LA HISTORIA MEJOR CON MÚSICA

Dos profesores de Hawaii han tenido la genial idea de contar la historia a través de vídeos musicales parodiando grandes hits internacionales de hoy y siempre que suben a su canal History Teachers. Adaptan canciones de grupos, en su mayoría, pop como Blondie, Lady Gaga, The Beatles o Rihanna y cuentan parte de la historia en ellos como La Revolución Francesa, Las Cruzadas, El Rey Arturo, Leonardo da Vinci…
El resultado, combinaciones como estas:

1. The Spanish Inquisition (“(Keep Feeling) Fascination” by The Human League”
2. Leonardo da Vinci (“Dear Prudence” as performed by Siouxsie and the Banshees)Elizabeth I (“She’s Not There” by the Zombies)
3. The French Revolution (“Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga) con Subs
4. The Divine Comedy (“Rapture” by Blondie)

Los resultados son impresionantes

La revolución Francesa a lo Lady Gaga.

PRACTICE: BUILD A POTATO ARCH

What you Need

	A potato		A sharp knife
	A set square can be useful

What to do

Making an arch is simple, you basically want to produce blocks of potato that are slightly wider at the top than the bottom. 

So cut a few large chips out of the potato which are about 12-15mm square and as straight as possible.

Although the blocks you make are tapered in one direction all the other corners should be right angles or your arch will be wonky, so using a set square, or something similar with a good right angle is useful to make the blocks the right shape.

When you have made enough blocks to make a semi-circle try putting them together to make an arch. Does it stay up?

See how the fails if you abuse it, poke it and push it.

You often see arches on the top of pillars or walls. Have a go at modeling this by building your arch on the top of a couple of chips. Does it work?

Try making the blocks really really thin, does the arch still work?

What may happen

If you cut the blocks right the arch should be quite stable, unless you make it too thin when it will collapse.

If you build it on top of tall thin chips, you should find the chips are pushed outwards and it falls over.

http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/kitchenscience/exp/the-potato-arch/

INSTITUTIONS OF THE EU FLASH-CARDS

por teacherjuananton

THE FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM

The Five Pillars of Islam

The Five Pillars of Islam are the five duties incumbent on every Muslim. They are the foundation of Muslim life:

1. Shahadah is a statement professing monotheism and accepting Muhammad as God's messenger. The statement denotes faith or belief in the Oneness of God and the finality of the prophethood of Muhammad and is normally said in Arabic. It states: "(I profess that) there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of God."
2. Salah is the daily prayer of Islam. It consists of five prayers a day at sunrise, at noon, in the afternoon, at sunset and in the evening.
3. Zakāt or alms-giving is the practice of charitable giving by Muslims based on accumulated wealth, and is obligatory for all who are able to do so. It is considered to be a personal responsibility for Muslims to ease economic hardship for others and eliminate inequality. Zakat consists of spending 2.5% of one's wealth for the benefit of the poor or needy once a year.
4. Sawm is a ritual fasting which is an obligatory act during the month of Ramadan. Muslims must abstain from food, drink, and sexual intercourse from dawn to dusk during this month, and are to be especially mindful of other sins. It is a sort of self-purification.
5. The Hajj is a pilgrimage that occurs during the Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah to the holy city of Mecca. Every able-bodied Muslim is obliged to make the pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lifetime if he or she can afford it. The pilgrimage to Makkah for those who are able.

As it is shown above the five pillars of Islam are obligatory on every adult Muslim . Some of these pillars or duties are done daily. or during a whole month. Others are done once a year or once in a lifetime.
Source: Wikipedia

Now go to this page and do the test.
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/reading-five-pillars-of-islam.php#.UolltWRWzIs

CLIMATE GRAPHS

Climate graphs exercises-solutions from Gema - IES Villa de Vallecas

CONSEJOS PARA EL PROFESOR BILINGÜE DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES

Presentación de la conferencia sobre buenas prácticas en la enseñanza bilingüe que impartí en el CEP Luisa Revuelta de Córdoba el pasado mes de Octubre del 2013.

VIDEOS PARA MOTIVAR A LOS ALUMNOS/AS A MEJORAR SU INGLÉS

En esta entrada paso a recopilar una serie de vídeos que os servirán para motivar a vuestros alumnos y alumnas a mejorar su inglés.

ANY DRUGS, EXPLOSIVES OR WEAPONS?
Video muy sencillito para motivar a gente que no habla inglés o está empezando.

WE ARE SINKING!
Este es sin duda el mejor de todos, por sencillo, directo y divertido. Apto para todas las edades y niveles de inglés.

German coast guard

DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?
Este es un video muy divertido realizado por la BBC para una serie cómica. Podemos usarlo con alumnos que ya tengan un cierto nivel del idioma.

Do you speak English? 

SUBTITLES

Otro gag cómico sobre el uso del inglés por extranjeros.