Topic: Atmosphere and climate – revision

1st‑grade student of high school and technical school (basic programme)

Core curriculum

III. Atmosphere: climatic factors, distribution of air temperature, atmospheric pressure and precipitation, general atmospheric circulation, synoptic map, climatic zones and types of climates.

Student:

1) presents climatic factors determining the diversity of the Earth's climate;

2) explains the distribution of air temperature and atmospheric pressure on Earth;

3) explains the mechanism of atmospheric circulation and distribution of atmospheric precipitation on Earth.

General aim of education

The student repeats the knowledge and vocabulary in the department: atmosphere and climate

Key competences

• communication in the mother tongue;

• communication in foreign languages;

• digital competence.

Criteria for success
The student will learn:

• ask and answer colleagues' questions about the atmosphere and climate;

• fix the material from the lesson: „What are the most important constituents of the atmospheric air?”, „What layers is the atmosphere built in?”, „What determines the air temperature?”, „Is there a relationship between atmospheric pressure and wind?”, „Air circulation at Earth „,” Permanent winds and periodically changing winds „;

• consolidate vocabulary related to the „atmosphere and climate” department.

Methods/techniques

• expository

  • talk.

• activating

  • discussion.

• programmed

  • with computer.

• practical

  • exercices concerned.

Forms of work

• individual activity;

• activity in pairs;

• activity in groups.

Teaching aids

• e‑textbook;

• interactive whiteboard, tablets/computers;

• computers with internet access, or tablets.

Lesson plan overview

Before classes

• Before the planned repetitive lesson, the teacher asks all students to recall the material of the e‑textbook from the range of lessons about the atmosphere and climate, and the selected ones, to prepare a crossword based on the mechanism of the abstract for colleagues to work during the lesson.

Introduction

• The teacher gives the topic, the goals of the lesson in a language understandable for the student, and the criteria of success.

• The teacher reminds the participants of the classes what subject area the lesson will concern.

Realization

• Students display interactive crosswords on the interactive board. The task of the others is to guess individual passwords. After each crossword, students assess the questions based on the technique of lights (whether they are clear, logically formulated). The teacher assesses questions in terms of language and provides feedback.

• Asking questions. Students use the form to write questions addressed to a friend in order to check the understanding of the text being heard.

• Students, using the mechanism included in the abstract, prepare a test question for a friend.

• Students perform interactive exercise.

• Expanding and enriching English vocabulary in the issues covered in the lesson - students perform language exercises included in the abstract. The teacher makes sure that the tasks have been correctly completed and gives feedback.

Summary

• The teacher chooses one student by random method and asks him or her to explain in own words the meaning of a given word or concept learned during the lesson.

• The teacher displays the criteria for success and asks the students to assess their skills acquired during the classes.

• The teacher asks: If there was going to be a test on the material we have covered today, what questions do you think would you have to answer? If the students do not manage to name all the most important questions, the teacher may complement their suggestions.

Homework

• Listen to the abstract recording at home. Pay attention to pronunciation, accent and intonation. Learn to pronounce the words learned during the lesson.

The following terms and recordings will be used during this lesson

Terms

Texts and recordings

Atmosphere and climate – revision

Links to the lessons: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Links to the abstracts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6