Saturday 28 January 2017

THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS



A brief summary of the history of the Catholic Monarchs


THE IMPACT OF THE PRINTING PRESS






- Why do you think the invention of the printing press was so important?

- Why do you think the church tried to control it?

GUTENBERG AND THE PRINTING PRESS





- How were books originally written? Do you think this was a fast or a slow way to make books?

- Who were the only people who had books?

- Who wanted to change that? What did he invent?

- Who has Access to books now? Why is it important?




RENAISSANCE INTRODUCTION



Now you know that after Middle Ages, a new way of thinking known as Humanism emerged...







 Now try to answer these questions:

- Why were the Middle Ages called the Dark Ages?

- What changes did the Renaissance bring?



WHAT HUMANISM HAS TO DO WITH THE RENAISSANCE?



- Do you know what is Humanism? and what does this have to do with the Renaissance?



Tuesday 24 January 2017

Y TÚ... ¿ERES ASERTIVO?


¿Y TÚ QUÉ HARÍAS?


Si alguien tira algo al suelo, puedes decirle en buen tono:

- Perdona, se te ha caído.
- No, lo he tirado.
- Pues te agradecería mucho que lo recogieras.

#nopasesdetodo    #asertividad       #coneducacionsepuededecirtodo


Friday 13 January 2017

THE ENVIRONMENT


Set of video animations in relation with ecosytems. We discover the tundra, the forest, animals and plants in the desert, grasslands, aquatic life.

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AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS






Now can you answer these questions?


§  Can fish that live in the ocean survive in a freshwater tank?


§  What is a habitat?


§  What two types of aquatic ecosystems are there?


§  Can you give me examples of each kind?


§  What is the main difference between both ecosystems?


§  Can you give me examples of animals living in each ecosystem?


§  What three habitats can we find in the saltwater ecosystem?






Wednesday 4 January 2017

THE CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM

We are going to watch some images and learn some facts about one of the most beautiful ecosystems in the world: the coral reef ecosystem.




  Now can you answer these questions?
     
    §  Did you like the coral reefs shown in the video? Have you ever seen them before?

    §  What is the most interesting or amazing thing you saw in the video?

    §  Do you think it is important to protect coral reefs? How can we do that?

THE ENVIRONMENT




  We are going to learn more about the environment...

Now try to answer these questions

§  What is an environment?

§  What different environments are there on our planet?

§  What environment does the penguin live in? And the camel? And the monkey?

§  What water elements can an environment have? What land elements can an environment have?

§  What type of elements are rocks, sand, air and water? Are all the environments natural? What other kind of environments are there?

§  What does “man-made” mean? Can you give me an example of a man-made environment?

§  What makes up the environment?

WHAT IS AN ECOSYSTEM?