Last post for my kids that aren´t kids no mo...

Hi my lovely kids! I hope you are all doing fine. I see some of you on the street sometimes but I haven´t seen others since you left school. I have new kids and a new class but I haven´t forgoten about you. This is my goodbye to you since I won´t be posting any more (until I can use what I post) so have good luck and bear in mind one thing: I will have each and all of you in my heart forever.

The Incas-Machu Pichu

Hey kids! How´s everything going for the summer? I just made it back from London and it was great! I just found this article about the ancient settlers of South America and thought you were going to love it.
Have a great summer and come back in September to see me!!!Hahahaha.

http://www.kidsdiscover.com/blog/spotlight/machu-picchu-for-kids/http://www.kidsdiscover.com/blog/spotlight/machu-picchu-for-kids/

Web quests for the summer...

I will be posting links and resources for you to study this summer, don´t worry they won't be hard just games and stories, webquests and quizzes, etc.
This is something to start with:

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/education/online-resources/webquests/ ( some webquests that you can do related to the Natural History Museum in London)


http://www.marks-english-school.com/games.html (really fun games and activities to practice your listening and your grammar)

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/experiments.html  (science experiments and activities to do at home when you are bored)

I´ll post some more later...

Inmigration in the world

This is our last science unit and we should enjoy to the max. Here you have some websites that we will comment in the class. We will use them to start a debate about this world wide phenomenon.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/

http://www.kidsdiscover.com/immigration-for-kids

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

We are starting a new unit about geography, where we will focus on three main aspects: Spanish geography, Great Britain geography and the USA geography. I hope you enjoy it. Here you have a starter:
http://geography.about.com/library/maps/blindex.htm


http://www.gosur.com/en/full-map/?zoom=2&map_type=satellite&gclid=CPbb8PqUp68CFUsMtAod3xEKWg

http://geography.about.com/od/learnabouttheearth/a/extremes.htm

Some activities to practice when you can and have days off, ar you are bored or else :-)

Some sheets and listenings to practice at home...

http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/webportal/web/PEL?vismenu=0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0

Crafts for the Egypt unit:

- Canopic Jars

- Tombs wall painting

http://historylink101.net/egypt_1/pic_wall_paintings_1.htm

- Pharaoh Casquet

http://www.dia.org/education/egypt-teachers/mummies/kadaj/activity.htm

- Egyptian Jewelery

http://artsmarts4kids.blogspot.com/2008/07/create-your-own-egyptian-jewelry.html

more ideas...

http://www.abookintime.com/crafts/projectsancientegypt.html#egyptcrafts

Egypt

This is the super coolest best unit ever: EGYPT!!!!!!!


We will work on this project for two weeks and a half and I hope you enjoy as much as María and I surely will :-)

We will study something different about the ancient Egyptian culture every day and to finish the project we will do the most awsome handicraft ever!

King Tut Ank Amon, he´s probably the most famous pharaoh. Click on the link to know more:

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/tut.html

* Date line + daily life + hierarchy in ancient Egypt.

* Clothing + Traditions:

http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/clothing.htm

http://www.dragonstrike.com/egypt/cloth.htm

http://www.historyonthenet.com/Egyptians/clothing.htm

* Religion (gods, the book of the dead, embalming rituals, etc.)

Check on the links:

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/young_explorers/childrens_online_tours/journey_into_the_mummy/journey_into_the_mummy.aspx
http://www.egyptartsite.com/glossary.html

http://kids.discovery.com/games/just-for-fun/mummy-maker

* Architecture (temples, pyramids, different types of burials depending on the position of the deceased in the Egyptian society)

http://www.3dmekanlar.com/en/the-pyramids.html

http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/

* Art (hieroglyphics, sculptures and paintings)

http://www.eyelid.co.uk/hiero1.htm

http://www.greatscott.com/hiero/

http://historylink101.net/egypt_1/pic_wall_paintings_1.htm

http://www.travelsinparadise.com/egypt/valley_kings/index.html

** Some more links:

http://www.show.me.uk/games/games.html

http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/mummies.htm

Visit this website for videos about Egypt:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUa1tZ2TklY&feature=related

Prehistory

Here we go again studying prehistory, it is so interesting that we are going to do and see some things we didn´t have time to do.


Let´s check on all of these pictures and learn some about prehistoric men and women and their culture.

Click on the two pics below and learn more about this fascinating period of time.

Some mo info:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/human/species/
We can paint and do pottery like men and women in prehistoric times did.

Carve your own rock art panel

http://rockart.ncl.ac.uk/interactive/learningjourneys/interactive_learningjourneys_game.htm

CHARLES DICKENS

Last Tuesday, we celebrated the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens, one of the most important novelists of the Victorian period in England. He will be remembered by famous novels such as: Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, A Christmas Carol or David Copperfield among many others. Click on the page to read more about Dickens.

As a little tribute to this genius of the all times literature we will study a little work called "A Cricket on the Hearth". Click here to read the whole text:

Three interesting cultures to study...

Our next science project is to work on the three cultures that lived together in Andalucia for some time...

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/Religion.html

http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/program/neareast/andalusia/index.html

http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/iestorreolvidada/documentos/1.pdf

We will divide into groups and study different aspects of this period of time.
I hope we all enjoy!
Welcome back María, I´m sooo happy you´re back!!

Spanish language material

Here you have a school magazine to work in the class, hope you like it! :P

http://elgancho.es/

Here you have some material to work in our English class:

http://havefunteaching.com/worksheets/english-worksheets/word-lists/

LIST OF VERBS

GAMES

My body is changing

We are starting a very important and interesting unit this week: after having studied the different organs and their functions we are talking about our sexual organs and how they work. At your age you may feel funny because your body is experimenting changes that may worry you (if you don´t know why those changes are taking place). We will see in class the different reproductive organs (boys and girls)and we will try to answer every fear, doubts or questions you may have about those changes you are going through. For that purpose we will have a doctor that will talk about anything you want (related to the unit) and will clariffy many of the aspects in the unit.

We will use some interesting websites to investigate and solve the doubts we may find on the way while studying this unit.

THE HORMONE FACTORY

Websites to work in class (Wednesday)

Read carefully pages 11-24 and work n groups:

http://www.need.org/needpdf/Exploring%20Magnets.pdf

Some experiments about electricity and magnets:

http://web.archive.org/web/20040603203002/www.galaxy.net/~k12/electric/

practice some more on magnetism:

http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/O/1/33.asp

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/science_elem_magnets.htm

We continue with the unit we started before the holidays...

10 Amazing Facts About Magnets

1. If you cut a magnet in half, you get 2 smaller magnets as a result, each with their own north and south pole.

2. The north pole on a magnet points towards the north pole on the earth. This is because they are both giant magnets and are aligning themselves together. This is how a compass works.

3. To make a new magnet, take one you already have and then rub it on a new piece of metal. This process is called magnetisation and will turn any piece of metal into a magnet.

4. Electromagnets are not magnetic all the time. If you pass electricity through a nail wrapped in a copper wire, it turns into a magnet. Once you stop the flow of electricity – it is just a nail and wire again.

5. A magnetic field is an invisible area around every magnet that attracts metals and other magnets to it. That is why you can slowly push 2 magnets together and they will jump to each other, due to them entering their magnetic fields.

6. The magnetic field made by The Earth is so big and strong, that it stretches out into space. The Earth is made from metals and materials like iron, which makes it just like a smaller magnet you might have at home.

7. Fridge magnets are used all over the world in families homes and in America, are seen on an average of 20 times per day!

8. The power of a magnet is measured in Tesla (which was the name of a scientist who specialised in electricity). Even though The Earth is massive and is a giant magnet, it is around 1000 times weaker than a small magnet you might have at home.

9. Magnetism was discovered and used over 800 years ago in ancient Greece and China. They even had their own compasses.

10. Iron is the best metal to use as a magnet as it is naturally magnetic. Others are nickel and cobalt, but if you have a magnet at home, it is most likely made from iron or ferrites, which is a metal made from many different elements.

Some websites to work on:

http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/magnets.html

magnetism games for kids

http://staff.jsr.cc.va.us/asullivan/eisenhower/projects/magnificent_magnets.htm

http://www.coolmagnetman.com/magindex.htm

Happy New Year everyone!

Well my kids, a new year is here and we have to think about working hard, I hope you´ve enjoyed your holidays and are ready and with renewed energy to work harder.