Talking about Solids

Hi, kids. This e-tivity is about understanding a science text and finding out the main idea and supporting details. By the end, you'll be able to:

• explain what a solid is,
• identify the main characteristics solids have, and
• find out the main idea of a given text.

Average online time: 25 min
Average offline time time: 10 min
STEP 1 - Activating my knowledge device
a) What do I know about solids?
b) What would I like to know?

STEP 2 - Reviewing the Vocabulary
Please click here and do the activity there proposed. It will help you revise the key vocabulary of the text.

STEP 3 - Time to read
Below you'll find our Physics 5º newspaper, as you read a) take notes, and b) use this online dictionary if you do not know the meaning of a word.

What a beautiful snowflake :)


STEP 4 - Working with the text

Understanding a text implies "interacting" with it. Please, solve these activities:

a) Reading for specific information: True or False?
b) Checking Undertanding
c) Assesing language objective (I am able to find out the main idea of a text)  STEP 5 - Writing about Solids (Assessing content and cognition objectives)
Well kids, hope you have enjoyed all the above tasks. Now, it is time to post your comment.
Write minimum 40 words explaining what a solid is and some of its characteristics. Before posting your comment go through the following checklist to make sure to meet the requirements.


Resources:
The activities here proposed were done using the following programs:
a) Hotpotatoes versión 6
b) http://classtools.net/
c) http://www.gifup.com/