domingo, 8 de diciembre de 2013

Glossary Unit 3 (Social Sciences)


State: a sovereign political power or community
Sovereignty:  supreme and unrestricted power, as of a state
Constitution: the fundamental political principles on which a state is governed
Democracy: the fundamental political principles on which a state is governed
Monarchy: a form of government in which supreme authority is vested in a single and usually hereditary figure, such as a king, and whose powers can vary from those of an absolute despot to those of a figurehead
Dictatorship: one person has all the power in his/her country
Globalization: the process enabling financial and investment markets to operate internationally, largely as a result of deregulation and improved communications
Regional: Of or relating to a particular region or district.
Cultural diversity:  the cultural variety and cultural differences that exist in the world, a society, or an institution
Universal suffrage:
suffrage for all persons over a certain age, usually 18 or 21, who in other respects satisfy the requirements established by law.
Legislative power: The authority under the constitution to make laws and to alter or repeal them.
Executive power: Power to enforce executive orders as intended and given, authorized by law.
Judicial power: to interpret statutes and laws when disputes arise.
Supranational:  beyond the authority or jurisdiction of one national government
Mass culture:   the culture that is widely disseminated via the mass media
UN: United Nations
NGO: Non Governmental organization
Civil servant: A person employed in the civil service
Justice: the principle of fairness that like cases should be treated alike
Liberty: the power of choosing, thinking, and acting for oneself; freedom from control or restriction
Subsidiarity: the principle of devolving decisions to the lowest practical level
Culture: the total of the inherited ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge, which constitute the shared bases of social action
Multiculturalism: the policy of maintaining a diversity of ethnic cultures within a community
Interculturalism:  representing different cultures
Referendum: submission of an issue of public importance to the direct vote of the electorate

Elections: the selection by vote of a person or persons from among candidates for a position

viernes, 29 de noviembre de 2013

My poster!!

Hi everybody :)
Here you have my poster about a person who has done something special or something important about human rights.
I love this person and he has done many things to make a better world. Maybe he couldn't do all the things he want but at least he tried to help people who live in poor countries or people with problems.
I hope you like it.
BYE!!


Our travel to Ireland

Hi guys!!
Our project in this unit,as you know,is about a travel.
We made this project about Ireland because is a geat place to visit and my group and me love it.
If you want to know more information about Ireland you can see our project :)
 

jueves, 28 de noviembre de 2013

Glossary unit 1 (Physical Education)


ENDURANCE
Shin: the front part of the lower leg
Splints: a rigid support for restricting movement of an injured part
To enable: to make something possible
Burst: a sudden breaking open or apart
Surfaces: the area or size of such a face

HANDBALL
To release: to free from captivity or imprisonment
Full back: one of two defensive players positioned in front of the goalkeeper
Wingers: a player stationed on the wing 
To disrupt: to interrupt the progress of something
Slight: small in quantity or extent

miércoles, 20 de noviembre de 2013

An ecological event

   WORLD OCEANS DAY
On world oceans day people around the planet work together to protect our oceans.
This project will end in 2014, so you have from 8th June 2013 (that is when it started) to 8th June 2014 to be the voice of our oceans.
You can help them sharing your knowledge. You can say to following ideas for the project to your family or your friends.
This are some points you can do: 

1.WEAR BLUE,TELL TWO.
Wear blue clothing to raise awareness for ocean conservation and tell two facts to someone around you.

2.AQUATIC CLEAN-UP.
As this sentence says, you can clean up your close ocean and of course you mustn't pollute them.

3.MAKE A PROMISE.
Ask people who attend your event to promise to change one thing, only one thing, in their life to protect our oceans and the animals who live inside it.

TILL NOW:
The project is going very well because many people are working in it.
Other years people from all around the planet worked too hard in this project. While some people were collecting rubbish from the beach other people were cleaning the water.
The project was a very good plan!

domingo, 10 de noviembre de 2013

Rules to reduce the Climate Change

        Some of the rules that I think can help the Climate Change are:

1.- You should try to reduce some contaminated gases from industries.
2.- It’s better if we use the bus instead the car.
3.- You mustn't throw waste to the river or to the streets.
4.-You can recycle more than now because we throw (for      example) bottles or paper into the waste bin.
5.-You must switch off the lights or electronic systems when       you are not using them.
6.-You should control your heating.
7.-It’s better if you play outside (in the street) than if you are    playing with electronic games because outside you are        using the sun and inside you are using electricity.
8.-You should turn off the tap when you are washing your teeth or lathering in the shower.
9.-It’s better to have a shower instead to take a bath.
10.-It’s better if people do less deforestation.
     
                                                         I will try to do them. Will you try it too?

Glossary Unit 2 (Social Sciences)

The Earth's climate zones.
Temperature:The degree of hotness of a body,substance,or medium.
Oases:A fertile patch in a desert occurring where the water table appoaches o reaches the ground surface
Precipitation:Rain,snow,sleet,dew,etc,formed by condensation of water vapour in the atmosphere.
Settlement:The establishment of a new region;colonization.
Livestock:Cattle,horses,poultry, and similar animals kept for domestic use but not as pets.
Scrub:To rub (a surface) hard,with or as if with a brush,soap,and water, in order to clean it.
Holm Oak Tree:An evergreen Mediterranean oak tree.
Logging:The work of felling,trimming,and transporting timber.
Deforestation:To clear of trees.
Savannah:Open grasslands,usually with scattered bushes or trees,characteristic of much of tropical Africa.
Taiga:The coniferous forests extending across much of subartic North America and Eurasia.
Tundra: A vast treeless zone luing between the ice cap and the timberline of North America and Eurasia and having a permanently frozen subsoil.
Jungle:An equatorial forest area with luxuriant vegetation,often almost impenetrable.
Desert:A region that is devoid or almost devoid of vegetation,because of low rainfall.
Steppe: An expensive grassy plain usually without trees.
Deciduous forest: Shedding all leaves annually at the end of the growing season and then having a dormant period without leaves.
Evergreen forest:Bearing foliage throughout the year;continually shedding and replacing leaves.
Riparian forest: Denoting or relating to the legal rights of the owner of land on a river bank,such as fishing or irrigation.
Meadows: An area of grassland,often used for hay or for grazing of animals.
Grassland:Land,such as a prairie,on which grass predominates.

Natural disasters:

Climate change:Weather modification regarding climate record to a global or regional.
Greenhouse effect:Certain gases retain some of the energy emitted by the planetary surface being heated by solar radiation.
Atmosphere: The gaseous envelope surrounding the earth or any other celestial body.
Drought: A prolonged period of scanty rainfall.
Acid rain:Chemicals on earth falling as rain.
Hurricane: A severe,often destructive storm.
Tornado:Also called: cyclone,twister a violent storm with winds whirling around a small area of extremely low pressure,usually characterized by a dark funnel-shaped cloud causing damage along its path.
Tsunami: A large,often destructive,sea wave produced by a submarine earthquake,subsidence,or volcanic eruption.Sometimes incorrectly called a tidal wave.
Sea levels rising:Increase in temperature of the earth that makes the water of the oceans to expand.
Sandstorm:A strong wind that whips uo clouds of sand.

Flood: The inundation of land that is normally dry through the overflowing of a body of water.











jueves, 7 de noviembre de 2013

Glossary Unit 1 (Social Sciences)

THE EARTH'S SURFACE

1-Geographical features: The combined action of internal and external forces shapes the surface of the Earth.
2-Cape: A headland or promontory
3-Massif:A large mountain mass compact group of connected mountains forming an independent or portion of a range.
4-Coast: The line or zone where the land meets the sea or some other large expanse of water.
5-Inlet: A thin channel of water that leads inland from the sea.
6-Fjords: Inlets created by glaciation. Are usually found on mountains coastlines.
7-Headland: A small area of land that projects out into the sea.
8-Peninsula: A large scale headland surrounded by water on three sides.
9-Isthmus: A peninsula can be connected to the land by a thin strech of land.
10-Island: A piece of land completely surrounded by water.
11-Archipelago: A group of related islands close together.
12-Gulf: An area of sea surrounded by land on three sides.It forms the shape of an arc.
13-Bay: Is similar to a gulf but generally smaller.
14-Oceanic ridge: An Underwater mountain range that generally covers a large area and reaches high altitudes.
15-Oceanic trench: A long depression of the ocean floor.
16-Abissal plain: A flat area of the ocean floor.
17-Continental shelf: The undersea extension of a continent that descends gradually to depths of around 400m.
18- Continental slope: A steep underwater area that links the continental shelf with the ocean floor.
19-Mountain: A large landform that is higher than the surrounding land.
20-Mountain range: Is a continuous chain of mountains.
21-Basin: An area of land that is chained by a river or a lake and that is lower than the surrounding area.
22-Valley: Is a linear depression in the land. A river valley is V-shaped due to the action of a river running through it. Glacial valleys are U-shaped because they have been formed by a moving glacier.
23-Plateau: A flat area of land which sits at a certain altitude above sea level.
24-Plain: A large, open, flat or slightly undulating area of land.
25-Cliff: A high steep, or overchanging face of rock.
26-Delta: The flat alluvial area at the mouth of some rivers where the mainstream splits up into several distributaries.
27-Lagoons: A body of water out off from the open sea by coral reefs or sand bars.
28-Marshes: Low poorly drained land that is sometimes flooded and often lies at the edge of lakes,streams,etc,.