Unit 1 : Planet Earth

American voices Before the interview Building vocabulary: Understanding word parts Sharing your knowledge Interview with Brad: Geology Listening for main ideas in an interview Listening with Gabby and Jane: Earth's natural beauty Listening for details After the interviews Considering related information

In Your Own Voice Conducting Research

4. Academic Listening and Note Taking Before the Lecture Listening for main ideas in a lecture Note taking: Organizing your notes in an outline Lecture: The Internal Structure of Earth/ Dr. Leslie Tamppari

Part 1: Background information about our planet Guessing vocabulary from context Note taking: Listening for supporting details

Part 2: Earth's internal structure Guessing vocabulary from context Note taking: Listening for supporting details Note taking: Clarifying your notes with a partner After the Lecture Using your notes to label an illustration

Chapter 2 : The Dynamic Earth

1. Getting started Reading and thinking about the topic Listening for numerical information about distances and rates

2. American Voices Before the interview Examining a map Interview with Loren: Living near an active volcano Answering multiple choice questions Interview with Zack and Yoshilo: Living with Earthquakes Drawing inferences
Interview with Kei: Surviving the Kobe earthquake Retelling what you have heard After the interviews Considering related information Thinking critically about the topic

3. In Your Own Voice Considering related information

4. Academic Listening and Note Taking Before the Lecture

Building background knowledge an vocabulary Note taking : focusing on the introduction Volcanoes Dr. Patricia Fryer

Part 1: The basic structure of a volcano Guessing vocabulary from context Note taking: Using telegraphic language

Part 2: Four types of volcanoes Guessing vocabulary from context Note taking: Using telegraphic language After the Lecture Using your notes to make a study sheet

Unit 2: Water on Earth

Chapter 3: Earth's Water Supply

1. Getting started Reading and thinking about the topic Building background knowledge Personalizing the topic

2. American Voices Before the interview Examining graphic material Interview with Gina: Water in the United States Listening for opinions Interview with Lara and David: Water in Cambodia Using a map to understand complex concepts Interview with Seonagh: Water in Africa
Listening for specific information After the interviews Examining a map Applying what you have learned

3. In Your Own Voice Personalizing the topic

4. Academic Listening and Note Taking Before the Lecture Predicting the content Using symbols and abbreviations Lecture: Earth' freshwater supply Ms. Martha McDaniel

Part 1 : Sources and Functions of Surface Water Guessing vocabulary from context Note taking: Using symbols and abbreviations

Part 2: Threats to Earth's Freshwater Supply Guessing vocabulary from context Note taking: using bullets and brackets to organize your notes After the Lecture Rewriting your notes after a lecture Considering related information

Chapter 4 : Earth's Oceans

1. Getting started Reading and thinking about the topic Sharing your opinion

2. American Voices
Before the interviews
Sharing your opinion Predicting the content Interview with Edmund: Diving Retelling what you have heard Interview with Tomoki: Surfing Listening for main ideas Thinking critically about the topic After the interviews Thinking creatively about the topic

3. In Your Own Voice Personalizing the topic

4. Academic Listening and Note Taking Before the Lecture
Building background knowledge Note taking: Listening for signal words Lecture: Earth's Oceans Dr. Geoffrey Haywood

Part 1: The World Ocean Guessing vocabulary from context Note taking: Using your handouts to help you take notes

Part 2: The Layers of the Ocean Guessing vocabulary from context Note taking: Using your handouts to help you take notes After the Lecture Making test questions from your notes

Unit 3

Chapter 5

1. Getting started Reading and thinking about the topic Listening for Background Noise

2. American Voices Before the interviews
Building background knowledge and vocabulary Examining a map Interview with Jeff: Pollutants in the air Interview with Shari: Air quality Listening for specific information Interview with Kelley and Michael: Humid and dry environments Answering multiple choice questions After the interviews Sharing your opinion

3. In Your Own Voice Conducting an Experiment

4. Academic Listening and Note Taking Before the Lecture Predicting the content Note taking : Identifying key vocabulary in the lecture Lecture: What is in the Air Out There? Mr. Kyo Narita

Part 1: Humidity Guessing vocabulary from context Note taking : Organizing your notes in an outline

Part 2: Particulate Matter Guessing vocabulary from context Note taking : Organizing your notes in a chart After the Lecture Applying what you have learned

Chapter 6 : Weather and Climate

1. Getting started Reading and thinking about the topic Understanding scientific symbols Listening for specific information

2.American Voices Before the interview Personalizing the topic Listening for specific information Interview with Sara: Meteorology Interview with Dorothy, Yukiya, and Evylynn: Severe Weather Predicting the content Listening for opinions After the interviews Understanding humour about the topic

3. In Your Own Voice Conducting a survey

4. Academic Listening and Note Taking Before the Lecture
Building background knowledge Note taking : Listening for numerical information Lecture: Global Warming Dr. Fred Mackenzie

Part 1: The Greenhouse Effect
Guessing vocabulary from context Note taking : Copying a lecturer's illustrations

Part 2: Effects of Global Warming Guessing vocabulary from context Note taking : Listening for cause and effect After the Lecture Thinking critically about the topic

Unit 4 : Life on Earth

Chapter 7 : Plants and Animals

1. Getting started Reading and thinking about the topic Listening for specific information

2. American Voices Before the interviews Personalizing the topic Building background knowledge Interview with Frank and Vickie: A green thumb Listening for specific information Interview with Reggie: The Galapagos Islands Listening for examples After the interviews Examining graphic material Thinking critically about the topic

3. In Your Own Voice Conducting an interview

4. Academic Listening and Note Taking Before the Lecture Previewing the topic Note taking :Listening for expressions of contrast Lecture: What is a Living Thing? Dr. John Norris

Part 1: Growth, Movement, and Sensitivity Guessing vocabulary from context Note taking : Checking your notes

Part 2: Nutrition, Respiration, Excretion, Reproduction Guessing vocabulary from context Note taking : Organizing your notes in a chart After the Lecture Applying what you have learned

Chapter 8 : The Human Body

1. Getting started Reading and thinking about the topic Listening to directions

2. American Voices Before the interview Personalizing the topi Building background knowledge Interview with Becca: Experiences of a track athlete Listening for main ideas
Interview with Louise: Eat to live, don't live to eat Listening for specific information After the interviews Conducting a survey Considering related information

3. In Your Own Voice Sharing your opinion

4. Academic Listening and Note Taking Before the Lecture Building background knowledge and vocabulary Note taking : Listening for expressions of time order Lecture : Three Systems of the Human Body Larry Fontanilla, M.D.

Part 1: The Digestive System Guessing vocabulary from context Note taking :Taking notes in a flow chart

Part 2: The Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems Guessing vocabulary from context Note taking : Taking notes in a flow chart After the Lecture Using your notes to label an illustration

Chapter 9 : Living Longer, Living Better?

1. Getting started Reading and thinking about the topic
Recording and calculating numbers

2. American Voices Before the interview
Sharing your opinion
Interview with Anna: The disadvantages of aging
Listening for details
Interview with Jericho: Extending the human life span
Listening for specific information
Interview with Eleanor : Looking forward to the future
Listening for specific information
After the interviews
Examining graphic material

3. In Your Own Voice Thinking critically about the topic

4. Academic Listening and Note Taking Before the Lecture
Personalizing the topic
Building background knowledge and vocabulary
Note taking : Listening for speculative language
Lecture : DNA and the Human Life Span Professor Mahealani Kaneshiro-Pineiro

Part 1: What is DNA? Guessing vocabulary from context Note taking : Evaluating your own note taking

Part 2 : Can DNA Extend the Human Life Span? Guessing vocabulary from context Note taking : Listening for rhetorical questions After the Lecture Considering related information Understanding humour about the topic

"Academic Encounters: The Natural World is a content-based reading, study skills, and writing book that introduces students to topics in Earth science and biology relevant to life today. These high-interest topics include Earth's systems: the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere; causes and effects of volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis; the human brain and the human heart; and recent medieval advances." (Book Cover)

Unit 1: Planet Earth

Chapter 1: The Physical Earth -- Our Solar System -- Earth’s Four Systems -- Rocks on Our Planet -- Chapter 1 Writing Assignment

Chapter 2: The Dynamic Earth -- Plate Tectonics -- Volcanoes -- Earthquakes -- Chapter 2 Writing Assignment

Unit 2: Water on Earth

Chapter 3: Earth's Water Supply -- The Water Cycle -- Groundwater and Surface Water -- Glaciers -- Chapter 3 Writing Assignment

Chapter 4: Earth’s Oceans -- Oceans -- Currents -- Waves and Tsunamis -- Chapter 4 Writing Assignment

Unit 3: The Air Around Us

Chapter 5: Earth’s Atmosphere -- The Composition of the Atmosphere -- The Structure of the Atmosphere -- Clouds -- Chapter 5 Writing Assignment

Chapter 6: Weather and Climate -- Climates Around the World -- Storms -- Hurricanes -- Chapter 6 Writing Assignment

Unit 4: Life on Earth

Chapter 7: Plants and Animals -- Living Things -- Plant Life -- Animal Life -- Chapter 7 Writing Assignment

Chapter 8: The Human Body -- The Brain -- The Skeletal and Muscular Systems -- The Heart and the Circulatory System -- Chapter 8 Writing Assignment

Chapter 9: Living Longer, Living Better? -- Life Expectancy: From 25 to 100+ -- Advances in the Field of Medicine -- Seeking Balance In the Natural World -- Chapter 9 Writing Assignment

Weights and Measures
Map of the World
References
Credits
Task Index

Level: Low Intermediate