ECOSYSTEMS

Ecosystem simply means "ecological systems".

Ecology is the study of ecosystems.

These two sentences are the beginning of an interest page in which you can find all you need to know about ecosystems.

Have a look at it and have fun!

Ecosystems

ENERGY and TECHNOLOGY

To make it easier to find last year's posts on these topics I've made a link so you just have to click on the different words and enjoy the videos and explanations again!
I hope you find them useful!

- Energy

- Energy Sources

- Renewable energy sources

- Non-renewable energy sources  

- Machines

- Simple and Compound machines poster

- Machines: an explanation in Spanish

HAPPY NEW SCHOOL YEAR!

Hello everyone and welcome back to school!

I hope you are happy I am going to teach some of you again.

We will go on posting interesting videos and links to useful web pages from which you can keep on revising and learning.

I hope we all enjoy them!!!

HAPPY SUMMER HOLIDAYS!

I wish you all a wonderful summertime!!

And for the ones that are willing to go on learning and having fun, here you have some interesting links for you to explore.

- All about Science 

These ones all belong to the British Council web page whose link is on the right, but I've made it easier for you showing them here in different categories. They are meant to practice English language in different ways:


- Listen to songs and stories

- Games

- Read and write

- Arts and Crafts

- Speak and Spell 

- Grammar Tests

- Home page LearnEnglishKids


I HOPE YOU REALLY ENJOY THEM!

SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER!

What is an ecosystem?

Watch this video to find out!

ECOSYSTEMS VOCABULARY

Here you have some definitions of words related to this last topic of the school year. I hope they help you to clear things up!
                                                                                                                           (Source: BBC Bitesize)

environment	all the conditions that surround any living organism - both the other living things and the non-living things or physical surroundings
habitat	a place where plants and animals live eg. a pond
population	all the members of a single species that live in a habitat eg. squirrels
community of living things	all the populations of different organisms living together in a habitat
ecosystem	a community of animals, plants and micro-organisms, together with the habitat where they live

Star Size Comparison (YOU ARE NOT THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE!)

In this video you can see how tiny our planet is and how big some stars in the Universe are.
Yes, we are not the centre of the Universe. We are just a wonderful tiny spot!!!

Exploring our Solar System

Wonderful video full of facts about the Solar System.

Enjoy it!

Solar system lesson

Here you have another interesting video.
There is a question below it. Try to think of an answer and then, check clicking the link.

Why is Venus the hotest planet in the Solar system if it is not the closest one to the Sun?

Here you will find the answer.

Astronomy and space science at BBC Bitesize

Astronomy and space science

This is a very interesting webpage with lots of information about space. There are five different pages. Do not forget to click on the numbers to get to all of them!!!