, Intestinal Juice, Chime, Chyle


Estructuras


- Where does this food come from? It comes from...
- We should (or not) eat...
- We can find this nutrient in...
- A healthy meal includes...
- How often do you…? (Always, usually, often,    sometimes,
   rarely, never)
- Most people, some people, a few people, nobody...
- Have you ever...?
- What do you prefer...?

· Speaking or writing  about different organs:
  - What size is...?. It’s bigger or smaller than...
  - What shape is...? It looks like a...
  - Where is it located? It’s located in...
  - What is its function?
  - Which system belongs to? It belongs to the…


Destrezas /tipo de discurso

· Exposition (individual and in group)
· Description (about different foods, its nutrients, group,    systems and organs, illnesses,..)
· Definitions


4. Elemento contextual y cultural




· The importance of foods and diet to the health

· To compare Spanish eating habits vs British or other European countries

· To know and learn about the most common scientific concepts related with nutrition and digestive process


5. Procesos cognitivos



-Extract information from articles, videos, pictures...

-Elaborate conceptual maps and conceptual presentations


6. (a). Tarea / s (final)

During the unit explanation, students will:

- Analyze articles about food, Mediterranean diet, healthy habits...
- Extract and comment on information from these articles
- Extract and comment on information from slide presentation or videos
- Elaborate conceptual maps

Final slide presentation: in pairs, explain and describe how the digestion process takes place in humans


6. (b). Actividades




First day:
- Introducing the unit with a video and a slide presentation
- Brainstorm

Every day:
- Reading the text
- Answer questions with simple sentences
- Book activities.
- Other activities: Practise food vocabulary, healthy and unhealthy food, games, healthy habits worksheet, complete digestive system pictures, speaking, listening , reading and writing activities

Every two or three weeks:
- Laboratory activities


7. Metodología


Agrupamientos / distribución de la clase / temporalización


Nutrients and Food-related illnesses: Two weeks (two periods of 55 minutes per week)

Digestive system: Three weeks (two periods of 55 minutes per week)

In general:
- Introductory activity: 10 minutes, individual or in pairs.
- Explanations and activities 40.
- Conclusions: 5 minutes


Recursos / Materiales



-Student’s book
-Workbook
-Notebook
-Video
-Science workshop (collection of complementary activities)
-Worksheets


Competencias básicas


-Knowledge of and interaction with the physical world
-Linguistic ability
-Mathematical competence
-Information processing and digital competence
-Autonomous learning skills


8. Evaluación


Criteria:
- Assimilate knowledge about the main nutrients        provided by foods.
- Correctly use of the vocabulary acquired in order to  define the concepts studied.
- Use of computer tools to consult interactive contents  about nutrients and interprets tables and illustrations.
- Know the main parts of the digestive system and  relate  each one of these parts to the function it performs in the  digestive process.
- Define the key words and prepare a coherent  explanation of how the digestive process takes place.
- Use of computer tools to consult contents and do the  activities.

Instruments:
- Revision of the students work (once per week).
- Continuous assessment: oral (daily) and written test  (once per unit).
- Self-Assessment/Self-evaluation
- Project presentations: slide presentations, individual  and in group.
- Laboratory activities worksheets

TASK 12: Create a webpage

You can access to my webpage here