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CLIL with Mister V @ Het College Vilvoorde

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What do you do in the morning?- DAILY ROUTINES

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How To Integrate CLIL Into Your EFL Lessons | The TEFL Academy

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CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning)

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CLIL Magazine provides articles and practical ideas for teachers who teach in the bilingual system. The focus of the magazine is primarily on The Netherlands, but many aspects can be applied to lessons worldwide.

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CLIL Magazine provides articles and practical ideas for teachers who teach in the bilingual system. The focus of the magazine is primarily on The Netherlands, but many aspects can be applied to lessons worldwide.

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76 1st Grade Science Projects That’ll Pique Kids’ Interest

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These activities are easy for kids to do, with concepts that build their science knowledge.

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Do you need a science fair project idea? We have 50 (and counting) science fair project ideas for kids of all ages that is sure to inspire your next science fair to be the best one ever! We will show you the best way to take an simple experiment, add in the scientific method, add practical applications and make a cool science fair board for a next level worthy of winning project!

Science Fair Ideas for Kids

This article has 50 of our favorite science fair ideas for kids separated by grade level. If you are just getting started on your science fair plan, jump to these topics:

1. How to Get Kids Excited about the Science Fair

2. How to Choose a Science Fair Project

3. How to Turn an Idea into a Science Fair Project

4. How to Make a Science Fair Poster

5. Our Tips for Easy Science Fair Projects

6. Top 10 Science Fair Project Ideas for Kids

Cool Science Fair Projects by Grade Level

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS

Some kids participate in their first science fair projects in elementary school. It's never too early to combine creativity with science! Check out how even preschoolers use the scientific method to explore the science of sunscreen with Kids Activities Blog.

Food Science Fair Project Ideas for Grade Schoolers

1. How to Make the Best Egg Drop Design

Start with these egg drop project ideas from a classic science fair experiment using a food ingredient - eggs. Be sure to change a variable. It will take some physics knowledge to make the best design. Then compare results to make the egg drop worthy of a science fair!

2. Make a Lemon Battery

Let's make a lemon battery! Maybe I shouldn't be amazed that you can turn a lemon into a battery, but I am. I really am. Compare results with a potato battery via LoveToKnow. Fruit and veggie batteries make really fun science fair ideas!

3. Extract DNA from a strawberry

Get up close and personal with the genetic code of a strawberry via Little Bins for Little Hands. Even adults are amazed by how DNA can be pulled from this favorite fruit. Your science fair board will explain it all!

4. Dissolving Peeps Experiment

Experiment with dissolving Peeps in different liquids via Lemon Lime Adventures. Then eat the leftovers! Create a science fair project that pulls together a new question or liquid to explore. Your science poster is going to be full of candy fun!

5. Naked Egg in Vinegar Experiment

What's a naked egg? It's an egg without an intact shell! It's weird. Check out this egg in vinegar experiment. There are so many levels you could take your science fair idea - how long before you could squeeze the egg? What about using different levels of vinegar dilution...oh the science fun!

6. Turn Salt into Glue with this Salt and Ice Experiment

Explore the relationship between ice and salt and the water salt freezing point with this fun experiment. I first became acquainted with this science fair project idea when it was presented at a magic show. So if you want to infuse your science fair board with some magic...imagine the possibilities!

Physics Science Fair Project Ideas for Grades 1-5

7. Magnetic mud is the best magnet science project

Magnets are fun! Mud is fun! Without a doubt, combine the two into this magnet experiment with a magnetic mud recipe that uses ferrofluid. This science fair project uses ferrofluid which is something that is easy to explain and always amazes.

8. Erupting dinosaur volcano slime

Do your kids love dinosaurs? Do your kids love slime? If so, you should check out this project via STEAMsational. Be sure to download the free science experiment printable.

9. How high a ball will bounce

This is perfect for kids who want a simple project using math via Science Fair Extravaganza (unavailable). The science fair board will be really fun to make with all your calculations.

Because kids love trains and this copper wire coil, battery and magnets may react a little differently than you expect. What a fun idea for an electromagnet science fair project!

Life Science Fair Project Ideas for Grade School

11. This bacteria experiment explores germs in food

In this germs science fair project, kids will compare bacteria growth and they will drink soda. It's a win-win, for the kids at least! This simple idea can be a springboard for a bigger science fair project that can look at different ways and rates of bacterial growth.

12. Osmosis

This is the "naked egg" experiment that also explores the concept of osmosis via STEAMsational! You might consider combining the two within your science fair project for extra things to explore.

13. Easy animal science project ideas

This is a list of questions to jumpstart a science fair project for animal-loving kids via Science Kids! Genius for those elementary age kids who are animal crazy...I know I was one of those.

14. Plant experiment ideas

Check out these science projects using plants via Project Learning Tree! This link provides projects with different levels of difficulty including versions that would be perfect for grade school ages.

Solar System Science Fair Project Ideas

15. Solar system project ideas from NASA

NASA put together a list of questions to get kids started on their projects!

Middle School Science Project Ideas

Middle schoolers learn about about the human body and cells. They also learn about the environment, electricity, and sound.

Earth & Environmental Science Fair Ideas for Middle School

16. Recycling grey water

Learn about conservation with this grey water recycling system via World Wildlife Fund for Nature. Try the simple grey water recycling they suggest and then can you think of other ways you could use grey water for your science fair project?

17. Weather project ideas

Use this list of project ideas that test hypotheses about the weather via SciJinks. Weather science fair ideas are always winners because while the weather is always around us, it seems like a mysterious force!

18. Soil erosion experiment

Experiment with soil erosion and learn about the importance of vegetation via Life is a Garden. This is one of my favorite simple science fair ideas. It is visually so impactful and would make a great science fair poster!

19. Environmental science fair projects

Check out this great list of 30 eco-friendly science fair project ideas via Population Education! So many great ideas...only one science fair.

20. Mentos geyser science project

Isolate and change variables to maximize the geyser explosion via Steve Spangler Science. This is always a fun idea and could be adapted for a great science fair project.

21. Energy from garbage

Kids will enjoy learning about why garbage smells bad via National Energy Education Development. This could be helpful to everyone who stops by your science fair board and learns!

Genetics Science Fair Ideas for Middle School Students

22. Taster versus non-taster experiment

Projects on genetics are popular because kids learn about themselves and their friends. Check out this taster versus non-taster experiment via Bright Hub Education! Is there a way to get your science fair participants involved?

23. Classify fingerprints

Any future forensic scientists out there? In this project via HubPages, kids create a system for classifying fingerprints! Part science project...part detective!

24. Identify T-Rex's closest living relative

This is one of the coolest dinosaur related projects via Science Buddies! Kids can search databases to find T-Rex's closest living relative. It is like a genealogy science fair project.

Physical Science Fair Ideas for Grades 5-8

25. Pinhole camera

As I mentioned above, this is a project like Auggie's in Wonder via National Geographic Kids! It is one of the classic science fair projects that are always a win if you can adapt them into something new and enlightening.

26. Simple machine project ideas

Check out this list of science projects via Julian Trubin using simple machines. One project even involves roller-coasters!

27. Making sound waves

This project via Scientific American creates a model that demonstrates how eardrums work. How cool is the vibrations on this idea?

28. Magnetism project ideas

Try out this list of science fair project ideas via ThoughtCo that explore magnetism which is always a hit with the science fair circuit.

29. Make a fire extinguisher

Did you know you can make a fire extinguisher from common household supplies? If not, this science fair experiment via Home Science Tools is for you!

30. Biology and chemistry of gas relief

Middle schoolers think gas is hilarious. Right or wrong, here's a science project via Science Buddies about gas! Makes me think about the gross science we explored at the Grossology exhibit.

31. Beverage coloring and taste

This project via All Science Fair Projects considers the relationship between beverage color and taste! This is a really cool idea that had never occurred to me and would make a great science fair board.

32. Purify water with charcoal

You're probably already using a charcoal filtration system. Kids can learn how water filtration works by making their own with this science experiment via The Homeschool Scientist.

33. Paper airplane launcher

Paper airplanes are fun for everyone. Check out this experiment via KiwiCo and launch that airplane! It would be fun to try making planes of different sizes, shapes and weights.
Related: Check out our paper airplane STEM challenge and building instructions for additional ideas
Life Science Fair Project Ideas for Middle Schoolers

34. Shrinking cells

Experiment with making cells shrink with water. This science fair idea via Sciencing explores all sorts of cool science ideas and would make a great fair project.

35. Test algae growth

Do you know how algae grows best? Try this experiment via Seattle Post-Intelligencer to find out then take it to the next level for your science fair.

High School Science Fair Ideas

High school science covers a range of subjects from biology to meteorology. Therefore, nothing is off limits when it comes to choosing a science fair project idea!

Genetics Science Fair Ideas for Grades 9-12

36. Cat coat color

Calling all cat people! In this experiment via Science Buddies you will discover the relationship between chromosomes and cat coat coloring. I can see the science fair board right now...

37. Fingerprint detection

This fingerprint detection project via Science Fair Extravaganza (unavailable) is perfect for the high schoolers who love true crimes! This will be one science fair idea that everyone will want to get in on.

Earth Science Science Fair Ideas for High School Students

38. Landscaping project

Discover which plants grow best locally and the impact these plants have on the environment via Bright Hub Education. This combines design with science which can be leveraged for the artistic scientists.

39. Botany science projects

There are so many great plant projects via ThoughtCo! You are going to have a hard time narrowing down what you want to use for the science fair!

40. Grow Crystals

Experiment with growing your own crystals via ThoughtCo. We have had so much fun learning how to make crystals and they would make a really fun science fair project.

Life Science Fair Ideas

41. Grow bacteria

Check out this list of questions to start a project about bacteria via Science Bob. So many ideas that would work great when adapted to a science fair.

42. Biofilm experiment

This is a great microbiology experiment via The Homeschool Scientist and something you are sure to learn from which is always a good foundation for the best science fair ideas.

43. Test for starch in plants

Hypothesize and learn about starch in photosynthesis via Home Science Tools. Oh what science-y fun (totally a word).

44. 5-Second rule

Test whether food picked up from the floor within 5 seconds collects less germs than food dropped for a longer amount of time in this science experiment via Science News for Students. I do not recommend eating the dropped food, 🙂 but you may prove me wrong in your science fair project!

45. Acidity and Invertebrate Population

Discover how acidity can affect survival rates of a population! This is such an interesting topic for a science fair project via LiveScience.

Physical Science Fair Ideas for Grades 9-12

46. Heart rate monitor

Impress science fair judges by designing and testing your own heart rate monitor in this fair idea via Science Buddies.

47. How to separate water into hydrogen and oxygen

Use electrolysis to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. Then test the gases and test something else for your science fair idea via Navigating by Joy.

48. Turn milk into plastic

Did you know plastic can be found in milk? This is a fun project via Scientific American using regular household supplies.

49. Addiction science project ideas

Check out this list of project ideas dealing with drug addiction via National Institute on Drug Addiction for Teens. These are science fair ideas that can make a difference.

50. Increase the amount of oil that can be moved through a pump

Use a clear household spray bottle to simulate a crude oil pumping station! How cool is this science fair idea via LiveScience?

Getting Kids Excited about the Science Fair

Have you and your family watched the movie Wonder?

If your kid isn't excited about the science fair, check out this movie. The main character and his best friend make a winning pinhole camera for their science fair. This project would be perfect for a middle schooler interested in light. And of course it's on our list of project ideas!

How to Choose Science Fair Projects

The hardest part of a science fair project can be getting started, so check out these steps!

1. Think about what is interesting to you. Do you love food? Are you obsessed with cats or dogs? Are you curious about soil? You'll find a wide range of fun topic ideas for your science fair on this list.

2. Pick a topic or project idea from this list.

3. Brainstorm questions about the topic. Check out this resource via Science Buddies.

4. Turn your idea into a science fair project. Steve Spangler Science explains that there are three steps for turning an experiment or demonstration into a science fair project. Once you find an idea you like, you must change something about it. Then, create a new experiment. Finally, compare results!

5. Use the scientific method for kids to make sure you cover all the important parts of your chosen science fair project...

How to turn your Science Idea into Cool Science Fair Projects

Some of the ideas in this post are demonstrations that you can turn into projects.

For example, consider making your own fire extinguisher. We know that baking soda and vinegar deprives fire of oxygen. This is what puts the fire out.

1. Change the ratio of baking soda to vinegar to create a new experiment and compare results.

2. Or see what changes you can make to to cause your fire extinguisher to shoot the farthest.

Make a Science Fair Poster

The next step is to create a science fair board or poster to present your project. This is an important step because it is the way you communicate your great ideas to those who will be attending the science fair...and judging it!

Tips for Easy Science Fair Projects

Don't overthink this! Start with a simple concept and explore it thoroughly.

It is OK to choose a favorite project and add a twist or explore an additional angle.

Demonstrate your project with bold images or a demonstration.

Show results through a demonstration.

Use your other talents. If you are an artist, integrate that. If you are interested in a certain subject, choose a project that shows it!

What are the top 10 science fair projects?

These are the traditional tried and true science projects that show up at every science fair...for a reason!
Related: Teacher Appreciation Week <-everything you need
More Science Ideas from Kids Activities Blog

If you are looking for more science activities, be sure to check out 150 Kids Science Activities via Kids Activities Blog.

Comment below to tell us how your science fair project turns out! We would love to hear about it!

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Need physics science experiments? These hands-on science projects have been tested and approved! Whether you're a science teacher or a parent who loves to do science with your kids at home, I think you'll find these experiments to be FUN and successful. (Because no one likes a science fail, am I right?)

Science is pretty awesome, and in my opinion, physics just might be the most interesting branch of science. Unfortunately, physics has a bad reputation for being boring, difficult, and hard to understand. This is very unfortunate because that is simply not true! Here's a collection of science experiments that will inspire a love for physics. These projects allow kids to explore force and motion, magnetism, and more in a fun and hands-on way.

These science experiments are suitable for elementary students (ages 7-11) and many of them would be appropriate for middle school as well.
What is physics?
Physics is the branch of science concerned with the properties of matter and energy. Included in this is the study of force and motion (mechanics), heat, sound, light, electricity, and magnetism.

Studying physics helps kids understand and explain the world around them. Why do our bodies lurch forward when we're riding in the car and someone slams on the brakes? It's all about physics!
Force and Motion
Explore Newton's First Law of Motion with these Easy Inertia Science Demonstrations using Pennies. You can do these projects with materials from around the house.

Demonstrate Newton's Third Law of Motion by making a Balloon Pinwheel. Also uses household supplies, and it's so fun to make!

Transfer of Energy Science Experiment - Use marbles and a ruler to discover how energy is transferred from one object to another. This experiment is fun because it has a surprising result!

Physics Experiments with Hot Wheels Cars - Kids will explore the concepts of velocity, mass, air resistance, and momentum. Print recording sheets from the post. They will walk kids through the full scientific method!

Build Working Gears - out of plastic lids and popsicle sticks! And a cardboard box!

Use LEGO Bricks to Build Working Pulleys. Kids will be able to feel the mechanical advantage when you add two pulleys (or more)!

Bouncy Ball Science Experiment - Does the temperature of the ball affect how high it bounces? Very fun experiment with a satisfying result!

Lift Water with Archimedes' Screw - Use some plastic tubing to build a screw that lifts water. It's really cool to watch it work!

Learn about potential energy and kinetic energy by building a Paper Airplane Launcher. When kids pull back on the rubber band, the are

Electricity and Magnetism

Use a CD case to make a Mess-Free Viewer for Iron Filings. This allows kids to see how magnetic fields work.

Make some Magnetic Slime - this is a great combination of chemistry and physics!

Magic Spinning Pen - Use magnets and some other simple supplies to create a pen that stands up on its own (through the power of magnetism) and spins.

I have all our electricity projects (plus a few from other bloggers) in this post: Electricity Projects for Kids.
Have fun with physics!

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In ELT, forms of CLIL have previously been known as ' Content-based instruction', 'English across the curriculum' and 'Bilingual education'.

Why is CLIL important?
With the expansion of the European Union, diversity of language and the need for communication are seen as central issues.

Even with English as the main language, other languages are unlikely to disappear. Some countries have strong views regarding the use of other languages within their borders.

With increased contact between countries, there will be an increase in the need for communicative skills in a second or third language.

Languages will play a key role in curricula across Europe. Attention needs to be given to the training of teachers and the development of frameworks and methods which will improve the quality of language education

The European Commission has been looking into the state of bilingualism and language education since the 1990s, and has a clear vision of a multilingual Europe in which people can function in two or three languages.

How does CLIL work?
The basis of CLIL is that content subjects are taught and learnt in a language which is not the mother tongue of the learners.

Knowledge of the language becomes the means of learning content

Language is integrated into the broad curriculum

Learning is improved through increased motivation and the study of natural language seen in context. When learners are interested in a topic they are motivated to acquire language to communicate

CLIL is based on language acquisition rather than enforced learning

Language is seen in real-life situations in which students can acquire the language. This is natural language development which builds on other forms of learning

CLIL is long-term learning. Students become academically proficient in English after 5-7 years in a good bilingual programme

Fluency is more important than accuracy and errors are a natural part of language learning. Learners develop fluency in English by using English to communicate for a variety of purposes

Reading is the essential skill.

CLIL helps to:

Introduce the wider cultural context

Prepare for internationalisation

Access International Certification and enhance the school profile

Improve overall and specific language competence

Prepare for future studies and / or working life

Develop multilingual interests and attitudes

Diversify methods & forms of classroom teaching and learning

Increase learner motivation.

CLIL in the classroom
CLIL assumes that subject teachers are able to exploit opportunities for language learning. The best and most common opportunities arise through reading texts. CLIL draws on the lexical approach, encouraging learners to notice language while reading. Here is a paragraph from a text on fashion:

The miniskirt is a skirt whose hemline is high above the knees (generally 200-300 mm above knee-level). Its existence is generally credited to the fashion designer Mary Quant, who was inspired by the Mini Cooper automobile, although André Courrèges is also often cited as its inventor, and there is disagreement as to who invented it first.

The language to be looked at in a passage like this falls into three categories - subject specific, academic and other lexis including fixed expressions and collocations:

The treatment of this lexis has the following features:

Noticing of the language by the learners

Focus on lexis rather than grammar

Focus on language related to the subject. Level and grading are unimportant

Pre-, while- and post-reading tasks are as appropriate in the subject context as in the language context.

The future of CLIL
There is no doubt that learning a language and learning through a language are concurrent processes, but implementing CLIL requires a rethink of the traditional concepts of the language classroom and the language teacher. The immediate obstacles seem to be:

Opposition to language teaching by subject teachers may come from language teachers themselves. Subject teachers may be unwilling to take on the responsibility.

Most current CLIL programmes are experimental. There are few sound research-based empirical studies, while CLIL-type bilingual programmes are mainly seen to be marketable products in the private sector.

CLIL is based on language acquisition, but in monolingual situations, a good deal of conscious learning is involved, demanding skills from the subject teacher.

The lack of CLIL teacher-training programmes suggests that the majority of teachers working on bilingual programmes may be ill-equipped to do the job adequately.

There is little evidence to suggest that understanding of content is not reduced by lack of language competence. Current opinion seems to be that language ability can only be increased by content-based learning after a certain stage.

Some aspects of CLIL are unnatural; such as the appreciation of the literature and culture of the learner's own country through a second language.

Until CLIL training for teachers and materials issues are resolved, the immediate future remains with parallel rather than integrated content and language learning. However, the need for language teaching reform in the face of Europeanisation may make CLIL a common feature of many European education systems in the future.

Where is CLIL happening?
CLIL has precedents in immersion programmes (North America) and education through a minority or a national language (Spain, Wales, France), and many variations on education through a 'foreign' language. Euro-funded projects show that CLIL or similar systems are being applied in some countries, but are not part of teacher-training programmes. There has been an increase in the number of schools offering 'alternative' bilingual curricula, and some research into training and methodology. Several major European organisations specialising in CLIL projects have emerged, including UNICOM, EuroCLIC and TIE-CLIL (see web references for details).

In the UK the incentive comes from the Content and Language Integration Project (CLIP) hosted by CILT, (the National Centre for Languages) which is the UK government's centre of expertise on languages. CILT monitors a number of projects covering the 7-16 age range and involving innovations in language teaching such as the integration of French into the primary curriculum. Other research is based at the University of Nottingham, while teacher training and development courses in CLIL are available through NILE (the Norwich Institute for Language Education).

Further reading
Translanguage in Europe www.tieclil.org
Centre for Information on Language, Teaching and Research www.cilt.org.uk
Forum for Across the Curriculum Teaching www.factworld.info
The BBC and British Council are not responsible for the content of external web sites, neither do we endorse them. These are the recommendations of the writer.

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This web site reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

Physics

The CLIL4STEAM project is funded, by the European Commission through the Polish National Agency for the Erasmus+ Programme

The project partners are currently creating the network of schools interested in promoting the CLIL methodology for STEAM education. Several schools have already been involved from project partners. Do not hesitate to contact them!

The Kick-off meeting took place in Florence on 25 - 26 November 2019. Marcin Pasnikowski and Lorenzo Martellini presented the project and the activities to be carried out to the partners. The meeting was also an opportunity for the partners to get to know each other and to discuss all details related to the project's activities. The partners presented how the CLIL methodology is applied in their countries. At the end of the meeting all the partners had a clear view of the future project's implementation, the financial rules and the next activity which is the creation of STEM video-lessons based on the CLIL Methodology.

The CLIL4STEAM project has been funded, by the European Commission through the Polish National Agency for the Erasmus+ Programme, with the aim combine the study of STEM subjects and English as a second language. The project will include, among the project results, a video library, a guideline for teachers, a database of teaching resources and a collection of lesson plans

The CLIL4STEAM project is funded, by the European Commission through the Polish National Agency for the Erasmus+ Programme, with the aim combine the study of STEM subjects and English as a second language.

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The educational reform in Italy by minister Gelmini in 2011 has introduced CLIL (Content Language Integrated Learning) onto the Italian school system and made it compulsory in the last year of the high schools for a non-linguistic subject. It's a choice in line with the most of the Europan countries, where teaching in a language other than mother tongue involves a even higher percentage of students and hours of class.

CLIL Methodology takes its inspiration from the concept of Linguistic Immersion and was proposed for the first time in a resolution of the Council of the European Community in 1995. The aim is to enhance the learning of a foreign language as a vehicular language to study non-linguistic subjects (e.g. history, science, psychology, etc.).

However, as pointed out in several quarters, we can't reduce this methodology to simply teaching a subject in english (or another L2 language).
Using CLIL also implies implementing an educational approach in discontinuity with traditional frontal taught lesson, such as learning skills, participatory lessons with a constant interplay among students and teacher, students reflecting on the goals they have achieved from time to time (portfolio) and so on... Therefore, it means putting into practice the educational recommendations aimed to modernize our school system.
Furthermore, studies conducted would suggest that CLIL, in addition to providing good command of vehicular language for students, also improve the contents learning, by making them reflect in greater depth the subject's key-words.

According to INDIRE (National Institute for Documentation, Innovation and Educational Research, undertaken by the Italian Ministry of Education), in order to become a CLIL teacher in Italy, it is necessary to attend a 60-university credits (equivalent to one year of university in Italy) advanced university course, in addition to obtaining a C1-grade language certification (a very high grade). So, that's a quite challenging educational path!

During my career as an italian literature teacher, I haven't experienced CLIL methodology, yet (by the way, I didn't attend the advanced course, so I couldn't, at the moment), but I got sort of curious of what my students think of their CLIL experience, as they're in their senior year of high school, learning history in english, so I asked them their opinion.

The feedback they provided was very negative, although they couldn't explain clearly the reasons of their opinion. They simply stated that "they can't make heads or tails of that". Yet, their history teacher is really book-smart, young, open-minded, scrupulous: I guess she trusts in the new approach (otherwise she wouldn't have undertaken a so demanding advanced course) and I'm sure she ran the class in the best possible way.
So, what's going on? I am unable to answer. Probably, it's too early to carry out an analysis: minister's recommendation was fully implemented only from the school year 2014/2015, varying from school to school, so we're still in the experimental stage.

Furthermore, the assessment provided by my students is in no way shared by the whole student population: if we take a look at the web, the most of the views are rather positive.
Moreover, it is absolutely essential that pupils have a constructive approach, it is crucial that they put aside all preconceptions and don't underrate their foreign language skills. They may not take full advantage of a great chance for (non just) language learning that previous generations hadn't.

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The educational reform in Italy by minister Gelmini in 2011 has introduced CLIL (Content Language Integrated Learning) onto the Italian school system and made it compulsory in the last year of the high schools for a non-linguistic subject.