Social Science 22nd April 2020

Good morning, kids!

A few days ago we started a new section devoted to rivers. Let's continue with that. Today we are going to pay attention to some rivers in Spain. 

We said the other day that the river basin is the area of land a river flows through (todo el terreno por el que fluye un río). 

Today we are going to introduce a new concept: watershed. If you have a look at the next map (the same you can find on PB page 47 but with different colours), you can see that some rivers flow into the Atlantic Ocean, others into the Cantabrian Sea and others into the Mediterranean Sea. 

So, we can classify the rivers in Spain according to the sea or ocean they flow into. 

Example: Guadalquivir is a river in the Atlantic watershed (it means it flows into the Atlantic Ocean). 

1. According to that, classify the next rivers in three categories: ATLANTIC WATERSHED, CANTABRIAN WATERSHED, MEDITERRANEAN WATERSHED.

RIVERS: Guadalquivir, Segura, Ebro, Tajo, Júcar, Guadiana, Duero, Miño, Nervión, Tambre, Almanzora, Turia, Eo. 

ATLANTIC WATERSHED	CANTABRIAN WATERSHED	MEDITERRANEAN WATERSHED

2. There is a similar activity on AB page 16: exercise 7.

3. Try the next game about rivers in Spain (it is similar to one you played some days ago). 

RIVERS IN SPAIN

4. Finally, choose one of the main rivers in Spain, do a bit of research and write:

- where it begins (its source).

- where it ends (its mouth).

- how long it is.

- one tributary.

- some important cities it flows through. 

This is my example (you can't use it).

Guadalquivir 

Source: Sierra de Cazorla, Segura y las Villas (Jaén).

Mouth: Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Atlantic Ocean).

Length: 657 km.

Tributaries: Genil, Guadiamar...

Some cities it flows through: Andújar, Córdoba, Sevilla, Sanlúcar de Barrameda. 

Son varias cosas, pero recordad que no hay que hacerlo todo en un día. Poco a poco. Son solo recomendaciones. 

See you tomorrow :)

Ramón C. 

Social Science 16 th April 2020

Hello, kids!

First of all I 'd like to share with you some of the drawings I have received in the last days. 

Today we have to do a bit of Social Science. We started a new unit a few days ago (unit 3: water), and we talked about rivers, oceans, seas and lakes. Today we are going to talk about rivers. This is the information you can find on PB page 46 .

The first photograph shows some important aspects about rivers. 

This second photograph tries to explain the stages of a river (son los diferentes lugares en el río, desde que comienza hasta que desemboca: from the source to the mouth). 

(como dice Gabriel, tengo que dejar de ir a esa escuela de arte).

So, after reading that information, let's see if you can do the next activities...

1. Draw a river and label the most important parts.

2. Try to do the next worksheet. Read it carefully and slowly. 

3. I found a song about rivers. You may like it (en la canción aparecen muchas cosas sobre ríos que no hay que aprender, pero sí que hace un repaso de las distintas fases que puede ser interesante). 

No hace falta decirlo, pero una vez que hemos visto contenidos nuevos, ya podéis ir repasando: las partes del río, los distintos lugares... Poco a poco. 

That'll be all!

See you tomorrow :)

Ramón C. 

Social Science 1st April 2020

Good morning, everyone!

How are you today? We begin a new month, and that is always a good thing

Let's start with some drawings by Miguel and Hugo E. 

And now, Social Science.

We start Unit 3 today: Water. So we are going to talk about...anyone? Yes, water.

If you have your book with you, you can read pages 44-45. I have used those pages to write the next word map.

If you observe the physical map on page 44, you will see many examples of bodies of water (seas, oceans, rivers and lakes...). But we need a better map or Google to do the next activities :

1. Write five oceans and tell me if they are in the Northern hemisphere, Southern hemisphere or both.

2. Write five seas, five rivers and five lakes and say where they are (the continent is enough).

Now have a closer look at a map and observe the Iberian Peninsula. Answer the next question: 

3. Which bodies of water border (rodean) Spain?

Read pages 44-45 again (or my word map) before you try the next quiz (link below).

4. QUIZ

Have a nice Wednesday!

See you tomorrow ;)

Ramón C. 

Voluntary work: rivers and mountain ranges

Hi, kids.

Don't forget that you can do some voluntary work to get some extra credit for this unit.

Remember you just have to write some facts about a river or a mountain in range we can find in Europe (but don't choose the ones we have already studied). 

If you choose rivers, maybe you would like to play this game:
http://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3135

And there is another one about mountain ranges:
http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/europe/europe%20mountains.html

See you tomorrow!

Ramón C. 

Social Science: Maps

Hello, kids!

I already told about this great website to learn everything you need to know about the continents, oceans, etc.
http://world-geography-games.com/

But I am going to help you finding some of the most important contents for this unit: 

Mountain ranges: http://world-geography-games.com/mountain_ranges.html

Rivers:http://world-geography-games.com/rivers.html

Continents: http://world-geography-games.com/continents.html

Oceans:http://world-geography-games.com/oceans.html

Countries: http://world-geography-games.com/countries_continents.html

Capital cities:http://world-geography-games.com/capitals_continents.html

(Pero recordad, estos juegos son solo una pequeña ayuda: los contenidos que entrarán en el examen son los que explicamos en clase. Jugad a estos juegos sólo cuando ya tengáis claro lo que explicamos cada día en nuestras clases). 

This is another website you can visit: http://serbal.pntic.mec.es/ealg0027/mmundi2i.html

Good luck, little explorers!

See you tomorrow.

Ramón C.