What's up in the sky?

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Science matters.

Topic: What’s up in the sky?

Objectives:

• Students will be able to work with vocabulary, listen for the specific information, gathered information from reading and listening tasks;
• Students will be able to solve problems, express ideas and opinions;
• Students will be able to use received information at Geography and Astronomy.

Visual materials: a globe, a torch, a computer (laptop), a smart board (TV), software.

Procedure

 Good morning! Glad to see you here today.

T.: Tell me what’s (up) in the sky today? Is it cloudy? Is it rainy? Etc. What can (can’t) you see up there?

Ss: The sun.

Look at the title of the lesson: “What’s up in the sky?”

T.: That’s what we’re going to talk about. What is the sun?

Ss: It’s a big star. It gives us light. It’s hot.

T.: And what is the Earth?

Ss: It’s our planet. We live on it.  It consists of water and land.

T.: You know that the Earth goes two ways. What’s the word for turning around the axis?

Ss: It’s rotate.

T.: What’s the word when it travels around the sun?

Ss: It revolves.

T: What happens when the Earth rotates?

Ss: We have day and night.

T: How many hours does it take to rotate?

Ss: It takes 24 hours.

T: Let’s see how it works.

(a torch and a globe). (A teacher shows how it works with help of a globe and a torch)

What happens when the Earth revolves?

Ss: There are 4 seasons.

T: Let’s see how it works.

(a torch and a globe). (A teacher shows how it works with help of a globe and a torch)

How many days does it take to go around the sun?

Ss: It takes 365 days.

T: But the Earth is not the only planet. There are more. The sun and the planets are called the Solar System. Listen to a short text and find out a synonym to the word revolve and the names of inner and outer planets.(On Screen 1)

(The pupils are listening to the text and do after listening activities).

Ss: The synonym to the word revolves is orbit.

T: Now your task is to put planets into the correct order.

(Students put the names of the planets on the blackboard in the correct order).

T: What are these (inner) planets?

Ss: They are called inner planets. They are made of rocks and metal.

T: What are these (outer) planets?

Ss: They are called outer planets. They are made of gases.

T: There are 2 texts in each group. One is in your books at page 52 and the other is the copy (On Screen 1 Unit 7 CLIL Science). Your task is to compare the information in two texts. Moreover (beside this) every group has its questions to answer.

Group 1 – find 2 different facts.

Group 2 – find 3 new facts

Group 3 – find 4 the same facts.

You have approx. 5 min.

Students tell their answer aloud.

T: There is a text in every group. (listen to the text)(On Screen 1 Unit 7 CLIL Science)  Fill in the gaps. The team which finishes first gets the points.

 

 

 

Let’s practice. Here is the game “Cross and knouts”.

Did	How	What
When	Why	Can
Where	Do	Is

 

One more task. It’s a race of sentences. But the winner is the last with the sentences. You are allowed to add but not to repeat the facts. (What we have learned about the sun).

 

H/W make 5 clues game about the Solar System.

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

Handouts:                                                                                                                 

Mercury

 

Venus

 

Earth

 

Mars

 

Jupiter

 

Saturn

 

 

Uranus

 

Neptune

 

 

 

How many seasons are there in the year?     How big is the sun?

 

How long does the Earth revolve?

 

 How can you change the word revolve?

 

Did you see the Sun yesterday?      Did you know that the sun is a big star?

 

What do you know about the Solar System?               What is the sun?

 

What happens when the Earth rotates?    

   

 Why do we have day and night/ seasons?

 

When will the sun die?               When can’t you see the sun?

 

Is it a star?                 Is it a planet?                Where is the sun?

 

Where does the sun rise/ set in the morning/ evening?

 

Do you see the sun at night?              Do you know anything about the sun?

 

Can you walk on the sun?                 Can the sun “eat” the Earth?