Friday, 7 April 2017

DISFRUTAD DE LAS VACACIONES


Nos vemos a la vuelta polluelos ;)


Thursday, 23 March 2017

FRANCISCO DE GOYA





Goya, pintor de luces y sombras


EL MADRID DE LOS BORBONES




THE ENLIGHTENMENT




- By what other name do we know the period of the Enlightenment?

- What does the Word "enlightenment" mean?

- Which two men were considered the fathers of the Enlightenment? Where did they come from?

- Which type of approach to science did Francis Bacon promote?

- What new type of mathematics did Descartes invent?

- What is the method that Bacon and Descartes developed called? What is it?

- Which great English Enlightenment mathematician and physicist owes to the ideas of Descartes and Bacon?

ABSOLUTE MONARCHY




How Absolute Monarchies work.





El absolutismo en España


The War of Spanish Succession and the Treaty of Utrecht


CLICK HERE and you will find an interesting video about the War of the Spanish Succession.


Here you have another one:




And another one:


Wednesday, 8 March 2017

International Women’s Day


This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating women inventors, how they’ve changed the world, and are inspiring the next generation.



Thursday, 23 February 2017

THE COLONISATION OF THE AMERICAS


MADRID A CITY WITH HISTORY


SPANISH EMPIRE 16TH CENTURY



o   This map shows Spain in the 16th century. How is it different from the map of Spain today?

o   What modern-day countries were part of the Spanish Empire? What languages do they speak?

o   Which time would you prefer to live in? Why?



THE EMPIRE OF CHARLES I





Here you have a video about Charles V and the Holy Roman Empire. If you want to know more about it.




Monday, 13 February 2017

WHAT IS IUCN?



- What do you think about the IUCN? Do you like what they do? Why?
- What percentage of the world´s oxygen comes from rainforests?
- What percentage of chemical medicines are based on nature?
- What percentage of the food we eat comes from nature?

ENDANGERED SPECIES


- What have all the species that appear in this video got in common? What does this mean?
- Which species can you remember?
- Which one is your favorite? Why?
- What can we do to avoid endangered species becoming extinct?

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION






ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION


- What is this video about?
- Do you do some of the things it shows? Which ones?
- What have you learnt thanks to it? Are you going to change your behaviour?
- What is your opinión about environmental pollution?
- What can we do to help?

FOOD CHAINS AND FOOD WEBS





If you want to read more information about it, CLICK HERE

If you want to play a game about Food Chains, CLICK HERE

WHAT IS A FOOD CHAIN?


Sunday, 12 February 2017

Día Internacional de la Mujer y la Niña en la Ciencia

El 11 de febrero se celebra el

Día Internacional de la Mujer y la Niña en la Ciencia


Desde aquí un pequeño homenaje a algunas de las grandes contribuciones a la ciencia

Y para las del futuro

GIRLS IN LAB "Inspirando a la próxima generación de chicas techies"



  Cuantas más niñas tengan la oportunidad de interactuar con la tecnología a edades tempranas, habrá más mujeres profesionales en las #TIC #DeMayorTechie #GirlsHack #GHD29N

Wednesday, 1 February 2017

VALORES DE GRANDES DEPORTISTAS I


Ayer hablábamos de los gestos de los deportistas que imitamos en clase. Pues aquí os traigo algunos a imitar de grandes deportistas y personas:

RESPETO Y ADMIRACIÓN POR EL ADVERSARIO, en la victoria y en la derrota.





COMPAÑERISMO - ESFUERZO - SUPERACIÓN



HUMILDAD



HONESTIDAD




EMPATÍA




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.

CLICK HERE

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?