martes, 26 de enero de 2010

MAGNETIC SEPARATION





By Nuria P, Javi, Nico, Jose
Materials:
-Match box
-Couscous
-Magnet
-Wire
It consists of:
putting couscous in a match box and putting the magnet in the couscous.
The wire sticks to the magnet. This method of separation is called magnetic separation.

ORIGAMI CRANE: SYMBOL OF PEACE


With a piece of paper and your own hands, you can create an Origami Peace Crane.
Try it following the instructions on this animation.
CLICK HERE

lunes, 25 de enero de 2010

Sadako Sasaki

Este es un precioso video realizado por una niña de 11 años y así cuenta la historia de Sadako.


Sadako Sasaki


"I will write "peace" on your wings, and you will fly all over the world".


Sadako Sasaki was a Japanese girl who lived in Hiroshima, in Japan. In August 1945, when she was two years old, the atomic bomb exploded near her home. She and her family escaped, although her grandmother died.

Sadako had a normal childhood and was a very good runner.When she was 11 years old, she fell ill during a running race.

When she was 12, her illness became worse and she was diagnosed with leukaemia, a cancer which affected many children who had been exposed to radiation because of the atom bomb. The doctors told her family that she would have less than one year to live, and she would be in the hospital.


A friend told her about an old Japanese legend which says that if you fold 1000 origami cranes, you get a wish. The crane is a Japanese symbol of long life (or longevity).

Sadako started to fold her own cranes...

She didn't always have origami paper, she used newspaper, medicine wrappings, and scraps of wrapping paper from gifts. She folded and folded. Some people say that she folded over 1000 cranes before she died. We don't know the truth, but we do know that sadly Sadako didn't survive the terrible cancer. She was courageous and happy to the end. In October 1955 she died, peacefully, in the hospital.

In memory of Sadako...The children in her class were very sad, and decided to try to get money for a special memorial for Sadako and other children who had died from the atomic bomb. They wrote a book about Sadako, and they sent letters to schools all over Japan. Three years later, they used the money to build the Children's Peace Monument, in Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima. It has a statue of Sadako and an origami crane on the top . At the bottom of the statue there is a message from the children, it reads:

"This is our cry. This is our prayer. Peace in the world."




Every year, thousands of children visit the memorial and leave origami cranes in memory of children who have died because of war, and as a prayer for peace. If you look carefully at the picture above you can see thousands of cranes protected by the white structures around the edge of the memorial.

PEACE DAY

Aquí tenéis esta canción para celebrar el Día de la Paz en nuestro cole.
Espero que os guste.
Homenaje a MICHAEL JACKSON

domingo, 17 de enero de 2010

Some activities to practice

Aquí tenéis algunas actividades para practicar:
There is/are
Vocabulary: Places and buildings

sábado, 16 de enero de 2010

OUR EXPERIMENTS

Nico, Jony, Ángela, Jose.





This is a plastic bottle and in the bottle there is water and oil. They are separated. The water has more density, therefore the water stays on the bottom of the bottle and the oil rises to the top and appears to float on the water. This process of separation of mixtures is called decantation.

domingo, 10 de enero de 2010

Materials---Changing state


Hello students!
I wish you a happy new year!
To start this new term some activities about materials. They are related to changing state.
play