Lesson 6: Situation in Italy. Let's play games

What's the situation in Italy?

Visit the following page and fill in the table:

Find four words hidden in the "Word search game"

Let's play a memory game:

Generate electricity: how does it work?

This is a torch that works with electricity generated by pressing a button:

This is how it works:

Let's have a look inside

Here you can see what happens inside any time you press the botton

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In the following video there are instructions for building a simple generator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmo7UUma1ko

Energy - Lesson 5: renewable sources of energy. what are advantages and disadvantages?

Let's divide in groups: every group has to find advantages and disadvantages in using different renewable sources of energy:

1. WIND POWER
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2. SOLAR POWER
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3. HYDROPOWER
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4. GEOTHERMAL POWER
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Find some information at the following link: http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=renewable_home-basics

More renewable sources of energy:

5. HYDROGEN POWER
A Hydrogene powered car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9plp8KsNq1k

6. BIOMASS POWER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slQRWbRE8VI

Wave power (another type of hydropower)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcStpg3i5V8

Energy - Lesson 3: primary and secondary energy energy sources

Energy sources: primary and secondary

Read this internet page and fill in the table:

http://www.eniscuola.net/en/argomento/energy-knowledge/energy-sources/primary-and-secondary-sources/

 
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Let's play with energy:

let's make a pinwheel

What happens if you blow on the pinwheel?

What energy are you simulating?

Let's make an aluminium spiral and put it over a candle: what happens?

Energy - Lesson 4: Fossil fuels

We use a lot of energy every day:

Where does the majority of it come from?

While watching the video fill in this exercise

We don't want a polluted planet: so why don't we use other energy sources?

A Clil path to study ENERGY

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Lesson 5

Lesson 6

Lesson 7

Energy - Lesson 2: some questions about energy

Lesson 2: Questions about energy

Work in 3 groups and find 6 answers to one of these questions:

Group 1: When do you spend energy? 

Example: I spend energy when I ride my bike

Group 2: What objects need energy? 

Example: Cars need energy

Group 3: Where can you get energy from? 

Example: I can get energy from the sun

Change question (twice): add 3 answers to the ones of the previous group.

Share your ideas with the whole class.

A CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) path: a learning object about Energy (GRADE 5)

First step: BRAINSTORMING

Do you need more vocabulary?

Actions

Means of transport

Electric devices

Watch this video and find out how ENERGY id defined

(While watching the video fill in the text)

Lesson 2