HOW IS AURORA BOREALIS FORMED? ( Unit 7 - Science Y6)

Do you know what Aurora Borealis is?

Aurora Borealis timelapse HD from Tor Even Mathisen on Vimeo.

This question has emerged in Y6 classroom and we are going to give it a shot to solve it. 
We will do these steps to answer:

1. Write "how is Aurora Borealis formed" in the Google SafeSearch for Kids.
2. In pairs, write the answer with your own words.
3. Write in your teacher's twitter account @julisanzmamolar your answer. We will use this hashtag to search. #auroraborealisSG

If you would like to take part in this task, you could write and find the answers in the hashtag #auroraborealisSG.

Tweets sobre "#auroraborealisSG"

CHANGES OF STATE (Unit 6-Science Y5)

Today we are going to finish the topic of MATTER. Also we have learnt about PROPERTIES OF MATTER and CHANGES IN MATTER. 
Finally we are going to get to know the CHANGES OF STATE.

First we will watch this video, even though you have to answer these three questions on your notebook:

• How many states of matter are there?
• How many changes of state are there?
• Can you explain to the rest of the class any change of state?

The video is on this web page:

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/matter/solids-liquids-gases.htm

Also we are going to make the test yourself in common.

STATES OF MATTER

SOLIDS LIQUIDS and GASES 

CHANGES OF STATE

This change of state sometimes occurs when the temperature changes.

To get to know more about changes in state we are going to visit this webpage:

http://contenidos.proyectoagrega.es/visualizador-1/Visualizar/Visualizar.do?idioma=en&identificador=es-an_2009043063_7960400&secuencia=false#

A solid changes into a liquid.

A liquid changes into a liquid.

A liquid changes into a gas. (100º C)

A liquid changes into a gas.

A gas changes into a liquid.

A solid changes into a gas.

To refresh changes of state you should do this activity:

PONENCIA CEIP MARQUÉS DE SANTILLANA (Carrión de los Condes)

La tarde del miércoles 5 de febrero de 2014 la pasaremos con nuestros compañeros y profesores de la Sección Bilingüe del Colegio Marqués de Santillana de Carrión de los Condes (Palencia). 

Nuestra intención es que conozcáis un poco el trabajo que llevamos a cabo en la Sección Bilingüe de nuestro colegio y guiaros en el diseño de actividades de Literacy. Esperemos sea una experiencia provechosa para todos.

Aquí os dejamos la presentación para que podáis consultar todo con más tranquilidad. 

¡GRACIAS POR CONTAR CON NOSOTROS!

STARS, CONSTELLATIONS and GALAXIES (Unit 7- Science Y6)

How wonderful is to watch the stars in a warm summer night? How much do you know about the STARS?

This video will help yo to understand how to see the stars and also is going to show you some of them.

STAR: It is a spherical body which generates light and heat through nuclear reactions. Most stars consist of hydrogen and helium.

Stars have different characteristics:

1. Colour.
2. Size.
3. Luminosity.

CONSTELLATIONS: They are groups of stars. There are eighty-eight constellations. They used to have the names of characters from mythology or the names of animals or objects because of the shape they form.

NEBULAE: A nebulae is a cloud of dust and gas. Some are illuminated by stars near them.

GALAXIES: Galaxies are enormous groups of stars, gases and dust.

There are three types:

• Elliptical

• Spiral.

• Irregular. 

Our Solar System is inside a Galaxy called THE MILKY WAY.

Milky Way seen from Mount Rainier just before Sunrise, Washington, USA #EarthPics pic.twitter.com/JVR2EkCLqf
— Google Earth Pics (@GoogleEarthPics) febrero 2, 2014

If you want further information you can look in the following link.

Rader's Cosmos4Kids

LET'S CHECK YOUR LEARNING WITH THE FOLLOWING TEST AND ACTIVITIES.

• Neok12. Label the Diagram: Astronomical Objects
• Cosmo4Kids Quizz: General Astronomy
• Cosmo4Kids Quizz: Solar System

THE MOON and ECLIPSES (Unit 7- Science Y6)

Do you know that the Moon orbits the Earth and rotates on its axis?

This video may explain you lots of characteristics of the MOON and ECLIPSES. 

The moon has four LUNAR PHASES, they depend on the Moon's position in relation to both the Earth and the Sun.

• NEW MOON: no part of the moon is visible.

• FIRST QUARTER: The illuminated half is increasing.

• FULL MOON: The side of the moon facing the Earth is being lit by the Sun.

• LAST QUARTER: The illuminated half is decreasing.

Sometimes there is a great phenomenon, when the MOON, the SUN and the EARTH ALING. This is which we called ECLIPSE.

We can have two kinds of eclipse:

• LUNAR ECLIPSE: The Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon and blocks the Sun's light.

• SOLAR ECLIPSE: The Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, block the Sun's light and project a shadow on the Earth. If they are in a perfect line it is a TOTAL ECLIPSE. 

To review the MOON we are going to watch this animation:
http://e-learningforkids.org/Courses/EN/S0801/login.htm

In the following link you can watch a short video about a Solar Eclipse. 

Solar eclipse block sun in Australia

LET'S CHECK ALL YOUR LEARNING WITH THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITY: