Here is a special report from Infonews about Japan. First, some
information about how nuclear plants work and what a melt down is, then
some links to articles, a diagram, a video and a timeline that
you can use in class and a link to all the special reports and live
coverages from the radio and TV channels all over the world, and my
short selection, and finally a controversial cartoon to tell children
about the possible nuclear disaster, worksheets from Time For Kids,
documents to start a debate and lesson plans from the New York Times.
Another thing....this
month is the 10th anniversary of "Le café Pédagogique" :
if you like (and/or use in class) what you read there (and in
Infonews), send me a short message in French or English, before
Saturday! ;)
amicalement,
Christine Reymond
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Technology
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How nuclear power works
From How Stuff Works
What is a meltdown
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Reports and analysis
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An article and a diagram
Wikipedia report
Interactive timeline
A video from Russia Today
Special reports and coverage from the newpapers and televisions
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For kids
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A controversial Japanese cartoon to defuse the nuclear fear
Time for Kids
Debate
Teaching ideas from the New York Times
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Technology
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How nuclear power works
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B2 From the Nuclear Power Association : no videos but clear information
about the fuel cycle, mining, enrichment, electricity generation, waste
management and decommission of a plant.
http://www.world-nuclear.org/how/how.html
B2 From the Union of Concerned Scientists : a different view of the
same thing : how nuclear power works, and links to articles about
safety, possible accidents (including terrorism)
http://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear_power/nuclear_power_technology/how-nuclear-power-works.html
B2 From Popular Sciences (Popsi) : “how nuclear reactors work and how
they fail”
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-03/whats-happening-japans-nuclear-power-plants
A2+ From a group of Physicists from the School of Physics at the
University of Melbourne in Australia : “how nuclear reactors work”
http://nuclearinfo.net/Nuclearpower/WebHomeHowNuclearReactorsWork
A2 video : on eHow, a teacher explains on the board how nuclear energy
works. It is short and clear, with just a mistake on the word by
product misspelled biproduct.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3IHWvIGVjg
B1 video : an interesting advertisement from the United Arab Emirates
(UEA) presenting howanuclear plant work with good diagrams. I found it
interesting to make HND (French BTS) students discover that the
document was biased…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJfIbBDR3e8
B2+ : from Ontario Power Genaration company : How a nuclear plant
works, including heavy water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXvc5jQVkVI
From How Stuff Works
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Diagrams and explanation on,
http://www.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power.htm
a more precise explanation of how nuclear fusion reactors work
http://science.howstuffworks.com/fusion-reactor.htm
a special site about Japan’s nuclear crisis
http://science.howstuffworks.com/japan-nuclear-crisis.htm
What is a meltdown
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A2+ / B1 An interesting news report from Good Morning America, on ABC
News.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_H3-Sy-Mzk
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Reports and analysis
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An article and a diagram
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Our CLIL colleague Jean Marc Brauer recommends this B2+ article from
Nature magazine, that presents the chain of events and its possible
consequences. There is also a good diagram of the core of the reactor.
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110315/full/471273a.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20110317
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110315/full/471273a/box/1.html
Wikipedia report
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Our CLIL colleague Jean Marc Brauer recommends this page on
Wikipedia explaining in details the accident, the present state of the
plant and the consequences, with clear diagrams and tables. The page is
regularly updated with the latest information. Level B2+
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_I_nuclear_accidents
Interactive timeline
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NPR show an interactive timeline, with videos and photos, day by day,
and regularly updated.
http://www.npr.org/2011/03/11/134451374/earthquake-rattles-japans-eastern-coast
A video from Russia Today
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With an interview of an American professor from the Peace institute in
Hiroshima; level B1+
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_H3-Sy-Mzk
Special reports and coverage from the newpapers and televisions
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All the special reports and coverage are listed there:
http://tvnewsradio.com/blog/internet-tv/japan-tsunami-watch-and-follow-live-streaming-and-real-time-updates/
Those sites are regularly updated with the latest news. I selected
especially:
HHK World (Japan) in English
http://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/
BBC (UK)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698
Euronews (France)
http://www.euronews.net/2011/03/11/earthquake-in-japan-follow-the-live-coverage-tokyo-pacific-tsunami/
The Guardian (UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/japan-earthquake-and-tsunami
CNN (USA)
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/japan.quake/index.html
Al Jazeera (Middle East)
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2011/03/20113124353222667.html
CBC (Canada)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/03/11/f-japan-earthquake-topix.html
The Australian (Australia)
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/japan-tsunami
3 News TV(New Zealand)
http://www.3news.co.nz/How-the-Japanese-earthquake-happened/tabid/313/articleID/202086/Default.aspx
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For kids
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A controversial Japanese cartoon to defuse the nuclear fear
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The Huffington Post, a US online newspaper, features an
article about a video explaining to Japanese children what happens and
why they shouldn’t be afraid. This video could start a discussion : is
it appropriate? Because it is scatological : Nuclear boy is sick and
his poo could be dangerous… Once you overcome this, I think the
document is interesting to analyse. It is in Japanese, with subtitles
in English, level A2.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/17/japan-nuclear-crisis-cartoon_n_837190.html
Time for Kids
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TFK features a news article “Japan’s nuclear fear” and two
mini-lessons for grades 3-4 and 5-6. The lessons are centred on
earthquakes, when and where they happen, and accompanied with
worksheets level A2 : “earth on the move”, interesting, “magnitude
scale” factual and “earthquake fact book”, less convincing.
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/minilessons/wr/0,28171,2058818,00.html
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/class/pdfs/2005F/051021_ns1.pdf
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/class/pdfs/2005F/051021_ns2.pdf
Debate
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On eTeachNet, our colleague Estelle Sanchez recommends this video from
May 2nd that presents people giving their arguments for and against
nuclear energy. Level B1
http://rt.com/news/resident-harfenist-nuclear-power/
And she adds that students who want to find more arguments can visit
this page on idebate for basic ideas. Level B1+
http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_details.php?topicID=15
You can find other pros and cons on this site from How Stuff Works
http://curiosity.discovery.com/topic/energy-conservation/10-pros-cons-nuclear-power.htm
Teaching ideas from the New York Times
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About the nuclear disaster : level B1+ to C1
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/crisis-in-japan-understanding-nuclear-energy-and-reactors/
about the earthquake and the tsunami : level B1+ to C1
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/11/teaching-ideas-the-earthquake-and-tsunami-in-japan/?nl=learning&emc=learninga1
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