Bilingual Instruction Universo can help you meet the needs of Spanish-speaking students, or students who are learning Spanish. Have the Universo compact discs available in a listening station. Use the programs to introduce the lessons and vocabulary to bilingual students before you present instruction in English. Have students who need support in Spanish listen to the programs as a way to review concepts taught in English. Encourage students of advanced Spanish to listen to Universo programs to learn key vocabulary and phrases.
Students can then check their comprehension by listening to the English version of the programs.
Use the programs to explore the cultural perspectives relating to astronomy and to teach about the impact of the celestial events on cultural development. Universo has special features relating astronomy to Latin America and other Spanish-speaking countries. Cross-Curiculum Connections Language Arts and Social Studies Use the programs on skylore to create interest in mythology and social studies lessons relating to ancient civilizations. Use the scripts from the StarDate web site and articles from StarDate magazine as supplemental reading materials. Create a StarDate resource station where students design a filing system to organize the information they have gathered from the StarDate or Universo programs.