4º ESO B- DIVER. PRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE UNITED STATES by Rachel Hunkler

American history timeline from silviassanchez

Usa artists from silviassanchez

2ºD. DISCOVERING SHERLOCK HOLMES

Here I post the link about Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle  so that you can find out more things about the beginings of British Detective Ficiton. Hope you enjoy it! On Monday, we'll start  the first chapter of The London Eye Mystery. I can't wait! :D

History Channel Decoding The Past-The Real Dr Frankenstein. 4º ESO

4º ESO . UNIT 1. BODY AND MIND

                 Secret To A Long, Healthy Life: Bike To The Store  
                                                                        by Nancy Shute( NPR)

What would you say to a cheap, easy way to stay slim, one that would help avoid serious illness and early death? How about if it made your neighbors healthier, too? It could be as simple as biking to the store.

 READING COMPRENHENSION ACTIVITY
Read this ARTICLE and do the following activities:

A. LET'S LEARN NEW WORDS
Translate the following expressions into your language:

• slim
• avoid
• "just a wee bit"
• measurable
• gather up
• mash-up
• errands
• reap
• to take mass transit
• hazardous
• win-wins.

B. LET'S LOOK UP FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION IN ORDER TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

• a. Where was the research carried out ?
• b. What are the ill effects of air pollution on health?
• c. When would people from the Midwest do errands according to the research?
• d. Why were people who didn't go on bycicle also benefited?
• e. What other two healthy habits are also mentioned in the article?
• f.   Why was Baltimore a dangerous place to ride a bike?

 C. TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING QUOTATIONS FROM THE TEXT 

     A. "There are so many win-wins. Better health, personal economics, and finally less greenhouse gases".

     B. "Count him as a scientist who's testing his theories firsthand".
  
DEADLINE   7th October  10/7

2ND ESO. UNIT 6.CROSS- CURRICULAR - SCIENCE- ROBOTICS.

     ROBOTICS IN ISAAC ASIVMOV

The Three Laws of Robotics appearing on page75 (Inside Information) are a set of rules devised by the science fiction author Isaac Asimov. The rules were introduced in his 1942 short story "Runaround", although they had been foreshadowed in a few earlier stories. The Three Laws are:

1.      A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

2.      A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

3.      A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

The Laws are incorporated into almost all the robots appearing in his fiction, and cannot be bypassed, being intended as a safety feature. Many of Asimov's robot-focused stories involve robots behaving in unusual and counter-intuitive ways as an unintended consequence of how the robot applies the Three Laws to the situation in which it finds itself.

LISTENING COMPRENHENSION.  I, ROBOT (2004)

1.       Fill in the gaps according to the dialogue what Detective Spooner says.

a.      “_______ is a new _______ for a robot”

b.      “Human beings have dreams, even dogs have dreams, but not you,  you’re just a ________,   an     _________     _____      _________.

c.        "Can a robot   _____   ____   ________, can a robot   ______   a  ________ into  a ___________    _____________?".

2.       Answer the following questions about Sonny, and detective Spooner.

a.       According to Spooner, winking at somebody means ……………………………………………………

b.      What does Sonny think about human emotions? ………………………………………………………….

c.       Who taught him human emotions? ………………………………………………………………………………

d.       Why was Sonny at the crime scene? ……………………………………………………………………………

e.      Why does Spooner disagree with his answer? ………………………………………………………………

f.        Spooner says Sonny killed doctor Lanning  because ........................................................................……………………………………………………………………………………………………

g.       Spooner compares a robot with what two types of household machines?

……………………                 ……………………………

 Why do you think he does it?  ……………………………………………………………………………………

h.      Does Sonny lose his temper? Why? What does he do?

i.         Spooner describes his reaction as  ___________

j.        Finally, Sonny seems to blame himself for Lanning’s death. How does he pretend to justify it? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

YUMMY RECIPES FOR 4º ESO

In this link you will find some yummy and delicious dishes to present in class.

PROJECT FOR 1º BACHILLERATO, AMPLIACIóN. A BRIDGE TO HISTORY

Visit the following link in order to do the activities for the project of unit 13.
The order of the activities must be the following:

• A Bridge to Ireland
• Forgotten Children of Spain's Civil War
• The Natives and the English
• Human Rights
• Individual Presentation ( in class)

HUMAN RIGHTS

THE NATIVES AND THE ENGLISH

        

The Easter Rising

Forgotten Children of Spanish Civil War

Please, send your answers (word document) to silvia.sanchezmunoz@gmail.com

DEADLINE 10th June