Day and night Subject: Science Grade 2 Name

PRO-CLIL: Providing Guidelines for CLIL Implementation Prof. Dr. Ute Massler
in Primary and Pre-primary Education Claudia Steiert
Ein EU-Projekt zur Bereitstellung von Leitlinien für PH Weingarten
das Fremdsprachliche Sachfachlernen in Englisch Kirchplatz 2
im Grundschul- und Vorschulbereich 88250 Weingarten
Lesson Plan:
Day and night
Subject: Science
Grade 2
Name: Tabea Walz, Dorothee König, Stefanie Arnold
Date: July 17 th 2008
Teacher: Frau Lanz
School: Primary School Brochenzell
University
Teacher: Prof. Dr. Ute Massler, Claudia Steiert

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Name:Tabea Walz, Dorothee König, Stefanie Arnold Date: January 17 th 2008
Teacher: Frau Müller-Kopf School: Brochenzell Primary School
Dozentin: Frau Prof. Dr. Massler, Frau Steiert
Class 2 Topic: day and night Subject: Science
Subject Goals:
- The pupils are supposed to understand why there is day and night.
- The pupils are supposed to do experiments.
- The pupils are supposed to distinguish between daytime and night-time
activities.
- The pupils are supposed to recognize typical daytime and night-time
sounds.
Linguistic Goals:
- The pupils are supposed to learn new vocabulary.
- The pupils practice their English skills.
Materials and Equipment: booklet with worksheets, a globe, a flashlight, a paper doll, blue tack, glue, scissors, coloured pencils, pictures with activities, memory
game, CD player
Time Scheduled progress Styles of learning Media
Introduction
to the topic
ca. 5 min.
exploration
ca 5 min
consolidation
of learning
content
ca. 8 min
Role-Play: child is in bed and doesn’t want to get up; mother
tells him/her that it is daytime and he/she has to get up because
it is light; child wants to know why there is day and night.
(words: morning, night, night-time, day, daytime, dark, light, sun)
T; “I will show you why we have day and night“. T. sticks paper
doll on the globe. T. turns globe and shines a flashlight on the
globe. T. explains that the earth spins around and sun shines on
one side of the earth. That’s why we have day and night.
T. points to certain parts of the earth.
“This is the sun.”
“Here it is daytime. It’s light.”
“Here it is night-time. It’s dark.”
T. points to certain parts of the earth.
“This is the sun.”
“Here it is daytime. It’s light.”
“Here it is night-time. It is dark.”
T asks questions:
“Can you show me the sun?”
“Can you show me where it is daytime/light?”
“Can you show me where it is night-time/dark?”
plenum
plenum
Individual work
plenum
a globe, a flashlight, a paper doll, blue
tack

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practical
application
ca. 10 min
Concluding
activity
ca. 6 min
Now it’s your turn.
Teacher explains rotating work stations.
1. globe/sun
2. daytime and night-time activities
3. sounds of day and night
4. memory
Teacher and students talk about results of the experiments in
German.
T. introduces a rhyme “Every day I see the sun.” (with
movements and pictures)
group work
pupils’ booklet with worksheets,
globe,
a flashlight,
a paper doll,
blue tack,
glue, scissors, coloured pencils,
pictures with activities,
memory game,
CD player
Plenum Picture cards

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Science, day and night, class 2, T.Walz, D. König, S. Arnold, January 17
Rotating work stations
Experiment (globe and sun)

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Science, day and night, class 2, T.Walz, D. König, S. Arnold, January 17

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Science, day and night, class 2, T.Walz, D. König, S. Arnold, January 17
Activities

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Science, day and night, class 2, T.Walz, D. König, S. Arnold, January 17

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Science, day and night, class 2, T.Walz, D. König, S. Arnold, January 17

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Science, day and night, class 2, T.Walz, D. König, S. Arnold, January 17
Sounds

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Daytime sounds or night time sounds?
Decide if the sound is typical for daytime or night time.
Circle the answer.
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Science, day and night, class 2, T.Walz, D. König, S. Arnold, January 17
Memory

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Science, day and night, class 2, T.Walz, D. König, S. Arnold, January 17

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Science, day and night, class 2, T.Walz, D. König, S. Arnold, January 17

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Science, day and night, class 2, T.Walz, D. König, S. Arnold, January 17