Interdisciplinar Project "Do you know your planet?

1. INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT: “THE SOLAR SYSTEM”
4th
YEAR PARC DE LES AIGÜES SCHOOL (FIGUERES) 2014

2.  Hello!
 My name is Sílvia Alonso Rudó and I am the
teacher of the 4th
year at the Parc de les Aigües
school in Figueres.
 I’m a teacher of the “cicle mitjà” (3rd
and 4th
grade).
I HOPE YOU LIKE THIS PROJECT!

3.  Every year the students of cicle mitjà participate in an
interdisciplinary project. There are two projects : “Dalí”
and “Solar System”.
 This year we are working on the solar system.
 The teachers of my cycle realized, from the evaluations
done in the last two years, that the students were very
interested in the Earth and in the Moon, and there
weren’t enough sessions in the project to work on them
in depth. That’s why, and thanks to the GEP course,
Caterina Ferrer and I decided to reorganise these two
themes respectively.

4.  Learning objectives: (content and language)
• To learn the contents related to the Earth seen in this didactic unit.
• To relate the contents related to the Earth with others seen in the project.
• To get the global meaning of the oral messages.
• To participate actively in the oral activities using the linguistic structures and
vocabulary that appeared in the didactic unit and paying attention to the
fluency and accuracy.
• To get the global meaning of the written messages.
• To participate actively in the written activities using correctly the linguistic
structures and vocabulary that appeared in the didactic unit paying
attention to the spelling and grammar: the Earth, the continents, the water,
the air, the animals and the plants are...have.... There is/are ........ on the
Earth. We are the...group. The parts of ...are...
• To use some web pages and informatics tools needed to develop the project
(word, powerpoint, web sites: www.nasa.gov (nasakids clubhouse)
www.pinterest.com, www.xtec.cat, www.slideshare.com).
• To contribute to the work carried out by the group .

5.  Competencies involved:
• Communicative competence (linguistic and audiovisual)
• Artistic and cultural
• Digital competence
• Learn to learn
• Autonomy and personal initiative
• Knowledge and interaction with the physical world.
• Social competence
 Assessment:
• Teacher’s rubric
• Individual rubric (students).
• Small group rubric (students).

6.  WHO? This experience was carried out by the
4th
year-students.
 WHEN? At the end of the first term during the
Sciences, Artistic and Tutorial lessons.
 In some sessions, two teachers are needed.

7. SESSION 1. ACTIVITY 1. WE RECEIVED AN
EMAIL FROM AN ALIEN
SESSION 1. ACTIVITY 2. WE DID A SEARCH
FOR INFORMATION ON THE NASA WEBSITE

8. SESSION 2. ACTIVITY 2.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR IDEAS ON THE
WEBSITE PINTEREST.COM
SESSION 2. ACTIVITY 1.
WE DECIDED IN GROUPS THE INDIVIDUAL
ROLES OF EACH CHILD.

9. SESSION 3. CHILDREN LOOKING FOR
IDEAS ON THE COMPUTER AND BEGIN TO
CREATE THE PROJECT.
SESSION 4. WORKING COOPERATIVELY

10. SESSION 5. PRESENTATION OF THE WORK
CONTINENTS GROUP AIR GROUP

11. PLANTS GROUP ANIMALS GROUP

12. WATER GROUP FINAL TASK: PREPARING THE EXHIBITION

14. SESSION 6. ACTIVITY 1. INDIVIDUAL
RUBRIC
SESSION 6. ACTIVITY 2. SMALL GROUP
RUBRIC

15.  These are my personal conclusions after having implemented this project:
Positive aspects
• The students became involved quickly in the working proposal. They were completely
motivated and eager to do it very well.Working in collaborative groups is also very
interesting.
• Students are not sufficiently accustomed to use ICT, they loved working with new
resources.
• I believe that classes are more motivating and are more consistent, using digital
resources .
 Negative aspects
• They have worked hard to speak, at all times in English, but they don't have enough
vocabulary to do so with confidence and security.
• Students are not accustomed to working in a cooperative way, it was difficult for
them to accept their roles.