The Electronics LaboratoryA CLIL Lesson

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TOPICAn introduction lesson for a class which will be learning about the environment inside an electronics lab.

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CONTENTWorking in an electronics lab includes several aspects such as Safety Practices, the use of Basic Test Equipment, and the use of various electronic components.

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CommunicationWorking in teams inside an electronics laboratory, the students will share information about the environment found inside an electronics lab, and about the tools, equipment and components that will be handled.

Key Content Words from the technical vocabulary include working procedures, safety measures, tools and equipment (soldering iron, long nose pliers, side-cutters, digital multimeters, etc.), and electronic components. The students will learn how to use the imperative.The scaffolding used will mainly be based on work sheets with pictures of tools, and an online CALL unit where they can click on all the words and look them up in dictionaries.

Some more Scaffolding Techniques to help students

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COGNITIONThe Learners will use and acquire several Cognitive Skills. They will: • understand basic electronics lab practices.• apply their knowledge and instruct peers or other students on

how to work safely in a lab. • become familiar with the basic tools and equipment used

inside an electronics lab, as well as the electronic components utilized.

• remember key vocabulary and use it in different ways as part of instructions.

• through the activities, use both HOTS & LOTS – Higher Order Thinking Skills & Lower Order Thinking Skills. See Bloom’s Wheel, i.e. from understanding through applying, to evaluating the practices required when working in an electronics lab, as well as when constructing and testing electronic circuits.

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COMPETENCEOn completion, Students:• can adopt good working practices in an

electronics lab• can follow safety practices when

working in an electronics laboratory• are familiar with basic tools and test

equipment used inside an electronics lab

• can identify the different types of components used to construct electronic circuits

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COMMUNITYModern everyday life requires the use of advanced electronic technology. Control of all that we use relies mainly on electronics.

Familiarity with the procedures followed when working inside an electronics lab will help a person:• appreciate further that the electronic equipment

used in modern everyday life must be handled properly

• identify more easily the components used to assemble the electronic equipment used in modern everyday life

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Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy of Learning Behaviours

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Remember

Understand

Apply Analyze Evaluate Create

Higher Order

Thinking Skills - HOTS

Lower Order

Thinking Skills - LOTS

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Learning Behaviours

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We have to remember a concept before we can understand it.We have to understand a concept before we can apply it.We have to be able to apply a concept before we analyze it.We have to analyze a concept before we can evaluate it.We have to remember, understand, apply, analyze, and evaluate a concept before we can create.

Bloom’s Wheel

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ACTIVITIESACTIVITY 1• Introduction to the environment found in an

electronics workshop• Familiarization with the safety procedures to

be followed when working in an electronics laboratory

• Introduction to the basic use of hand tools and basic test equipment

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ACTIVITIESACTIVITY 2• Introduction to different types of electronic

components• Identification of electronic components by

means of the symbols used in circuit diagrams• Identification and selection of appropriate

electronic components in practice

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