English Monkey Paradise

Good afternoon! You guessed it today: space is one of my favourite topics :)!. I enjoyed very much listening to your ideas and reading your articles. Some can be crazier than others but all are very good!. The space sports you invented are very fun and the space hospitals seems like a very good idea (very silent and quiet!). However, there is one that I like better than the rest simply because it deals with a very important problem. One group created the "space factory" so all contamination is far from Earth. We don't know if your ideas are possible but I am very happy you came up with them. The world needs ideas!.

Good afternoon! First off, good job in the treasure hunt!. Without your help, Tim wouldn't have been able to find the seeds to give them to the children!. Also, the winning E-Valentine card is here. Congratulations!!! Did you like the pictures our E-Twinning friends sent us?. The pictures of the stars were taken with a computer software called Stellarium. It is a bit difficult but you can check it here . The others are from Google Earth, that one we already know. Does anyone want to take some pictures of our stars and our town to send to them?.

Good afternoon! Here are the lyrics to our song: The Astronaut Song In our station, above our planet, I can see a million stars and lights. I had to study very hard to travel so far. (Chorus) But everyday I look through the window I see the Earth and feel very fine. I really wish that you could see it, all my problems really seem very small. In our station, above our planet, I can see the big cities' lights. I think of people living there and how close they are. (Chorus) And everyday I look through the window I see the Earth and feel very fine. I really wish that you could see it, all my problems really seem very small. What other things do you think you can see from space?

Good afternoon! I enjoyed learning about what you want to do when you grow up. To be honest, I am a bit dissapointed that there weren't any astronauts in the classroom but there are doctors and that's allright. Anyway, here are the questions for today. Remember that the second part you have to do with your family! These are your options : little scientists grow up succeed Fill in the gaps and answer the questions: Do more than the half of the children in my class want to be [Answer] scientists when they grow up?. Are science and sports fields where only boys can [Answer] succeed ? When I was [Answer] little I wanted to be ... When I [Answer] grow up I will be a ... Answer the questions with the help of your family : When my parents were little they wanted to be .... Now, my parents are ... My parents want me to be a .... I [ agree/disagree ] because of ... What do you think about what child...

Good afternoon! Here is the crossword we did today!. Even more important, here is a model of a news article for your final task!!! Account for who , what , where , how , and when . For example: Who : Scientists in Andalusia. What : An elevator to space. Where : In Mulhacén, Granada. How : After a ten year investigation. When : Last Sunday. Pick a good title!. I've chosen "Elevator to the stars! . Next, follow these tricks for the first paragraph : Grab the attention of your readers!: Do you want to go to space but are you afraid of rockets? Worry not! Set the stage , tell the when and where: Last Sunday, in Mulhacén, Granada, Do a summary of the what : the first ever Space Elevator opened to the public! Your second paragraph can tell your story. Be sure to mention who and how and go into some details : [...] The project is the idea of Andalusian Scientists after ten years of investigations. The elevator is made of glass and carbon fibers and...

Good afternoon! First of all, here is the video of the space lesson by Tim Peake!. Wouldn't it be great to have a cosmic classroom here too? Second, here is the text we read today with the questions and answers . Below you can also read the text and solution for the listening exercise. Tim Peake is the first British astronaut to live in the Inernational Space Station which is 400km above the Earth. To get there he had to take the hardest training he has ever done, but it was worth it!. He there for six months and he carried out 30 experiments. One of the experiments is about how food grows in space. Tim will studied more than a million seeds of a salad plant. When Tim landed, the seeds were shared among schools in Britain. Students were able to observe how they grow after six months in space. Do you think they are weaker or stronger? Tim's mission was called Principia, which is part of the title a 300-year-old book by British scientist Isaac Newton. However, the ...

Good afternoon! As always, here is a picture of the blackboard today, so you can keep the examples! I also wanted you to think about the final task for this unit. Remember, it has to be something important for you but preferably important to the world!. It also has to be something related to science and space (we discussed about someone inventing a way to grow plants in space). We'll discuss your ideas during the next session!.

Good afternoon! First of it all, happy Peace Day!. I hope you enjoyed the celebrations at school and that the exercise we did in class made you think a little. I want to put the text, the questions and the pictures here, and I want you to show it to your family: it is a very important message!. This is your room. You share it with your brother or sister. Maybe you fight, but you make peace because your bond is bigger than you. Your room is smaller than your house. This is your house. You share it with your family. Maybe you fight, but you make peace because your love is bigger than you. Your house is larger than your room, but smaller than your street. This is your street. Many of your friends live here. Sometimes you fight wit your friends, but you get along and make peace because friendship is important. Your street is larger than your house, but smaller than your region. This is Andalusia. You share it with other Andalusians, most people yo...