domenica 28 febbraio 2016

Town (grade 5)


There are many buildings in town


Guess the place in town


Revise vocabulary



Directions: go straight on, turn left, turn right....


Lesson 7 test

PAIR WORK 



Children are invited to have a conversation about energy sources by following a model:

Oil
A: Is oil a renewable source of energy?
B: No, it isn’t
A: Is it emission free?
B: No, it isn't

Exchange roles and have the same dialogue about:

  • Solar power
  • Hydropower
  • Wind energy
  • Oil
  • Natural gas
  • Coal
  • Biomass
Fill in the test

domenica 21 febbraio 2016

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:

domenica 14 febbraio 2016

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



mercoledì 10 febbraio 2016

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


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



martedì 9 febbraio 2016

Energy - Lesson 3: primary and secondary energy energy sources

Energy sources: primary and secondary


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?