Science Across the World
Saturday May 2nd, 2009Keith Kelly
Content and Language Integrated Learning in Action.
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Topics (1)Topics (1)
1) Acid rain (12/16)
2)2) Biodiversity around us (12/15)Biodiversity around us (12/15)
3)3) Chemistry in our lives (12/15)Chemistry in our lives (12/15)
4)4) Climate change (14-16)Climate change (14-16)
5)5) Domestic waste (12/16)Domestic waste (12/16)
6)6) Drinking water (12/15)Drinking water (12/15)
7)7) Eating and drinking (10/12)Eating and drinking (10/12)
8) Global warming (15/16)
9)9) Keeping healthy (12/15) Keeping healthy (12/15)
10)10) Plants and me (10-12)Plants and me (10-12)
10) Renewable energy (12/15)
11) Talking about Genetics (14/16)
12) What do you eat? (12-14)
Translated into many languages including Portuguese!
Meet the Experts: www.embo.org/ellsReal Science in the Classroom
Year of the potato 2008: www.potato2008.org
Online Software: www.illumination-ed.co.uk
Exchange your results and opinions
Genetics Today (1)Genetics Today (1)Genetics Today (1)Genetics Today (1)
Darwin-Year 2009Celebrating his birthday,
Feb. 12th, 1809
Celebrating the publishing of“On the Origin of Species....“
Nov. 24th,1859
http://darwin-year-2009.org
Genetics Today (2)Genetics Today (2)Genetics Today (2)Genetics Today (2)
Let us start new student activities:
Talking about Darwin Across the World
www.darwin-jahr.de/ (only in German)
www.neanderthal.de
www.homoheidelbergensis.de
Darwin-Year 2009Darwin-Year 2009Darwin-Year 2009Darwin-Year 2009
Comenius INSET with SAW linkComenius INSET with SAW linkComenius INSET with SAW linkComenius INSET with SAW link
Open to all teachers in EU- and affiliated countries
Next course:July 2008 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Interculturalising Education: Content, Language and Culture for Schools Links and Partnerships
http://ec.europa.eu/education/trainingdatabase/index.cfm?fuseaction=DisplayCourse&cid=12511
http://www.scienceacross.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.showcontent&node=676
Conclusions
• Sign up• Choose a topic (see sample exchange forms)• Discuss with students• Find partner (s)• Identify the language (task)• Survey group• Exchange / publish• Compare
Why get involved
• Language in context
• Real communication
• Topics relevant to students’ curriculum
• Real-life topics
• And it’s free, but it might not be for long!
Links
• www.factworld.info
FACTWorld (forum for across the curriculum teaching)• [email protected]
e-group with 2700 teachers around the world• www.britishcouncil.org/eltecs
ELTeCS English Language Teaching Contacts Scheme, 20,000 +
e-group with 2700 teachers around the world• www.ccn-clil.eu
CLIL Cascade Network• www.onestopclil.com
The one stop place for content and language integrated learning