TITLE

THE HYDROSPHERE

GROUP

1º ESO

RESOURCES
AND MATERIALS

-Activity Book (charts, questions, exercises...)

-Schemes on the blackboard (water cycles).

-Labels of mineral water.

-Presentations with the computer.

-Internet (pictures, interactive exercises...).

-The river of Ubrique and the spring of “Nueve Caños”.

-Experimental model of underground water and model of water purification

-Interpretation of graphics and tables.

-Educational films.

-Text containing conflicts related to water.

TEACHERS

Content teacher

Pablo Acosta Robles

English teacher

Josefina Herrera Cides and Mª Carmen Chilla Castro.

Language assistant

Lorna Geddie and Eleonora Scheltus

AIMS

English

-Point out the names of different courses and masses of water in a picture.

-Write a composition with this title Saving water.

- Learning specific terminology: pure water, salty water, fresh water, sea, ocean, river, stream, lake, reservoir, glacier, underground water, water cycle, well, waves, tides, currents, saving water, pollution, pollutant, waste, oil spill, drought.

Content

-Explain the meaning of hydrosphere and draw a scheme with the different places with water in nature.

-Explain why there are so much water on Earth and so many people lack of it.

-Compare the amount of dissolved salts in pure water, tap water and sea water.

-Explain why ice floats on liquid water.

-Draw a picture showing water cycle.

-Point the causes of waves, tides and currents.

-List public works in order to provide water for human requeriments.

-Write a composition about actions and behaviours to save water.

-List the main water pollutants and their origin.

-Explain the consequences of an oil spill.

-Propose solutions for water pollution.

ACTIVITIES/

TEACHING TECHNIQUES

-Making and interpreting graphics, answering questionnaires and completing charts.

-Making a presentation about water cycle using OpenOffice Impress.

-Studying river of Ubrique and springs near the School.

-Studying the chemical composition of mineral water.

-Lab experiments.

-Designing model of underground water and purification station.

-Look into the Ryan’s well and ask some questions.

-Looking for solutions for conflicts related to water.

-Making a poster about Let’s save water.

-Working on the Internet.

-Discussion about pollution.

CONTENTS

Concepts

-Concept of hydrosphere.

-Water and living beings.

-The water cycle.

-Continental water.

-Marine water.

-Saving water.

-Water pollution.

Procedures

-Extract information from tables, schemes, graphics and maps.

-Design experimental devices.

-Use OpenOffice Impress.

-Discussion in small groups and then put the ideas in common.

Attitudes

-Value the importance of water.

-Interest to know where we take water from.

-Recognise the impact on water of humankind.

-Develop personal behaviours to save water and to reduce water pollution.

ASSESMENT

-Written tests.

-Presentation about water cycle.

-Avertising poster about saving water.

-Activity book and homework.

-Work in small groups.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Visit http://www.ieslosremedios.org/~pablo/webpablo/web1eso/4hydrosphere/guiahydrosphere.html