EVALUATION CRITERIA AND AIMS

HISTORY

• To Value, respect and appreciate the leading figure of Galileo and his contribution to mankind.
• To know the time and culture in which Galileo lived.
• To develop and consolidate teamwork habits.
• To understand and express themselves in a foreign language properly,

SCIENCE

• To Know the inventions made by Galileo and to relate them to the different disciplines in which they are included.
• To recognize and value Galileo's contribution to science.

TECHNOLOGIES

• To learn some of the most famous structures in the world.
• To learn what a structure is, its function and classification.
• To know the internal forces within structures and to be able to identify them.
• To be able to identify structural components.
• To know Galileo`s mechanical devices.

CONTENTS

HISTORY

• Galileo's birth and childhood.
• Galileo's education and training.
• Galileo's work.
• Historical Context: Italy at the time of Galileo. Galileo's employers.
• Galileo's inventions.
• Inquisition and Galileo's reaction to it.
• Stance of the Church in later centuries.

SCIENCE

• Galileo's inventions.

TECHNOLOGIES

• Structures. Definition and classification.
• Famous structures in the world.
• Forces and loads.
• Internal forces within structures: compression, tension, bending, shear, torsion.
• Structural components: arch, column, beam, vault, dome, truss, cable and foundations.
• Types of bridges.
• Design and construct the structure of a Galileo`s mechanical device.

LANGUAGE (L2)

• Vocabulary:
  • Nouns:
    • physicist, mathematician, engineer, astronomer, philosopher, scientific revolution, Renaissance, achievements, improvements, telescope, Copernicanism, sunspots, military compass, heliocentrism, lifetime, geocentrism, stellar parallax, Roman Inquisition, thermoscope, Jesuits, Holy Office, heresy, lutenist, controversy, conjectures, estimates.
    • Inventor, compass, thermoscope, thermometer, water pump, floating bodys, spyglass, telescope
    • structure, skeleton, shell, force, load, compression, tension, bending, shear, torsion, bridge, tower, palace, castle, wall, bridge, building, cathedral, coliseum, arch, column.
  • Adjectives:
  • significant, aesthetic. applied, physical, fascinating, scientific, tentative. accurate.
  • natural/manufactured (structure), static/dynamic (load).
  • Verbs:
    • support, investigate, advocate, attack, accomplish
    • develop, expand, express, measure, travel, verify, discover, emit, resemble
    • build, stretch, lengthen, squash, shorten, twist, tear, cut, bend, support, stand, push, pull
  • Adverbs:
    • seriously, correctly, vehemently, uncritically, largely, previously, remarkably.
• Structures:
  • What is it used for/to?
  • It is used for + -ing/ It is used to + infinitive
  • Present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous
  • Passive: It was built in…
  • Relalives: He was the person who played a major role in the scientific revolution
• Discourse:
  • To define basic concepts related to structures in Galileo's inventions.
  • To make a spoken exposition of what has been learned in the unit.
  • To make a spoken exposition aiming at the presentation of the built model and each of the technical and technological process steps taking part in the building work

COMMUNICATION

• Reading: texts related to the unit and websites in English.
• Match Galileo's inventions pictures to their present utility after their evolution.
• Design and build one of Galileo's inventions model (telescope).
• Listening skills: listening to youtube videos.
• Writing: questions and answers for a quiz
• Use of English: grammar structures above
• Speaking: Explaining the work in class.

CULTURAL ELEMENTS

• To know Galileo's main inventions, their use and evolution up to date.
• To value Galileo's research contribution to mankind.
• To raise students' awareness of the knowledge of the world in which we live.

FINAL TASKS

HISTORY

• Each group will make up questions with four possible answers. They will be posted on IES Galileo website and students will be able to fill in an onlinesurvey.

SCIENCE

• Each group will prepare a multi-choice test with questions about Galileo's invention. This form is available online on the website of IES Galileo.

TECHNOLOGIES

• To make a spoken exposition aiming at the presentation of the built model of telescope and each of the technical and technological process steps taking part in the building work

TIMING

HISTORY

• Search for information using the Internet, library books, guides and other sources.
• http://www.symbaloo.com/home/mix/galileo4
• Sharing of information.
• Drafting of the text and selection of illustrative images
• Finalization of the presentation
• Students will be organized in class in the working groups already allocated.
• 6 sessions of 60 minutes

SCIENCE

• Warm-up activities.
• Several worksheets will be used to present the figure of Galileo and the development of the telescope.
  • Worksheet1
  • Worksheet2
  • Worksheet3
  • Worksheet4
• Search for information using the Internet, library books, guides and other sources.
• http://www.symbaloo.com/home/mix/galileo4
• Sharing of information.
• Development of multi-choice questions
• Submitting questions to a shared drive Google form.
• Students will be organized in class in the working groups already allocated.
• 6 sessions of 60 minutes

TECHNOLOGIES

• All intermediate tasks will be performed by groups (corresponding to the groups of the final task) except pre-task which will be made with the whole class group.
• PRE-TASK; to search for Galileo's main inventions and their development throughout history. (1 session)
• INTERMEDIATE TASKS: to design and build a model of Galileo's telescope using cardboard, paperboard and two lenses. (2 sessions)

RESOURCES

HISTORY

• Computer with Internet connection, pencil, English-Spanish dictionaries, reference books, graphics software and other presentations.
• Links
  • Wikipedia
  • galileo.rice.edu
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwG2aCEbJ5E
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmAYGcCd8j4

SCIENCE

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/scientists/galileo_galilei
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/galileo-experiments.html
• http://www.universetoday.com/48758/galileo-inventions/
• http://www.ehow.com/facts_5491727_list-galileos-inventions.html
• http://www.mid-day.com/articles/inventions-discoveries-of-galileo-galilei-that-shaped-modern-science/15897158
• Wikipedia
• All information search that students will do in the internet.

TECHNOLOGIES

• Cards of activities designed by the teacher
• Tools and materials for classroom-workshop
• Computers & Internet
• Text book
• Language assistant
• Chalkboard and whiteboard

KEY COMPETENCES

• Competence in linguistic communication
• Competence in knowledge and interaction with the physical world.
• Competence in processing information and use of the ICT.
• Competence in social skill and citizenship.
• Social and civic competence.
• Cultural and artistic competence.
• Learning to learn.
• Auonomy and personal initiative.

ASSESSMENT

HISTORY

• The work will be assessed as follows:
  • Contents - up to 4 points
  • Teamwork - up to 2 points
  • Exposition - up to 2 points
  • Presentation and originality - up to 2 points
  • The work as a whole will be worth 10% of the term marking

SCIENCE

• The work will be evaluated with a maximum score of 10 following the criteria related to the contents of subject included in a rubric.
• A learning diaryl will be filled after each session. Assessment of teamwork in each group will be included in the diary. The result will be taken into account when marking student work. Also each student will do self-assessment when the unit will be finished.

TECHNOLOGIES

• 70%: correct and complete performance of intermediate activities and final task.
• 20%: involvement in final task and teamwork. Oral participation in class. Proper development of ICT skills, mathematics, cultural and artistic, linguistic and learning to learn competences.
• 10%: Attitude in class. Respect for others. Interest in learning. Behavior. Organization of work (workbook).