FINAL PROJECT

Pollution

SOS, SOS, SOS!!!!  SOS, SOS,SOS!!! Help!!! This is a warning from the Earth!!! Who wants to lend a hand??? We have an extremely BIG problem. Our planet is sick and the symptoms are: - Air pollution - Water pollution - Exploitation of resources - Living things are in danger Can you help heal the planet??? If the answer is YES. Let´s continue!!! We need to organise ourselves first.

Activity 1

This is a very important mission and as I say, we need to be organised:

1. First you'll be assigned a partner. There will be five groups: group A, group B, group C, group D and Group E.

2. Each team will choose a different role:

- Windy (will be in charge of air). 

- Recy (will be in charge of waste).

- Watty (will be in charge of water).

- Any (will be in charge of animals).

- Vegy (will be in charge of plants).

3. Once you've picked a role to play, you need to use the web resources to collect data about pollution.

4. Now it's time to share your information with the rest of the class

5. You are going to add the information you found here  (Each member have to add his/her own information)

Activity 2

Now you will watch some videos relating to  Earth problems. After watching the video, you will share your ideas about the possible solutions that this problems can have, as a comment in the blog!

In this video you can use the CC for subtitles. 

Activity 3

Print and Solve the following Crossword 

Crossword

Then create your own Crossword with the information you found. Yo can use this page to create the crossword and bring it to the class.

Rubric	EXCELLENT (3)	AVERAGE (2)	POOR (1)	SCORE ( /3)
SEARCHING INFORMATION	You found out the information without problems and showing autonomy.	You have found some problems when searching for the information.	You rarely find the information without any help.
USE OF THE RESOURCES	You have used the resources contrasting and transforming the information.	You have just used the resources without.	You have just copied from the links without any kind of selection.
INDIVIDUAL WORK	You have finished all the activities and kept focused on task.	You haven´t finished some of the activities or you did not focus on task.	You have not finished most of the activities and/or you did not focus on task.
GROUP WORK	Active participation, cooperation and support within the group.	Not very active participation, cooperation or support within the group.	No participation, cooperation or support at all.
Comment and Crossword	Correct grammar and vocabulary and also good selection of information.	Some grammar mistakes and not always good use of vocabulary.	Many grammar and vocabulary  mistakes.

Conclusion

Mother Earth is our planet and you have done a really good job investigating about pollution and ways to help the planet. Well done!!! Don’t forget what you have learned here, please!!!

HALLOWEEN

Once you've watch the video, go to the activity here Read carfully and answer the worksheet.

Student's Halloween Monsters

Great job!!! All your monsters are awesome!!! 

Physical Descriptions!

Welcome to English is Fun!

Hi students, Today's homework is going to be about describing a character that you will create. I hope you enjoy it!

Activity

Click on the link below the picture, then you'll be redirecting to the page of the image, you are going to dess up your monster for halloween, after that, you will print out your mosters and you will bring them to the class, a description of the monsters must be included in the comments in the blog...

NOTE: Don't forget to put your name on your comments, because if you don't do it, I won't know which comment is yours!!!

Also you must do the comment on the blog before next class (November 6th).

See you next class! :D

http://www.thekidzpage.com/freeonlinetoys/jackolantern-dressup/kidshalloweendressupgame.swf

Seasons of the year

• What is the weather like today? 
• Did you check the weather to help you decide what to wear today? 
• During each of the 4 seasons in Veracruz State, the weather is different. 
• What is your favorite season? Why? 

INTRODUCTION

A planet's year is the time it takes to make one complete orbit around the Sun. The Earth goes once round the Sun in one Earth year. That's 365 Earth days.

We've seen already that different planets take different lengths of time to orbit the Sun. That means their years are different lengths. Mercury has a year of just 88 Earth days, and Neptune has a year of 164 Earth years.

The Earth's axis

Seasons

The Earth's axis is the imaginary line through the centre of the Earth between the South and North poles. This axis istilted slightly compared to the way the Earth orbits the Sun.

We get different seasons (winter, spring, summer and autumn) because the Earth is tilted. This is how it works:

When the northern hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun it is summer in the UK.

Orbit of the Earth around the Sun

When the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun it is winter in the UK.


When it is summer in the northern hemisphere, it is winter in the southern hemisphere.


Because of the tilt of the Earth's axis the Sun moves higher in the sky in summer, when we tilt towards it, than in winter.

Movement of the Sun due to the Tilt of the Earth

Took from: BBC




TASK

• You are going to learn about the 4 Seasons.

• Then you will make a book about your favorite season individually. 

PROCESS

• Look at the videos about each season in the links below and read the information about the seasons of the year in order to choose one of them as your favorite season.
• Print or download the file of the book to edit it. 
• Bring the book about the seasons and present it to the class.

NOTE: This activity is a project, so it will have a value of 5 points for the exam



RESOURCES

Seasons And Their Characteristics
The Four Seasons: Change Marks the Passing of a Year
Spring Season
Seasons
Understanding The Four Seasons: Kids Education Resources
The meaning of the spring season
Weather Facts

Videos:

Seasons

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Rubric:

• Vocabulary
• Images
• Spelling of  the words
• Design of the presentation 
• Extra information about the chosen season 

Conclusion:

With this activity, we have learnt what causes the seasons of the year, also we saw the Weather and what kind of clothes you should wear depending on the representative weather of each season. 

Reflexión sobre la Web 2.0

Hoy en día, el uso de la tecnología es algo de importancia, ya que está ha llegado hasta el ámbito educativo, dando nuevas herramientas a los docentes para poder trabajar con los alumnos de una manera innovadora y a la vez divertida.

La tecnología se ha convertido en algo necesario para nuestra sociedad, se hablaba en las exposiciones de un “Sociedad del conocimiento”, y ahora una “Sociedad de Información”. En la red se puede encontrar sin fin de información sobre distintos temas, por lo tanto es necesario desarrollar en los alumnos ciertas competencias que les permitan seleccionar y clasificar la información que sea pertinente y fidedigna.

La implementación de la Web 2.0, está enfocada en el compartimiento de información en dónde los alumnos podrían compartir y ampliar ideas con sus compañeros de clase de manera virtual, mediante wikis, blogs, redes sociales, etc. Como se mencionó anteriormente esto da un nuevo giro a la manera de educar y aprender en los estudiantes.

Considero que es de gran importancia desarrollar competencias en los alumnos para que hagan uso adecuado de los diferentes elementos e información que la Web les provee y de esta manera crear personas autónomas y de pensamiento crítico, así como también el uso de este tipo de herramientas por parte del docente para poder permitir este nuevo tipo de enseñanza-aprendizaje con el uso de tecnología.

Herramientas de la Web 2.0 para el aprendizaje 2.0