Science+2nd+Cycle

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__**UNIT: BRITISH AND AMERICAN CULTURE**__
In this unit, we will study the __**British and American culture**__, and we will compare it with our Spanish culture.

First, we will start with a **presentation of United Kingdom** (location, facts, etc.)

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Then, we will study the main aspects of the **American culture** and its location.

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 * __Spain, Britain and Andalusia__** (AICLE): Activity



= = __**UNIT: WEATHER AND CLIMATE** __ =

**1.- Basic Vocabulary:**
weather, climate, temperature, precipitations, meteorologist, atmosphere, seasons, wind vane, anemometer, speed, sunny, stormy, cloudy, windy, raining, snowing, hailing, atmosphere, hot, cold, mild, high, medium, low, dry, humid

**2.- Definitions:**

 * __Weather__: is the state of the atmosphere at a given moment.
 * __Climate__: is the combination of the different types of weather in a region during the year.
 * __Meteorologist__: the person who predicts the weather using observation and meteorologists instruments.
 * __Precipitations__: the water which falls from the cloud towards the ground (rain, snow and hail)

**3.- Materials:**

 * **Presentation**
 * of the Weather & Climate** || Weather-presentation || [[file:weather_climate_presentation.potx]] ||


 * **Presentation**
 * of the 4 seasons**: || [[file:las4estaciones_powerpoint.potx]] ||

**VIDEO**: International Weather Report

**"THE CLIMATE IN SPAIN"**

**Photocopy this chart to each pupil and then transform it into a puzzle (cut the cells) and the children will have to build a correct chart.** **Read the information of the chart above and write the different type of climates, attending to the colours, of the map below:**

**Answer to these questions (observe the chart of the different types of climate in Spain):**
**a) Which is the climate of your region?****b) Which climates have not much rains?****c) Where can you find snow in winter?****d) Where can you go and find lot of rain all the year?****e) Which climates can you find in the two famous isles from the peninsule?**

**Written activities (Weather & Climate)**
- Here you have different types of written activities (pdf).- True or False (definitions, powerpoint, ...)
 * [[file:seasonsmonths.pdf]] || [[file:weatherseason_crossword1.pdf]] || [[file:weathernews.pdf]] ||
 * [[file:ficha3.pdf]] || [[file:oppositeweather.pdf]] || [[file:climate2.pdf]] ||
 * [[file:climate-graphic.pdf]] || [[file:instruments-chart.pdf]] || [[file:Ficha completa-Clima.pdf]] ||

Here you can work online with different activities from internet resources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/barnabybear/games/weather_game.swf []

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-9240.php http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-78454.php []

[|http://home.nordnet.fr/~rmaufroid/pupitre/weather/whatstheweaterlike.htm]

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[] http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-3494.php http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-23430.php

Other resources from internet (Weather & Climate)
[|__http://www.esltower.com/VOCABSHEETS/weather/weather.html?zoom_highlight=weather__]





= UNIT: ANIMALS AND PLANTS =

The life processes:
Work with this website. ||
 * [[file:lifeprocesses.pptx]] || [[file:Animal Lifecycles.potx]] ||
 * Video about " The Life processes " || [[file:animalreproduction-written.pdf]]

If you prefer, you can work with the picture below and use your notebook. ||
 * **Animals characteristics** || Click here to play online.
 * || [[image:animals-characteristics.jpg]] ||

**Vertebrates** **classification and Parts of a plant (Worksheets)** :
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Write the **parts of a flower**: **What do plants need to grow up?** **The life cycle of plants** **How do plants make food?** Draw the **Plants Cycle** on your notebook and write each sentence above the drawings. Draw and complete the life of a Sunflower: Vídeo about the **reproduction of the plants**. **Glossary and Posters**:
 * [[file:Helping Plants Grow Well Double Sided Fact Sheet.pdf]] || [[file:Plant Life Cycle Double Sided Fact Sheet.pdf]] ||



= __Rocks and minerals in the landscapes__ = **Activities** || ||
 * **Written**
 * || [[file:over_the_bridge.pdf]] ||

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