martes, 13 de noviembre de 2012

ELECTRICITY (Production, transmission, distribution and consumption)


Have a look to this photo. It is a Hydroelectric Power Plant.


  •  How do you think electricity is produced in this dam?

  • What kind of source of energy is it?




Let's have a look to that video. It will show you the way the electricity has from its production to its cosumption at your homes.



Now we will invite you to read all the information the class book gives you about this process and do this quizz to show how much you have learnt about it.

jueves, 8 de noviembre de 2012

MAGNETS AND MAGNETISM

Today we are going to learn and investigate about magnetism.

LET'S START WITH A WONDERFUL SONG!! (Pay attention with the vocabulary)




A MAGNET


It can attract objets made of iron of mixtures of iron

MAGNETISM

It is the attraction created by a magnet

LET'S LEARN A BIT MORE ABOUT THIS ISSUE IN THE FOLLOWING LINK


LOOK FOR THE POLES AND THE MAGNETIC FIELD IN THIS ACTIVITY



If you have more time and you want to learn a bit more and do some  extra-activities about magnetism. Lets have a look into this link. 


miércoles, 7 de noviembre de 2012

ELECTRICAL CURRENT AND ELECTRIC CIRCUITS

Let's learn about the electrical current and the circuits. Pay attention it will be very useful to create circuits.




In these lessons you will learnt the different components of a circuit and how to build them. 



If you have finish, and you have more time you can check all what you have learnt with this two activities. They are fun and you will review and learn more.