The function of reproduction allows human beings to reproduce and form new offspring, which assures the continuity of the species.
Human reproduce sexually which means that in order to produce a new human being, the union of two sex cells or gametes is necessary.
In your notebook make a mindmap of this information.
You can also watch this video:
Enjoy!
Have a look at the timeline and write the most important events, the ones that you think are the most important.
Now watch this video.
Which are the most important events in the XIX Century according to the video?
Write it on your notebook and leave a comment.
Enjoy!
Listen to the story of the Speckled Band written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. We read this story before christmas. Do you remember? Now you can listen to it. In the video it's the first story and lasts 19 minutes.
After you listen to a page or two, read it aloud to yourself in order to check that your pronunciation is fine.
Enjoy!
Did you like the story? Leave a comment!
In this post we are going to review the stages of life, the female reproductive system and the male reproductive system.
First of all you can read in this link the first three points: Introduction, female reproductive organ and male reproductive organ.
Sherlock Holmes is a complicated character. Of course, he is very intelligent and absolutely calm and logical. He solves mysteries by being really careful and looking at details that other people don't notice.
Holmes is also quite unusual. He doesn't sleep or eat at normal times and he's very untidy. His rooms are always in a mess and his housekeeper, Mrs Hudson, gets a little annoyed.
Now match the adverbs with similar meanings: (a number with a letter)
1. a bit 2. quite 3. very 4. absolutely
a. completely b. fairly c. really d. a little
Answer these questions:
What thing do you like about Sherlock Holmes?
Would you like to be a detective? Why?
Estimadas familias y alumnos,
Espero que hayáis pasado unas felices fiestas y os doy la bienvenida al nuevo año. Como ya sabéis por el momento hoy y mañana el colegio permanecerá cerrado debido a la nevada y a las dificultades de circulación y accesos.
Tras haber tenido reunión de CCP y de Equipo Docente, por el momento esta semana en nuestro nivel la plantearemos como una semana de repaso de los contenidos que hemos visto con anterioridad, así que iré poniendo apuntes, vídeos y resúmenes que ya hayamos visto pertenecientes a la unidad 3, poco a poco y sin prisas.
Os recuerdo por dónde vamos en cada área:
En la Unidad 3 de Natural estamos viendo el sistema reproductor humano, The Reproduction Function. Aquí iré subiendo material para que lo tengáis mejor organizado. En este tema os recuerdo los puntos clave:
Stages of life
Female Reproductive System
Male Reproductive System
Sex Cells: Sperm and Ovum
Fertilization (...)
Pregnancy (...)
Giving Birth (...)
En la Unidad 3 de Social estamos viendo la Edad Contemporánea, es decir, la historia de España en el siglo XIX (de momento el siglo XX lo veremos en una unidad más adelante). Hemos empezado en la Revolución Francesa y llegaremos hasta el momento en que empieza a reinar Alfonso XIII. Como hechos destacados, está la invasión de Napoleón y la Guerra de la Independencia que comenzó en 1808.
Hoy os he dejado unos apuntes que los podéis ir viendo tranquilamente para ir recordando lo que vimos antes de Navidad.
Como siempre leer con atención, hacer algún mindmap, curiosear por internet, preguntar en casa y tener claro qué estamos viendo. Os pondré unos vídeos que he hecho sobre el siglo XIX que espero os servirán de ayuda.
En Inglés, trabajaremos los tiempos verbales que ya hemos visto y ampliaremos al past continuous, repasaremos el esquema que hicimos de los tiempos verbales. Veremos el vocabulario nuevo que os di que tenéis en el cuaderno:
Detective, alien, disguise, spaceship, heroine, hero, shield, time machine, clue, witness, etc.
Según avancen los días y se tomen decisiones en la Consejería de Educación sobre incorporarnos o no al colegio, el plan será que os vaya poniendo tareas de Milton, por el blog o bien del libro de Cambridge Complete B1. Así que por las mañanas, echar un vistazo al blog y a Milton.
Cualquier duda, me podéis contactar por educa Madrid en el siguiente correo:
(tratar de utilizar este y no el de gmail)
simon.hergueta@educa.madrid.org
Yo creo que esta semana podemos ir calentando "motores" poco a poco y sin agobiarse, y según nos digan tomamos un curso de acción u otro.
Un abrazo a todos y todas,
Simón
Good Morning! Read this post carefully!
The French Revolution
It broke out in France in 1789. People rose up against the injustices of absolutism and they organised a government based on the ideas of the enlightenment, such as equal rights and liberties for all citizens. These ideas were defended in two texts: the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen and the Constitution of 1791.
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The Industrial Revolution
It started in the late 18th century in England with the steam engine invention. Steam engines burnt coal to heat huge water boils which produced steam. This steam was used to move machines like looms in textile factories as well as trains and steam boats.
Carlos IV
He was born in 1748 and died in 1819. He was very well-meaning and pious. He married Maria Luisa de Parma and had fourteen children. One of his kids was Fernando VII that later was king of Spain. Carlos IV was king of Spain from 1788 to 1808.
In 1793 France declared the war to Spain. Portugal and Spain signed a treaty of mutual protection against France.
A few months after Carlos IV turned the throne of Spain over to his son (who had thus become Fernando VII), Napoleon tricked them both into a meeting at Bayonne, France, where he forced them to jointly abdicate. Napoleon then installed his brother, Joseph Bonaparte, as the new king of Spain, and Carlos IV and his family were held captive in France. The French were exiled in 1813, however, and Carlos IV's son once again became Fernando VII of Spain, returning with his family to Spain, in 1814.
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The War of independence
French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was extending his empire across Europe.
Spanish king Carlos IV of Bourbon and his son Fernando VII were fighting amongst themselves. This allowed Napoleon to invade Spain and put his brother on the throne under the name of José I Bonaparte.
On May 2nd 1808 the people of Madrid rose up against the French invasion. That meant the beginning of the war of independence.
The birth of liberalism
The war of independence was between Spain and France, but spanish people with different political ideas were also in conflict, like in a civil war.
Other countries participated in the war, on one side or another. Great Britain, fighting against Napoleon, was fundamental to the victory of Spain in 1814.
In 1812, during the war, the Cortes of Cádiz took place. This is where the first Constitution in the history of Spain was written.
It was a liberal text. This means it defended rights and liberties for citizens against absolutism.
The return to absolutism
After the war, Fernando VII of Bourbon returned to the Spanish throne.
Despite the confidence the Spanish people had in the king, he abolished the Constitution and restored absolutism. This led to confrontations between liberals and absolutists in the following years, and this continued after the death of the monarch in 1833.
The Spanish colonies in America were not pleased with these events, and proclaimed their independence.
A war for the throne
Fernando VII changed the Law of Succession to the throne. The new law allowed his daughter Isabel, declared heir, to become queen.
When the king died, Isabel was only three years old, and her mother, queen María Cristina of Bourbon, ruled as regent. The infante Carlos, brother of Fernando VII, disagreed with the new law of succession and attempted to claim the throne.
Carlos was supported by the absolutists, known as the carlists, and the queen regent gained the support of the liberals, who were able to approve the Constitution of 1837.
The absolutists, or Carlists, rejected this situation, and fought the Isabelinos in the First Carlist War.
The reign of Isabel II
In 1843, at the age of only thirteen, Isabel was proclaimed Queen Isabel II.
During her reign, the liberal politicians who had supported her, formed two parties:
A) The Moderate liberals, represented by Narváez, were supported by the wealthy classes and defended conservative liberalism. While in power, they approved the Constitution of 1845.
B) The Progressives, led by Espartero, represented the middle and lower classes and wanted to bring greater liberties to more sectors of the population.
A period of democracy
The reign of Isabel II lasted until 1868. In this year a military group rose up against the queen and she went into exile in France.
The fall of Isabel II opened a democratic process in Spain. This resulted in the new Constitution of 1869, which established a parliamentary monarchy, where a monarch reigns but does not rule the country. The chosen king was Amadeo I.
The new king faced numerous problems that led him to renounce the throne in 1873.
The first Spanish Republic was then proclaimed, meaning the first government without a king. However, another military uprising restored the monarchy soon after, in 1874.
The Bourbon Restoration
A year later, Alfonso XII of Bourbon, son of Isabel II, was restored to the throne.
In this period the Constitution of 1876 was approved. This was more conservative than the one before, and a new system of government allowed alternating of the two main political parties, the Conservatives, led by Cánovas del Castillo, and the Liberals, led by Sagasta.
The restoration lasted after the death of the king in 1885. His wife, María Cristina of Habsburg, ruled as regent because her son Alfonso XIII, the heir, was still a baby. During her regency, Spain lost its last colonies: Cuba and the Philippines.
