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The aim.
To develop understanding of the Indian Ocean and its parts, the
phenomena of monsoon, the mechanism of formation and their
consequences.
Useful resources: textbook for grade 8, materials for experiments,
computer, internet connection. The necessary materials for
experimentation are described in the experiments.
Languages of instruction: Latvian, Russian, English
Length of the course: 1 lesson in the classroom, 1 lesson in the computer
class.
Procedure:
Introduction and topic upgrade.
The teacher, together with the students, repeats the information about the
Indian Ocean:
• Name how many oceans they know, determine their distribution by area;
• hy the Indian Ocean is the warmest one of the oceans;
• The emergence of the Indian Ocean name
• The Indian Ocean as an important maritime transport route
Understanding the subject.
1) The teacher informs that one of the lessons is to understand the
important natural processes in the ocean, the monsoon activity.
In order to understand the mechanism of the monsoon better, students are
offered to make 3 experiments.
The teacher instructs each student, depending on his/her abilities and
characteristics, to perform a specific task during the experiment. Students
carry out experiments, note the main observations and try to explain the
results of the observations.
2) Students talk with the teacher about the results of the experiment.
