Thursday 27 March 2014

Acting Improvisation


Aims:

  • Increase creativity and imagination.
  • Improve communication and listening skills
  • Develop confidence and teamwork.


Torricelli's barometric experiment


Watch these videos:






 

 Torricelli performed his celebrated experiment on argento vivo [quicksilver, i.e., mercury], in Florence in spring 1644. Torricelli filled a glass tube, open at one end, with mercury. Then, closing off the open end with a finger, he tipped the tube upside down and lowered it into a basin containing more mercury. He observed that the column of mercury descended only partially, stopping at a height of around 76 cm. Torricelli was convinced that the space created by the descent of the mercury in the tube was empty, and that the force holding up the column consisted of the pressure exerted by the air on the mercury in the basin. In a letter to Michelangelo Ricci of June 11, 1644, Torricelli declared that his experiment proved two fundamental concepts: first, that Nature did not abhor the void; second, that the air had weight. The results of the mercury experiment opened a period of revolutionary change, forcing a re-examination of doctrines accepted for centuries.
  •  Observe the picture and learn

http://www.old-pz.gse.harvard.edu/ucp/curriculum/pressure/s1_lesson2_lessonplan.htm
  • Explain the experiment

 

Saturday 22 March 2014

Periods – What are they? (Menstrual cycle)



This activity is the last part of a project, called “Women, hormones and applications”.

We introduced the topic with a text about the menstrual cycle and some hormones. This task is extended with a video where more hormones are mentioned. We talked about them and answered some questions.




Finally, the students have to elaborate their project, a triptych about one contraceptive method (either hormonal or non-hormonal) in order to show it to the rest of the class, as you can see in this link.

Wednesday 19 March 2014

Ancient Egypt society

Read



Take the test



Speak



Cell organelles

  • Listen the cells songs



Living cells are divided into two types - procaryotic and eucaryotic

Eucaryotic Cell









ANIMAL CELL





PLANT CELL











    Now, in groups of three, make your own model and show it to your classmates.




    Sunday 16 March 2014

    English Festival - Tortosa



    Hem participat en el segon English Festival que s'ha celebrat a Tortosa del 14 al 17 de març.


    Alumnat de sisè - Vídeo promocional de la seua ciutat



    Alumnat 3r ESO - Debat


    Thursday 13 March 2014

    Spaguetti tower: a race against the clock


    Learning Goals:

    • Engineering for structural strength
    • Creative problem solving
    • Determining variables and controlling them
    • Team work
    • Time management

     Learning outcomes

    • Some shapes and materials are stronger than others.
    • Weak materials can be made stronger with good design techniques.
    • Distribution of mass is an important consideration when building structures.