Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Listening Homework

CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW:
VIDEO 1
http://www.videojug.com/interview/fun-science-planet-earth#why-dont-we-feel-the-earth-spin

FILL IN THE GAPS AS YOU LISTEN TO THE FOLLOWING VIDEO:

Why don't we feel the Earth spin?
Yes, the earth is 1-………………… and it's spinning really 2-……………… and why can't we feel it happen? Because we're on it, we're 3-………………… of it, it's all relative. It 4-………………be like if you were 5- ………………. in a car on a highway going sixty five miles an hour and you look to the car right 6-………………. you, and it doesn't appear to be 7-………………… at all because it's going the 8-……………..rate. This is same thing when we're on the earth; we're moving very, very, fast, but everything around us is moving at the same 9-……………….., so we can't really 10-…………….. the speed. But, the 11-………………… to the equator we are, actually, the 12-…….............. we are moving.


VIDEO 2

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS TRAILER:

1- What's the height of Mount Everest?
2- What did George Mallory dream of?
3- At what height  and which year were he and his friend last seen?
4- How many years later did they start to look for his body?
5-  Do people believe that he was the first to set foot on the top of the world?






Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Berfin,Arno,Serena and Aylin

Berfin talked about the benefits of crying as well as lauging.
Arno explained that there are 51 billion chickens in the world!Did you know that chickens didn't exist in America until it was discovered by the Spanish.
Serena's presentation was full of tomatoes because of the story behind 'La Tomatina Festival'.
Aylin is a real chocoholic so her presentation was YUMMY!

Look at their pics!

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Monday, 3 January 2011

Robin and Artun's presentations

Robin talked about Fast Food and Artun told us the rules of rugby.Here are some pictures taken during their presentations.

Happy New Year and  Merry Christmas to all!



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Monday, 20 December 2010

History of Christmas

LISTENING HOMEWORK:

Click on the link below. Listen to the video and answer the questions.
Find out more about Christmas.
We'll check on Monday!!


History of Christmas

Tuesday, 14 December 2010

Our videos

Listen to your friends!

Karin and Talar

This week we learned more facts about our hair and onions.
Karin explained the significances of melanin and keratin.
Talar informed us about how to protect our eyes from onions.

Did you know?
  • White hair grows faster than pigmented hair.
  • Melanin gives hair the color
  • Onion has an acid and it makes us cry
  • Try lemon and glasses to avoid crying!!

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Tuesday, 7 December 2010

Sila's presentation

We started with our presentations on FAQs or other interesting topics.
Each student has to prepare a powerpoint presentation, pre-listening exercises and after-listening exercises to check comprehension.

Our first friend was Sila and her topic was the acid rain. Here are some pictures taken during her presentation.

Did you know ?

' Acid rain is rain with a pH below 5.6 and normal rain should have pH 7.'


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