Week 6 - Materials: Iron & Steel

 

 

Week 6 - Materials: Iron & Steel Objectives Activities Monday Wednesday Resources

 

Objectives

By the end of this week, students will have..

• read, listened and discussed about the uses iron & steel as construction materials in architecture and urban planning:
  • history of iron & steel as construction materials
  • characteristics
  • advantages and disadvantages
  • their uses in modern constructions and cities
• recorded a podcast

 

Activities

 

Monday

 

 

1. Check the interactive materials lab, and take notes on the characteristics of these materials on your wiki (iron & steel page).

 

2. Watch the videos below: Corrugated Iron in Australia and Iron & Steel Workers

 

• Corrugated iron (CGI) in Australia

Take notes on your wiki about:

• What corrugated iron is
• Characteristics
• Uses through history

 

• Steel & Iron Workers

 

 

Take notes on your wiki about:

• What it takes to be an iron worker

 

3. Listen to the iron & steel podcast

 

The podcast is courtesy of Kat Urbaniak from Scotland, in Canada

 

 

4. Discusss with a classmate in a chat (Use Yahoo Messenger):

• How are iron and steel used in architecture and urban planning?
• What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of each of these materials?
• What is corrugated iron? How has it been used in Australia?
• What should be the traits of an iron worker?

 

• Save the chatlog and post it to the iron & steel chatlog forum in Moodle.

 

Wednesday

 

 

Reading

 

1. Do the reading Iron and Steel found in Moodle

 

2. Do the post-reading activities contained in the document. Follow the instructions given (note: post the exercises to your wiki)

 

3. Practice the vocabulary in this unit with these interactive exercises

 

Flashcards

Matching

Concentration

Word search

 

 

4. Select 5 words from the games and write a paragraph related to your field using the 5 words selected.

 

5. Record your paragraph in your MyChingo and post the link to your wiki.

 

 

Homework:

• Complete the Iron & Steel worksheet found in Moodle and post your answers to the Iron & Steel forum in Moodle.

 

• Add new words to the glossary in Moodle

 

 

 

 

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