Chronicles from outerspace: November 2022

Wednesday 30 November 2022

Social - Drawing types of mountain systems

Draw these types of mountain systems. Here are the definitions:

Massif (macizo): a massif is a group of mountains. For example Macizo Galaico.

Mountain Range: series of mountains that are connected together generally to form a long line of mountains. For example, Cordillera Cantábrica.

Mountain Chain: A mountain chain is a row of high mountain summits.

Cordillera Cantábrica

Macizo Galaico

Monday 28 November 2022

Unit 2: Social: Spanish Geography

Sunday 27 November 2022

Unit 2: Civil Values: Responsability and personal autonomy

Welcome to unit 2 of Civil Values! This unit is called: Responsibility and personal autonomy.

You can make a cover as homework, inspiring yourself in things that resemble these two words: "Responsibility" and "Autonomy". For example, you are responsible when you tidy up your room and you are autonomous when you look every day the blog and Milton.

Critical Thinking

Critical thinking is a set of skills of mind, including the ability to define a problem, analyze ideas, and reason critically, and then create solutions, using logical reasoning.

It also includes the ability to make creative connections between ideas from different disciplines.

Gingerbread can always help you!

American philosopher, psychologist, and educator, John Dewey (1859–1952) defined critical thinking as active and careful consideration of a belief or supposed form of knowledge.

It involves actively subjecting ideas to critical scrutiny, rather than passively accepting their value. You can ask yourself: Is this really true?

Critical thinking is about helping you develop reasoning skills. A critical thinker will ask the right questions rather than just saying, “yes, this is the right answer”. They will analyze things and look at the reasons for them and all the alternatives.

Think and ask questions!

Critical thinking is one of the most valuable cognitive skills because it allows us to use discipline and logical skills to solve problems. It is also important for your brain and cognitive development.

These skills are necessary in getting you ready to understand how things work in the real world and come up with creative ideas.

Besides gaining problem-solving skills, being able to think independently will allow you to resist peer pressure, form your own opinions and trust your own thinking.

You must have your own ideas

However, prejudice, narrow-mindedness, emotion, or dogma can easily diminish its usefulness.

When facing complex problems, people who are not used to critical thinking usually rely on simplistic, but often inaccurate or outdated, representations of the world propagated by mass media.

Activities

1. Explain in your own words what is critical thinking. Do it in groups with a debate.

2. Two students present the ideas of the group in front of the class. Choose it by rock, paper scissors.

3. Find 3 examples of critical thinking.

4. Do emotions help us to think better? What do you think?

5. Find on internet what is a dogma

Sunday 20 November 2022

Zero Conditional (Review)

Here are some examples:

If people eat too much, they get sick.

If you touch a fire, you get burned.

People die if they don't eat.

You get water if you mix hydrogen and oxygen.

Snakes bite if they are scared.

If babies are hungry, they cry.

Do this exercise.

Enjoy!

Civil Values

This is what we saw the other day. We still have to see what our friend "Gingerbread" is going to tell us! ;)

Gingerbread knows a lot

Friend of self-esteem

1. List of good things about you

2. Help others

3. Put limits

4. Do exercise

Friday 18 November 2022

Civil Values (conflict resolution)

The five things to do when there is a conflict

You can be a peacekeeper

Saturday 12 November 2022

Natural Science (Discoveries and Technology)

Science is the study of the world around us. Scientists learn about their subject by observing, describing, and experimenting. There are many subjects and branches of science.

Some study outer space like astronomy. Other sciences study life (biology) or the earth (geology) or even matter and energy (physics).

Here are some discoveries:

Marie Curie is remembered for her discovery of radium and polonium, and her huge contribution to finding treatments for cancer.

Dr. Hawking is best known for his discovery that black holes emit radiation which can be detected by special instrumentation.

Black Holes are fascinating

A black hole is a place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out. The gravity is so strong because matter has been squeezed into a tiny space. This can happen when a star is dying. Because no light can get out, people can't see black holes. They are invisible.