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WELCOME TO THE FIRST ISSUE ! !

STUDENTS WIN AWARD IN MADRID

Last year in our 3rd of

ESO Geography class we

did a Wiki about climate

change with our teacher

Javier Moreno.

We entered it into the Edu-

cared Contest. This past

summer Javier sent us an

email with some good

news, we had won 3rd

place in the contest and

received an MP4 player

for the prize.

We also got the opportu-

nity to go to Madrid to

accept our prize.

On the afternoon of the 9th

of December, 2009 we left

Fiñana and went to the

airport to go to Madrid.

We were very frightened

because it was the first

time that we had travelled

by plane.

When we arrived in Ma-

drid we stayed at a hotel,

which was very big and

beautiful. Then we visited

some commercial centres

where Vanessa lost her

purse.

The next Day we had

breakfast and we went to

the award ceremony. It was

a bit boring. There were

photographers and report-

ers, and they thought that

Vanessa was Chenoa.

Later, we visited Madrid

with other students from

Garrucha and Murcia, and

finally we returned to

Almería.

In our opinion the trip was

fantastic and very fun. We

hope to win another prize

so we can travel to get it!

IES S IERRA NEVADA´S MONTHLY REVIEW

MARCH 2010 VOLUMEN 1, Nº 1

THE SNOW H ILL FANZINE

THIS ISSUE

INCLUDES:

• Story about the award winning Wiki

• Updates from the bilingual section

• Jokes, games, and comics

CONTENTS:

TEACHING MATH IN ENGLISH

2

SCIENE IN EN-

GLISH

3

E. COLI EXPERI- 3

THE ELECTROSCO-

PE

3

D ID YOU KNOW 4

ENGLISH WORD OF THE WEEK

4

COMIC/SUDUKO 4

By Jesús Ramón Salamanca Martínez

A few months ago I met with some friends and we started talking about ours jobs. I tried to explain to them that I was in-

volved in a bilingual project. I told them that during my classes I usually speak in English, moreover, I teach Maths in Eng-

lish. Suddenly, they burst out laughing.

The program sounds good, Spanish students attend Chemistry, Biology, and Maths in English. I know students usually find

it difficult to learn Maths, furthermore, they think Maths is like learning a new language (similar to Chinese). So it could be

more difficult if they have to study Maths in English.

But, I recommend teaching Maths in English. Not only will students be able to learn Maths in English, they will also im-

prove their speaking skills in another language.

Contrary to popular belief, students support teaching Maths in English too. Some of the students from 1st and 2nd of ESO

have written a few words about their experience learning Maths in English.

Paloma: I like Maths in English because we learn more English and learn about new cultures. It is easy because the teachers

are nice, also an American named Brittany helps us with our English and Maths. This year we are learning more English…

so does maths!!!.

Azahara: I like the bilingual class of mathematics because I learn to say math problems in English. We reinforce occasion-

ally the reading in English reading problems and we amuse ourselves doing games in English for groups

Joaquin: I like the Bilingual class because it is very entertaining and we learn many interesting words related to mathemat-

ics.

Alejandro: I like bilingual classes because when I learn Maths, I also learn new vocabulary, useful expressions and their

meanings. We do a lot of games and quizzes, it’s very funny! We have a bilingual assistant and she answers all of ours

questions. It’s very entertaining and you can get positives points too.

Mar: I think bilingual math class is very important for our life. We are learning a lot of English. We usually work with

computers. Also, we are learning many different new things.

Rafa: The Bilingual math class develop very good. There are very interesting and them help us a lot to learn English

Laura: The bilingual math class is fun and it’s very important in our life. Our English assistant came from America.

Lucia: The bilingual classes are very fun, because Brittany helps us learn English. In Maths we do lots of fun activities. I

like the bilingual maths classes.

TEACHING MATHS IN ENGLISH . . .YOU MUST BE JOKING !

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Students from Primero de ESO

This year our science

lab is also bilingual!!!

Students love work-

ing in the lab because

it is different and

practical.

But, before undertak-

ing lab work they

have to know the ba-

sic rules.

First, they learn some

important safety rules

and vocabulary. This

is like a briefing be-

fore going into the

lab.

The students from 1st

and 2nd ESO have

been working on this

pre-lab in English.

Electroscopes detect electric

charge by the motion of a test

object due to the Coulomb

electrostatic force.

It consist of a vertical metal

rod from the end of which

hang two parallel strips of thin

flexible gold leaf.

By Noemí Díaz Guerrero

Fourth of ESO used an electro-

scope for an experiment during

a Physics and Chemistry class.

An electroscope is an early sci-

entific instrument that is used to

detect the presence and magni-

tude of electric charge in a

body. It was the first electrical

measuring instrument.

When the metal terminal is

touched with a charged object,

the gold leaves spread apart

into a ´V´.

This happens because some of

the charge on the object is con-

ducted through the terminal

and metal rod to the leaves.

SCIENCE IN ENGLISH

4th of ESO’s Experiment with the Electroscope

Observation of e.. coli bacteria First, we put water on

a microscope slide;

afterwards, we took

the bacteria and put it

in the water.

Second, we used a

lighter to dry the wa-

ter and we dyed the

bacteria and then we

cleaned off the extra dye.

Third, we looked at the

slide on the optical mi-

croscope.

After that, we spread

E-Coli bacteria in a

sterile petri dish. The

next day we returned to

the lab and we could

see that the bacteria

had grown.

By Nerea Pérez

García.

In January we went to

the lab because we

wanted to observe E-

Coli bacteria that was

in a petri dish, so we

needed an optical mi-

croscope and a micro-

scope slide.

PÁGINA 3 VOLUMEN 1 , Nº 1

What do cows like doing in their free time?

Going to the mooovies

Did You Know....?

* 97% of the water on earth is in the

oceans.

* Only 3% of the water on earth is freshwa-

ter.

* About 2.4% of the water on earth is per-

manently frozen in glaciers and at the polar

ice caps.

* About 1/2 of 1 % of the water on earth is

groundwater.

* Only about 1/100 of 1% of the water on

earth is in the rivers and lakes.

* Over 17,000,000 houses use private wells

for their drinking water supply.

* A person can live about a month without

food, but can live only about 1 week without

water.

Kidnap

kid·nap: to seize and detain or

carry away by unlawful force or

fraud and often with a demand

for ransom

“Mario and Princess Peach are

having a walk when suddenly

Bowser Jr. kidnaps the

princess.”

ENGLISH WORD OF THE WEEK

Organización

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