IB Einheit 4 - "Wie die Welt funktioniert"
- How the uneven heating from the sun creates seasons, wind, and changes in temperature- Causes of severe weather For student examples click here: Thunder storms - Gewitter- Tracking weather- World climate zones, and their impact on people For student examples click here: World climate zones- Human impact on weather
The fourth IB Unit of the school year is all about weather and climate.
These are the lines of inquiry:
GLA connection - Poetry about weather (click here to watch examples of the previous years)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnqDQkXpkno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VJFA4JPk8k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pejy1mRRyII
Wetterrekorde: http://kinder.wetter.com/wetter_abc.php?kid=14&pageID=1
Final assessment of this IB-Unit: Film project about severe weather
1st German week:
Students join groups of 3 and start to investigate about their topic (tornado, blizzard, hurricane, monsoon, taifun, floods, droughts, climate change).
Goal of this week: Gathering of information about severe weather with the help of a mind map.
2nd German week:
Students create a slide show and write a film script for the movie about the severe weather they have chosen. They should clearly explain the four questions to the topic. Please see the slide show and the film script below for more details.
Goal of this week: Students are done with the script and the slide show. They start to practice the scenes of the film.
3rd German week
Student practice the scenes of the movie and film the movie in class. It is also possible to check out a camera to film the movie at home.
Monday - Wednesday: The groups can book time slots to film the movie in the classroom (during lunch, 45 minutes after school and when my interns are in class)
Goal of this week: Presentation of a scientific film about severe weather in class
Unwetter - FilmProjekt
Here you will find a script which should guide the students
Filmskript für Filmprojekt über Unwetter
Here are some interesting links to get online information about weather
About tracking weather: www.wetter.com
www.wetteronline.de/deutsch.htm
Interactive web page and a video about thunderstorms: http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/content/9280?inPopup=true
and enter / search for: GEWITTER & ABENTEUER WISSEN