My CLIL Science Corner

Good afternoon teachers! Have you realised it's just four weeks until the end of the school year? This countdown makes me feel stressed, but I had to share with you this tip my 6th graders shared with me two weeks ago. As you may have read in other posts, I use videos in my CLIL Science classes to clarify concepts, to introduce content... (you can also  read a post " Videos and Songs for your CLIL Science Lessons" ). This term my students are learning about "Invertebrate animals". I wanted them to search for their own information and I suggested them watching some videos I had found on Youtube. The content and the language were quite good for my students, but the character spoke too fast. When I arrived in class, I told them about the videos and explained them we were going to watch the videos several times because the character spoke too fast. Some of the students raised their hand and said: "Don't worry, Eva! You can slow down the playback speed"...

  Hi! Some weeks ago I wrote an article for the magazine of my school. In this article, I explain how CLIL has been implemented in our school. While writing this article, I came up with the idea of sharing with you the contents I teach in my CLIL Science lessons. In another post, I shared with you why in my school we decided to teach Science with a CLIL approach (click here to read the article), but I have not shared which contents I teach in my CLIL Science lessons. In the school where I am working at present, I have taught Science with 6-7 y/0 and 10-11 year-olds. UNITS CREATED FOR 6-7 YEAR-OLDS 👉 Move Your Body In this unit, students learn about: *Parts of the body and actions *How their bodies have changed from babyhood to childhood *Our senses (hearing, tasting, touch and smell) 👉 Recycle And Save The Planet In this unit, students learn about: *The materials objects are made of (paper, plastic, fabric, wood, glass...) *Natural or man-made objects/materials *The properties o...

  HAPPY SATURDAY!! Teachers,  Today I would like to share with you the session 6 of the ELECTRICITY unit I have been sharing during these last weeks. It is going to be FREE until Monday 12th, so hurry up to download this material. Then, it will be availabe in my TpT Store . This unit is a Jigsaw activity, a cooperative Learning technique. This session includes: * Lesson plan of the unit * Adapted information about Renewable and Non Renewable energies * Worksheet to track experts' information in pairs * Worksheet track all the experts' information I hope you like this cooperative learning technique and that your students have fun doing it. Eva ❤

  Good evening! How are you? I hope you are making the most of your Easter break.  In previous posts, I shared two of the sessions of the Electricity unit I implemented in my Science CLIL classes during the the 2nd term. Now it's time to share session 5: "Introduction to Renewable and Non renewable Energies".  It includes: 1) Lesson plan of the session 2) Link to the video "ELECTRICITY: ITS SOURCES. RENEWABLE AND NON RENEWABLE ENERGIES" BY SCIENCE FOR KIDS 3) A set of question to ask after watching the video (oral comprehension) 4) Worksheet to complete a mind map with the information from the video Click on the image to DOWNLOAD this material for FREE.  I will be very glad if you leave me a comment sharing how it has worked in your class or suggesting improvements. Eva ❤

  Hi teachers, How are you going? Some months ago I shared on my Instagram how my students do experiments and how they report results in our CLIL Science lessons.  Sometimes English and CLIL teachers complain because their students don't speak English in class. From my point of view, the most important issue we should take into account is that we offer students with motivating and meaningful situations, so that they are eager to use language. However, some of our students may not feel confident yet. In my case, my students are 10-11 year-old and they don't have a good command of English yet.  Here's when SCAFFOLDING should appear. Thanks to CLIL methodology , we can plan Language for Learning and Language of Learning in advance. This is a great opportunity to make sure our students have the language accessible to them. It is a good idea to have the structures and vocabulary they will need in a visible place, so that if a student needs to take a look at it, he/she can do...

  Hi teachers, Have you wondered what is the best subject to teach with a CLIL approach? Yes? No? Well, I think that in fact there isn't a best subject to teach with a CLIL approach. Now you may think: "so... how can I decide in which subject to implement CLIL?  First, let me tell you why I think there isn't a best subject for CLIL . CLIL is a methodology and as methodology CLIL gives you the principles you must apply when planning a CLIL unit o project. Whatever the subject you are going to teach CLIL, you should plan carefully Content, Cognition, Communication and Culture. Even though, there isn't a best subject, in my opinion the main objective of applying CLIL is that our students are able to communicate in L2, therefore choosing a subject which can offer them situations in which our students can use the language for a communicative purpose should be a must. Would you like to know why my school decided to teach Science with a CLIL approach ? Great! Keep reading ;)...

  Hi teachers, Today I would like to talk to you about teaching VOCABULARY and GRAMMAR in CLIL . Should we teach vocabulary and structures before starting a Science or Arts unit?  After years of teaching with a CLIL approach, I confess there isn't a specific way to do so. I am going to tell you about my experience as a CLIL Science teacher. From my point of view, it depends on the age you are teaching and your students' level of English. When I teach 6-9 year-olds , I usually spend the first two sessions to teach and revise the new vocabulary that they are going to need in the new unit. And you may wonder how I do it. At these ages, I like using flashcards or realia and to play games with them. You can find some ideas about how to use flashcards in the post my dear friend and colleague Núria and I prepared: Let's see it with an example. The CLIL unit " A Healthy Mind into a Healthy Body " was divided into differents parts: 1) Introduction to Food 2) Where does it ...