A series of lessons for year 5/6 of a Secondary Academic School in Austria (GW-Unterricht 2003-2015)

A series of lessons for year 5/6 of a Secondary Academic School in Austria (GW-Unterricht 2003-2015)

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This graphic shows an approximate representation of coastal areas under a hurricane warning (red), hurricane watch (pink), tropical storm warning (blue) and tropical storm watch (yellow).

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The lesson modules below address an issue which will already be known to pupils from the lower secondary grades. Tropical rainforests play an important role time and again – and not only in geography lessons.

A bilingual geography lesson by Gisela Weih / Birgit Kühn. Aims at students aged 12 years, who had been taught English for two years. Quelle: CD-ROM des EU-Projekts BILD - Bilingual Integration of Languages and Disciplines, University of Nottingham 2001

A bilingual geography lesson by Gisela Weih / Birgit Kühn. Aims at students aged 12 years, who had been taught English for two years. Quelle: CD-ROM des EU-Projekts BILD - Bilingual Integration of Languages and Disciplines, University of Nottingham 2001

In this lesson, students learn about rain forests around the world, using the Barro Colorado biological reserve in the Panama Canal as a starting point. They then take part in a mock international summit, in which they present information on the challenges facing these rain forests and the initiatives in place to preserve and protect them. (New York Times Lesson Plan ...