In Malta

On day 4 we went on a field trip to Mdina and Rabat and it was an amazing surprise! After 3 days in St. Paul´s Bay, I was very happy to see that Malta has spaces that are taken care of with adequate facilities wich allow residents and tourists to have a good quality of life. Furthermore, the visit to the Wignacourt museum of Rabat was very rich in terms of historical background.

Still under the topic Life on Land, the day started with an activity of matching concepts and definitions wicha was followed by a review of the sequence of activities carried out from yesterday regarding their applicability in our classes. Then, to start the topic The Water, we held a Quizizz on Climate Change which was followed by an online survey, on sites provided by the trainer, with the aim of creating a mini-activity on climate change. I used some resources available on Earthday.com to create a Quizizz that was practiced by all trainees. Another activity developed was, from the visualization of a video about water pollution, to elaborate five questions. The objective was to do a speed dating at the end, so that we could see how a relatively simple activity is so conducive to the development of our students' learning. In order to exemplify a form of interdisciplinary articulation, we carried out the Turtle Maths activity and proved the possibility of articulation between the e...

Still under the theme of Life on Land, the second day began with an activity that consisted of editing a YouTube video adding integrated questions to which students could answer in short or multiple choice form. Next, we organized ourselves into groups of two and developed the activity Putting words in my mouth which consisted of making a script for a funny video, followed by its dramatization. The video chosen by my group was  Rollin' wild safari Under the Living Things theme, each trainee played a Kahoot and put their knowledge to the test. The last two activities were about taking notes. First, by using an example, where we could analyze two ways of note taking. Then, from a new text given by the trainer, each trainee took their notes on a given topic and  there was a mingle activity to answer questions about climate change.

After the icebreaker activity, in which the participants got to know each other better, various activities were carried out on the subject of the Sustainable Development Goals. Afterwards, teachers were able to use different applications which can be used as educational tools both by teachers and students. These apps include Nearpod, Baamboozle, Quizlet, Wordwall and Learning Apps. This allowed the participants to create a student activity using the SDGs, which was shared in group. The second part of the day started with a group activity where students had to recite as many SDGs as possible. Each group corrected the other one. To conclude the day, we focused on the SDG: Life on land. There were two activities: one where the alphabet was used to write down names of animals and plants as a way to spur students' awareness on biodiversity. The other one consisted in giving short answers while a video was being played. Finally, participants answered a Google Forms survey requested by Al...

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