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SECTION 1 – Electricity 7
Unit 1 – Electrical energy
Reading and studying
- The nature of electricity 8
- Electrons in motion 11
- Electrostatic energy 12
- Electric current 13
- Two kinds of current 15
Working on vocabulary, grammar and skills
- Electricity 16
- Reading strategies 16
Unit 2 – The circuit and its components
Reading and studying
- Where does electricity come from? 17
- Good and bad conductors 19
- Types of circuits 20
- In series or parallel 21
Working on vocabulary, grammar and skills
- Word formation – Compound words 23
- Prefixes 24
- Suffixes 24
- Word order 25
Unit 3 – Safety in your Lab
Reading and studying
- Rules for avoiding hazards 26
- Is electricity dangereous? 28
- Accident prevention 29
- How to work safely 31
Working on vocabulary, grammar and skills
Modal verbs – Instructions, advice and orders 32
CLIL in the Lab
Safety in a mains electrical system
- What is a fuse? 33
CLIL Expansion
The history of electricity
- How electricity entered our lives... 34
- … and how it developed... 35
- … and the people of the time said... 36
SECTION 2 – Electronics 37
Unit 4 – What is electronics?
Reading and studying
- Atoms and electronics 38
Working on vocabulary, grammar and skills
- Components 42
- Passive 42
- Active or Passive? 42
- Taking notes 43
Unit 5 – Electronic components
Reading and studying
- Electronic circuits 44
Working on vocabulary, grammar and skills
- Electronic components and materials 50
- Saying numbers 50
Unit 6 – Decision making circuits
Reading and studying
- What is a circuit? 52
Working on vocabulary, grammar and skills
- Integrated circuits 56
- Relative pronouns 56
- Relative clauses 57
CLIL in the Lab
Designing a rain detector 58
Designing an intruder alarm 59
CLIL Expansion
Electronics and music
- From living room to jacket pocket 60
- The Sixties: a new beat and a new kind of lyrics 60
- Blowing in the wind 61
- The revolution goes on 62
SECTION 3 – Telecommunications 63
Unit 7 – The basics of telecommunications
Reading and studying
- Sound bands 64
Working on vocabulary, grammar and skills
- Comparative and superlative 70
- Describing a picture, a diagram or the position of
something 71
Unit 8 – TV broadcasting
Reading and studying
- Radio broadcast service 72
- Digital radio and TV 75
- Plasma and LCD TV screen 76
- The TV of the future 77
- Communication channels 78
Working on vocabulary, grammar and skills
- Radio and TV 79
- Summarizing – Creating texts from notes 79
Unit 9 – Phones and mobiles
Reading and studying
- The origins of the telephone 80
Working on vocabulary, grammar and skills
- TV, broadcasting and telephone 84
- Coherence markers 84
- Organising information 86
CLIL in the Lab
Designing a simple AM radio 87
CLIL Expansion
The age of the media
- A brief history of radio-communication 88
- A look at the past: radio and TV development from
past article in
Popular Science
89
- Television and society 90
- Big Brother is watching you 91
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