# CLIL/Volcanoes useful links

In questa pagina si propongono attività CLIL inerenti le Scienze della Terra, o link a siti e materiali utili per svolgere attività in lingua.

## CLIL activities on volcanoes
### Learning goals

After this activity a student should be able to explain the follow phenomena
* Describe the structure of a generic volcano
* Describe the types of volcanoes
* Describe how volcano forms
* Describe where volcanoes occur and why
* Describe the main active volcanoes in the world
* Describe the main active italian volcanoes

### Learning materials
#### Videos on YouTube (didattici)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgktM2luLo la prima parte è un po' d'effetto, la seconda è più didattica
StudyJams - Volcanoes simpatico cartone ma chiaro e semplice (ha bisogno del plugin flash attivato)
Khan Academy - Hawaiian-islands-formation formazione delle Hawai su Khan Academy (non c'è altro...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAR3P3Fshok altro semplice cartoon con audio ben fatto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRH1PAJGlvo da Mexus Education con logo davanti ...(sennò bisogna pagare...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJgwNqzumL8 breve ma con buon audio (e video low resol)

#### Videos on YouTube (documentari)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp0Xd1qvgGM documentario 44' LR ba discreto audio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlH7pCK4H-s&feature=youtu.be documentario BBC sulle eruzioni islandesi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksSFfm19cvY documentario BBC sui vulcani attivi

#### Wikipedia useful pages

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano the page about volcanoes on Wikipedia
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano the simple-english page on wikipdia <--- very useful to start!!!

#### Wikibooks about volcanoes

Volcanoes on Wikibook fo High School <-- very useful to work with (with exercises)
Tectonic plates (on Historical Geology)
Italian volcanoes
Volcanoes in the world

#### Vocabulary

Simple and good physical geografy glossary of terms
Wiktionary

#### SlideShare

http://www.slideshare.net/GavinMalavolta/volcanoes-types-structure-and-effects
http://www.slideshare.net/kkaiser55/volcano-notes-3057827

#### Useful software

Anki opensource software ti memorize terms and definitions. It's a flash card software. Here you can find a set of cards (deck) about volcanoes that help you to memorize the main english related words.

#### Other useful

http://ita.calameo.com/read/0011501068cc1a12471f3 è protetto ma si può leggere (8 pagine)
http://www.earth4567.com/talks/volcanoes.html (here you can find a good power point with lectures notes and execises)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7533964.stm animazione della BBC sui vulcani

### Example of a clil activity on vulcanoes

* Lesson 0 (homework): learn some key words about vulcanoes.
* Lesson 1: power point for basic informations on vulcanoes.
* Lesson 2: reading and listening exercises using wikipedia and wikibooks pages on vulcanoes.
* Lesson 3: watching a documentary on vulcanoes (with subtitles) (es. BBC Earth: The Power of the Planet. Volcano 1-5)
* Lesson 4-5: work in group: build a power point (or a document, or a web page, ...) on a related subject.
* Lesson 6: exposition of the work