martes, 26 de marzo de 2013

Revision of your videos about Europe.

With this post we will start with a new way of doing at the class, you are going to evaluate your partner's videos and popplets following the rubric and answering to this questionaire.




When you finish reading the rubric and you have everything clear about your mind, you can start watching your partners video and answering the questions to evaluate it. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE CLEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR AND WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION.


You will send your evaluation through this Google Form. DON'T FORGET TO CLICK ON SUBMIT AT THE END.




miércoles, 20 de marzo de 2013

Popplets about EUROPE

Utilizando las TICs para repasar, una vez terminada la unidad sobre las EUROPA, su geografíasu clima, su población,  la Unión Europea, trabajamos como siempre, realizamos nuestro mapa conceptual con Popplet.




Después los alumnos graban su explicación con la aplicación Screencast-O-Matic. 



Publican su entrada en su Portfolio Personal creado dentro de los blogs personales de Kidblog.


Y nos lo envían para poder corregirlo a traves de la red social educativa de Edmodo.
Estos son los trabajos de los alumnos de esta unidad. 

Adrián´s popplets

viernes, 15 de marzo de 2013

Sea adventure hero's memories


SEA ADVENTURE HERO'S MEMORIES





  1. Create a presentation (example): 
  2. First slide: TITLE (Your costume's photo)
  3. Second slide: Marvels' of the deep the blue sea (picture)
  4. Third slide: Water sports. (picture)
  5. Fourth slide: Michael Seaney 's story (podcast)
  6. Five slide: Spanish explorer 's story (video or story)
    • You could work individually, in pairs or in trios.
YOU HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION IN THE PRESENTATION.

And your evaluation will be with this rubric:

RÚBRICA DE EVALUACIÓN:


The European Union

We have been learning about Europe as one of the five continents. In this lesson we are going to talk about EUROPEAN UNION which is a confederation fo countries. It is said, a group of some countries of Europe united for a common purpose.


THIS  VIDEO MAY CLARIFY YOUR IDEA ABOUT EUROPEAN UNION.

The EU's commo purpose is to promote political and economic union without frontiers.

The first members  were France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Belgium and Luxemborg. Today there are 27 countries and more than 490 millions of citizens.

FACTS:

  • The euro is the oficial currency in most of the countries, for example England hasn't got it, they have the pound. 
  • The citizens can live and work in any other member state.
  • The EU is developing its own defence and justice systems.


INSTITUTIONS:
  • Most of the institutions are based in Brussels (Belgium), Strasbourg (France) and Luxembourg.
  • The main institutions are:
      • The Council of Eurpoean Union.
      • The European Parliament
      • The European Commision
      • The Court of Justice.




LET'S PLAY AND LEARN MORE ABOUT EUROPEAN UNION IN THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE.


miércoles, 13 de marzo de 2013

GAMES ABOUT EUROPEAN CLIMATES.

In the last post and in the two last lesson we were learning about EUROPEAN CLIMATES. The final task was to create a game WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? about European Climates. 

Here you have the games to play.







martes, 12 de marzo de 2013

Population and Diversity.

Let's move onto the next topic in this unit. This time we will learn about POPULATION AND DIVERSITY. We are going to have a look to the different countries of Europe as one of the continent. This is a Political Map of Europe with all the countries. Let's have a look to it and a answer the following question:


Which countries are next to Latvia? Test your partner about it and create some new questions.

This video will be a funny way of learning the name of the countries of Europe:


EUROPE AND ITS POPULATION. 

  • Europe is the third most populated continent after Asia and Africa.
  • About 730 million people live in Europe, the 11% of the world's poupulation. 
  • The largest cities are London, Moscow and St. Petersburg. 

COUNTRIES
  • There are forty - eight independent nations in Europe.

PEOPLE AND DIVERSITY.

  • Europe  is home to mani differente inmigrant from Latin America, India, Africa and other places.
  • There is a great diversity of origins, religious beliefs, cultural traditions and languages.

Between thirty and forty major languages are spoken in Europe. How many languages can you list?

Play and review the topic with this activity:

jueves, 7 de marzo de 2013

European Climates.

Let's talk about the different climates in Europe. Please be careful and pay attention, this time you have to produce something and the end of the lesson.

As you know Europe is in the northern hemisphere. And there is a variety of climates. Have a look to this picture and try to interpret it, identify the places of the different climates.

  • Continental climate: in Central and Eastern Europe.
      • Winters are cold and summers are hot. 
      • Vegetation: grasslands with tall grass, and with low grass called steppes. 
  • Mediterranean climates: around the Mediterranean Sea.
      • Winters are mild and summers hot. 
      • Rainfall is ligah and in spring and autumn.
      • Vegetation: it used to be evergreen. 
  • Mountain climate: in the high mountain ranges.
      • Winters are very could and summers are mild.
      • It snows a lot.
      • Vegetation: forest.
  • Polar or tundra climate. In North Iceland and the north-east coast of Scandinavia.
      • It is cold all the year.
      • The treeless landscape of this climate is tundra. It includes moss and lichens. 

LET'S PLAY AND REVIEW YOUR KNOWLEGDE.


NOW IT'S YOUR TURN.
YOU WILL CREATE!!! 

Have you ever heard about the program WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONARE


With this app you will create a game to enjoy with all your partners. This is the process we will follow to achive the final product. 


  1. Read all the information about the climates in this post or in page 41 of the CB.
  2. Write fifteen questions about the European Climates. (Pay attention to the grammar: How to make questions)
  3. Show your questions and your answers to your teacher for him to check.
  4. Create and generate the game in the website.
  5. Enjoy playing it with your partners. 
  6. You will include it in the final post in your Kidblog at the end of this unit.

REMEMBER: 
WE ARE PLAYING BUT WE ARE LEARNING AT THE SAME TIME. 



martes, 5 de marzo de 2013

Europe: Physical Features.

Let's move onto a new topic in our Science lessons we are going to study Europe and its features: physical and political ones.

First of all we are going to look for PHYSICAL FEATURES, Secondly we will learn about CLIMATES, thirdly we will have a look to POPULATION AND DIVERSITY and we will finish with the EUROPEAN UNION.

Let's start with the PHYSICAL FEATURES OF EUROPE.

Have a look to this picture and try to answer the questions:

  • Where are the majority of mountain chains in Europe?
  • Which are the three longest rivers?
  • Which is the highest mountain?

This video may clarify some concepts about Geography of Europe with some photos and explanations.

Physical features of Europe.
  1. The Great European Plain:  From the Pyrenees to the Ural Mountains.
  2. Mountains: Most of them are in the South like the Alps or the Balkans.
  3. Compact groups of mountains: These are called plateaus, like the Central Plateau in Spain, or massifs, like the Central Massif in France.
  4. Peninsulas: (A piece of land which is almost completely sourrounded by water) like the Scandinavian or the Iberian.
  5. Islands: Like Iceland or the British Islands.

Coast and Rivers.

Europe has coastlines:
  • In the north with the Artic Ocean, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
  • In the south - east with the Caspian Sea.
  • In the south with the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.
  • In the west with the Atlantic Ocean.
There are lots of rivers which cross Europe. The longest is Volga, which is 3.692 Km.

LET'S PLAY AND CHECK YOUR LEARNING. 

Activity 1




domingo, 3 de marzo de 2013

POSTS ABOUT POPULATION OF SPAIN

En esta unidad además de trabajar los Popplets que encontraréis en este post, hemos estrenado una nueva app: POWTOON.

En el siguiente link encontraréis la explicación de la actividad publicada en el blog de aula:

Estos son los productos elaborados con los alumnos, la verdad es que han quedado genial para ser la primera vez que trabajamos con POWTOON.

Adrián's, Alaitz's, Alex's and Aroa's video about Political organization. 

Rodrigo's, Paula´s, Asier´s, Judit's and Angy's video about Political Organization. 




Ángela's, Marco's, Samuel's and Jose Luis' video about Political Organization. 




Alba's, Belen's, Hector's and Ines' video about Political Organization. 





Lucía Guerra's, Javier's, Lucía Rodriguez's, Jesús' and Angel's video about Political Organization.




Utilizando las TICs para repasar, una vez terminada la unidad sobre POPULATION OF SPAIN trabajamos como siempre, realizamos nuestro mapa conceptual con Popplet.





Después los alumnos graban su explicación con la aplicación Screencast-O-Matic. 



Publican su entrada en su Portfolio Personal creado dentro de los blogs personales de Kidblog.


Y nos lo envían para poder corregirlo a traves de la red social educativa de Edmodo.
Estos son los trabajos de los alumnos de esta unidad. 

Ángel´s popplets