Image attribution for a CLIL lesson about light

Hi you all!

Today I would like to share with you what we’ve learnt with M.Jesús in class. We have learnt to respect copyrights and to identify where we have found images. We have also learnt how to cite the sources of the images that can be used.

This lesson was very useful for us as teachers, as we have to teach our students to be respectful with copyrights. They cannot use any images they find on the internet and use it in their own projects or assignments without giving due credit to the owner. We must teach them to cite, attribute and licence usable images. Digital citizenship implies the responsible use of online images or videos, among others.

There are two main advantages of using visuals in the classroom. The first is that visuals clarify the material being taught and the second is that visuals make learning more permanent. Seeing is a dominant sense from which most of our learning comes. So this tells us that the most effective way to clarify and bring understanding to what is being taught is to actually show the children.

M.Jesús asked us to propose a CLIL activity, and here it is mine. This activity will be used after a video presentation about ‘Reflection,’ ‘Refraction’ and ‘Dispersion’. Students will have to classify the following pictures into these three categories. 

Photograph by DasWortgewand. CC0 Creative Commons

Photograph by Skitterphoto. CC0 Creative Commons

Photograph by Dirty Opi. CC0 Creative Commons

Photograph by Valeria Boltneva. CC0 Creative Commons

Photograph by Stux.CC0 Creative Commons

Photograph by Berkanbicakhan. CC0 Creative Commons

Photograph by Stevepb. CC0 Creative Commons

Photograph by Go_see. CC0 Creative Commons

These pictures were taken from ‘Pexels’ and ‘Pixabay’.

Students will do the classification individually. Then, in pairs, they will discuss possible answers (they will try to reach an agreement. To do so, they will use the functions and structures of agreeing, disagreeing and giving an opinion). Finally, students will share their answers with the rest of the class and the teacher will correct the exercise. This activity follows the following strategy: Think-Pair-Share.

I thought that using pictures for this topic, related with the light, was engaging as well as necessary for understanding.

After watching the video and classifying the pictures, students will know that:

The reflection of light is a phenomenon wherein beams of light strike an object and bounce off them, changing direction.

Light dispersion is an optical phenomenon wherein light is separated into colours when it passes through certain media.

The refraction of light is a phenomenon wherein beams of light change direction when they pass from one medium to another, such as from air to water.

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