Title of the
Unit: WATCHING WILDLIFE Course / Level:
3RD COURSE
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1. Learning
outcomes
Objectives
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To
understand how scientists (zoologists) work.
To
know the behavior of some animals, expecially birds.
To
identify different birds from our environment and what do they eat.
To
appreciate nature and landscapes that surrounds the students.
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2. C for Content
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Scientigic
method. How to observe nature.
Local
Birds: habitat and feeding.
Respect
nature and landscapes.
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3. C for Communication
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Vocabulary
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Names
of little birds from their natural environment such us: coal tit, great
tit, blue tit...
What
do birds eat: seeds, fruit and nuts...
Birdfeeders,
bird nests.
Names
of materials: plastic, bottles, wood, string...
Different
orders to make things: cut, paste, fold, make...
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Structures
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Making
short sentences describing animals with the verbs to have and to live. 3rd
person (sing/plu) of these verbs.
_________ has (colour) (part of the animal)
They live in_______
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Language skills Discourse type
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Listening:
listening to the explanations of the teacher and listening to their classmates.
Speaking:
working in small groups
Reading:
information about characteristics of the animals in books, computer... and
reading instructions to make the nests.
Writing:
short sentences describing each bird and its habits using the structures of
the proyect.
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4. C for Cognitive
Thinking processes
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Attention,
listening the sounds of each bird.
Work
in groups.
Look
for information from different websites, analyze and synthesize it choosing
the important one.
Think
about the importance of the environment in human life.
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5. C for Culture
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Knowing
our natural environment.
Respect
the environment.
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6. Activities
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Act.
1. Going out for a Scientific Walk around the pine forest to see plants and
living things. Taking with us binoculars and their notebooks, students must
make notes of everything they see and listen, paying attention on birds.
Act.
2. Looking for information about the birds we have seen, drawing and
colouring them, writing their characteristics using new structures and
vocabulary.
Examples:
Coal tit has black head
Blue tits have blue head
Great tits have yellow body.
Act
3. Arts and crafts proyect. Making bird feeders and colocate them.
Act.
4. Arts and crafts activity. Making bird nests and colocate them.
Act.
5. Write everything we do and observe in a special notebook.
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7. Tasks
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The
final task must reflect in the notebook what they have learnt during the
proyect.
In
all activities, and using a camara, students have to record all of the
process and at the end, they have to make a short film telling about what
have they done.
They
film must last between 1 and 2 minutes.
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8. Cross-curricular tasks
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Arts: Making the bird feeders and
nests.
Maths. Measure length.
English. Practise the structures of
the proyect.
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Methodology
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9. Organization and class
distribution. Timing
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Act.
1. Individual Work. 1 session.
Act.
2. Whole Class Activity. 2 sessions.
Act.
3. Group Work. 1 session.
Act.
4. Group Work. 2 sessions.
Act.
5. Individual Work. They do it at home.
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10. Resources
and materials
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To record everything we need a camara.
Materials to construct the objects:
hammer, nails, wood, screwdriver, plastic bottles, varnish, binoculars...
Resources: https://www.seo.org/
Many websites from Internet.
Different guides of local plants and
animals.
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11. Key Competences
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Linguistic competence. Understand and
sumarize texts. Speaking in English.
Mathematic competence. Measure things.
Social competence. Work in group.
Digital competence. Choose real
information from the Internet.
Cultural competence. Learning from our
environment.
Learn to learn competence. Observate and
analyze things.
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12. Assessment:
criteria and instruments
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Two different criteria are used to
evaluate the proyect.
Observing the students every day and
analysing the final task.
Language: accuracy, structures,
vocabulary...
Skills: presentation, organization,
speaking...
Attitude during the proyect...
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