Spanish Lesson: How to Save Energy At Home
Lesson Plan
3 hoursGrades6, 7, 8Spanish
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Written by Liz Ransom
About this lesson
In this lesson, students learn about the impact of household energy use on climate change and compare and contrast strategies to reduce emissions in Chile and the United States.
Inquire: Students share observations and questions about the impact of households on climate change.
Investigate: Students explore the sources and uses of electricity in households in Chile and the United States.
Inspire: Students identify ways to promote household energy efficiency and conduct class surveys about habits.
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Positives
- Students immerse themselves in authentic Spanish language audiovisual resources and explore cultural perspectives in addition to learning about climate change.
- The lesson includes many hands-on and communicative activities.
- Teachers can customize the lesson by selecting activities from each section that best fit their class.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should be familiar with numbers, weather, some geographical features, parts of a house, and household activities prior to this lesson.
- Students should have basic skills in the present tense to describe a place in a house and be able to ask and answer questions about daily activities.
- The card game in the Investigate section requires a set of cards for every 4-5 students to be printed, cut, and pasted onto a sturdy backing.
- The communicative game in the Inspire section requires a die or a set of dice for each pair of students.
Differentiation
- Students can watch the videos as a class, in pairs, or individually.
- Novice students can focus on describing what they see in the videos using familiar vocabulary and can use the English language version of the EPA website.
- Novice-high and Intermediate-low students can engage with the spoken and written messages in the videos and use the Spanish language version of the EPA website.
From the scientist review
Energy-efficient homes are an important part of solving the climate crisis, as this lesson explains. This lesson shows how Chile is planning to make homes more energy efficient. This lesson passed the scientific review process.
Los hogares energéticamente eficientes son una parte importante de la solución de la crisis climática, como se explica en esta lección. Esta lección muestra cómo Chile está planeando hacer que los hogares más eficientes energéticamente. Esta lección pasó el proceso de revisión científica.
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About the teacher writer
Liz Ransom
High School Teacher
As a High School Spanish teacher and student newspaper advisor, Liz has taught for over 20 years and has served as World Languages Department Chair and K-6 summer camp activities leader. She has worked in Ohio, Maine, New Jersey, Maryland, and Chile.
