The Speckled Band

 

Fertilization (steps)

Fertilization, simply, is the joining of an ovum and a sperm. It happens inside a woman's reproductive system and is the first step of a pregnancy. It specifically involves the joining of the female reproductive cells (egg or ovum) with the male reproductive cell (sperm).

Make the drawing of the Uterus and the Fallopian tubes, ovaries, etc. and label the five steps and write what happens in each of those steps on your notebook. 

Spanish History XIX Century (From 1808 to 1833)

 When you study history you must focus on concepts, people, events, dates and timelines. Here we are going to see two concepts which are: Constitution and Absolutism. 

A Constitution is the most important law in a country. 

Napoleon, with the excuse of invading Portugal, agreed with Spain to cross the country with his troops, with 20.000 soldiers at first, but some time later, he kept on sending more soldiers and invaded Spain as well. 

The timeline will help you locate in time these events and people. Tomorrow at 10 o'clock we will have a class about this. See you then. Now you can watch this video and leave a comment.

What to do? Copy this information on your notebook and make a timeline from 1800 to 1833. 

Sex Cells

Men and women have different reproductive organs as we have seen. A woman's ovaries produce egg cells or ovum, and her uterus can carry a developing baby. A man's testicles produce sperm. Other glands add fluids to the sperm.

The Ovum is the female sex cell or gamete. They cannot move and they are very big compared with a sperm. An Ovum can measure approximately 0,14 mm and we can see it with the human eye. It's the biggest cell in the body. 

Here is a video that talks about this:

Today we will have a Natural class at 10:00 o'clock. I will send you the link of the meeting on Milton. See you then!!!

Contemporary Ages (XIX Century)

When we study History we can see the events that happened, the important people and the dates. Make three columns with this information that we will see today.

It is also important to understand certain concepts. For example: What is a Constitution?

Finally, we can read about history, we can make mindmaps and also make timelines. 

Here is a timeline of the XIX Century in Spain. 

Task: define briefly these events, people and dates. Search the information on your notebook and also on Google. 

We will meet tomorrow at 10:00 o'clock. Some minutes before I will send you a new link. 

Tomorrow class at 11 o'clock

Tomorrow we will have a class at 11 o'clock. I will send you the link on Milton Travellers. So check your milton mail and get in the meeting. 

Any question about Maths or Spanish Language, you can contact with Sandra on her blog. You also have a link to her blog permanently on the right part of this page. 

We will talk about the following points:

- Social --- What are we going to study?

English --- Exercises and the past continuous. 

Natural --- contents

Arts --- you have to finish the house.

How we are going to work during these days. 

Here is a video:

The Nervous System and the Musculoskeletal System

Here you can REVIEW THE EXAM in a Kahoot. On the blog you have all the information. Learn the bones and the muscles. 

If you want to enter in the NEW COMPETITION with more questions and timing. ENTER HERE. 

The nervous system controls everything you do, including breathing, thinking, walking, studying, feeling and all the things that you can do. It controls even your internal organs like the heart or the small intestine. 

 

Joints

A joint (articulación) is a point in the body where two bones of the skeleton come together in a way that allows movement. 

Did you know you have more than 600 muscles in your body? They do everything from pumping blood throughout your body to helping you lift your heavy backpack. 

You control some of your muscles, while others — like your heart — do their jobs without you thinking about them at all.

Muscles are all made of the same material, a type of elastic tissue (sort of like the material in a rubber band). Thousands, or even tens of thousands, of small fibers make up each muscle.

You have three different types of muscles in your body: smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and skeletal muscle.

European Political Map (Europe Unit 2)

Here are some maps that will help you locating countries and learning their capitals. I have also included some Kahoots to practice. There is anothe post with the relief maps. 

Complete European Political Map

Here is another political map:

European Political map

Here is a map only of the area of the Balkans and Italy.

Countries around the Adriatic Sea

Countries around the Baltic Sea

The United Kingdom (capital London) has four countries as well: Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Ireland is an independent country, its capital is Dublin. 

UK

Croatia, capital Zagreb

Here are all the capitals. Learn them as a game. It's fun!

Before you practice with Kahoot, look at your notes and maps, review the web pages and try to locate the different countries, mountains, seas and oceans, peninsulas, rivers, and so on. Then practice. 

Kahoot Political Map 1: PLAY HERE

Kahoot Political Map 2: PLAY HERE

European Geography: PLAY HERE

European Mountains: PLAY HERE

European Peninsulas: PLAY HERE

European Islands: PRACTICE HERE

Seas and Oceans: PRACTICE HERE

The Balkan Peninsula (Political Map) Europe Unit 2

The Balkan Peninsula is a large piece of land in southeastern Europe. It is divided into many countries, including Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, and the European part of Turkey. Sometimes the region is called the Balkans. The history of the Balkans includes many invasions and wars.

In this post we are going to see the countries that belonged to the old Yugoslavia. 

You can draw this countries to understand them better. 

Yugoslavia

In 1991 there was a war, that lasted for almost ten years. It was a complicated war due to the cold war and ethnic factors, and Yugoslavia was divided into eight different countries. Albania wasn't member of Yugoslavia that's why in it's a different colour.

Here is a map of the area: 

Map of Yugoslavia

Here is the actual map:

Review the rivers:

Leave your comments!!!

English Review

You can review the English Unit here: PRACTICE HERE 

Or introduce this PIN: 03768543

Review the present Perfect with this video:

Here you can practice present perfect.

Gerunds and infinitives:

Review the vocabulary: luggage, ferry, coach, on foot, train, plane, fly, boarding, traffic jam, road sign, travel, drive, car, security, passport, landing, take off, delay, uncle, aunt, flight, railway, motorway, speed limit, airport, tunnel, roadworks, canal, etc.

Don't forget the verb tenses. At the end of your activity book you have a page with the present simple, the past simple and the past participle. You also can find then information in wordreference.

An example of a list of irregular vebs could be this one:

Leave me a comment!!! 

Gerunds and Infinitives

 

Basic Rules: 

Sense of smell, taste, hearing and touch

The sense of Smell

One important factor to note about our sense of smell is that there has to be some very tiny particles called molecules from whatever we smell. 

Think about cooking food or burning a candle, or spraying a perfume: all these release very tiny molecules that our nose can detect. 

The sense of taste

Taste receptors are on the tongue. They are small bumps  called taste buds. There are four basic flavours. 

The sense of Hearing

The sense of touch