Saturday 22 February 2014
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Incasite Located 2,430 metres above sea level. It is located in the Cusco Region, in Peru. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Sacret Valley.
It is highly significant as a relatively intanct cultural site and it was declared a Peruvian Historical Sanctuary in 1981 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. In 2007, Machu Picchu was voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in a worldwide Internet poll.
Do you want to know who built it? And why?
Watch this video to begin (with subtitles in Spanish if you need them)
30 English Accents
Don't worry if you don't understand what she is saying, only pay attention to the different accents. I think she does it great. What do you think?
The Adventures of a Cardboard Box
Put your imagination to work! How many things can you do with a cardboard box? Can you imagine more than these?
Lascaux Caves
Lascaux is the setting of a complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings. They contain some of the best-known Upper Paleolithic art. These paintings are estimated to be 17,300 years old. They primarily consist of images of large animals, most of which are known from fossil evidence to have lived in the area at the time. In 1979, Lascaux was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list along with other prehistoric sites.
Here you can see a virtual tour. I hope you like it!
Sunday 16 February 2014
Letter H!
In Childhood Education, we are working about letter H. So, here is this great video about this important letter in English.
The 4th Centenary of El Greco's death.
Did you know that El Greco loved puzzles? For example, in many paintings we can find figures with a hand with the ring finger and the middle finger together. The Third Grade kids found some of this paintings. Can you see a hand like this in them?
Sunday 9 February 2014
Forest animals!
Let's talk about the forest animals!
The animals and their homes.
Forest animals sounds!
Let's sing!
Could we stop an asteroid?
What do think? Could we stop it?
Bill Nye explains us what we could do about it.
(Look for the Spanish subtitles in captions if you need it)
Bill Nye explains us what we could do about it.
(Look for the Spanish subtitles in captions if you need it)
The 4th centenary of El Greco's death.
The 4th Grade kids tell us their impressions about this two gorgeous paintings.
The 4th centenary of El Greco's death.
Third Grade kids observed one of the most famous paintings by El Greco (El caballero de la mano en el pecho) and these were their contributions.
I think they did a good job. What do you think?
The house
In Third Grade the kids worked so hard to make these wonderful posters with the rooms in the house and the chores in them.
I hope you like them!
Wednesday 5 February 2014
A question of size!
Do you still think that our sun is a big star? Watch this video and you can see the biggest known stars.
Sunday 2 February 2014
The scale of the universe.
Follow this link and you can see from the smallest thing in the universe till the biggest one. Awesome!
El Greco's paintings.
El Greco ("The Greek", 1541-1614) was a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. He is regarded as a precursor of both Expressionism and Cubism. His work, along with those of Goya, Picasso, Dalí and Velázquez, are consider the perfect example of Spanish painting.
Do you want to watch more? Here you are.
The Solar System!
Do you know how our moon was formed?
You can choose the language subtitles in "Captions".
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