New Orleans: A City Underwater.

New Orleans: A City Under Water pt. I, II & III

This was the capstone presentation for our Global Warming project. We had the idea to compare two cities in the world. One city that the students were familiar with, Vigo, and another city of the same size that our auxiliar de conversación was familiar with, New Orleans. 

New Orleans was the site of the 2004 hurricane Katrina natural disaster. The entire city is, and was, built under sea level. So, with a little bit of strong wind and rain, the city itself could be flooded very easily. 

This presentation goes through the history and geography of the city, so that the students can more easily relate to the effects of Global Warming. At the very end of the geography section there are two really cool maps that use GIS (Geographic Information Systems) to measure what would happen if the global temperature increased and the sea-level rises. You should definitly check out the maps!

New orleans polar ice melting clil-ceip_pl_riadevigo_2017 from riaenglish

Ana Isabel Ferreirós Rey.

YouTube videos related to Global Warming and Climate Change.

Have a look at the following videos to learn about Climate Change and Global Warming:

-Global Warming for Kids:

Global Warming for Kids has been a fantastic video for learning the process of Global Warming. It was so informative, that we were able to make worksheets about climate change to further inhance the students comprehension of the topic

Next are some reading activities related to the video:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8wOdN8ipboAeEZXOFlla1Zya2s/view?usp=sharing

-Our Future Narrated by Morgan Freeman:

This video was a perfect introduction to our Global Warming project. It shows real places on Earth that have been affected by climate change, but it also shows places that are trying to fix the problems caused by industry, gases, and vehicles. After the video was shown, the students brainstormed ideas from, "Our Future", to begin thinking about the topic.

-Climate Change by NASA (very difficult video, only for advanced students):

There are more presentations, pictures and videos to come...!!!

Caleb Morgan.

Ana Isabel Ferreirós Rey.

Global Warming Definitions.

In this segment of our Global Warming project, we created definitions to define the causes and effects that our students had brainstormed earlier in the year. With dramatic pictures of Global Warming effects, we were able to show the severity of climate change. 

Global warming definitions_clil_ceip_pl_riadevigo_2017 from riaenglish

Caleb Morgan.
Ana Isabel Ferreirós Rey.

Celebrating Earth Day...!!!!!!!

This term we have been celebrating Eart Day both in the English and Art lessons. Today we shared our Project with all the Primary teachers and students. From now onwards we will be posting not only the pictures and videos, but also the murals, the power point presentations and main tasks of the project. So, stay tuned, since there is much more to come...!!!

Caleb Morgan.

Marta Diéguez Lorenzo.

Ana Isabel Ferreirós Rey.

YouTube video "We´ve got the whole world in our hands."

Caring about the planet is the topic we have been working on for Earth Day. Our younger students have learnt this song, being conscious of the importance of looking after our World. Enjoy the song!

This was the video we presented to all of primary school during the presentation of the murals made by 4th and 5th grade. The students in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade drew pictures related to the video, to hold up during the sing-along portion of their presentation. This was a perfect end to our project. The students really enjoyed singing along!

Ana Isabel Ferreirós Rey.

Past Tense: What were they doing...???

Let´s review Past Continuous with Caleb´s presentation...!!!

Past tense pp caleb from riaenglish

Ana Isabel Ferreirós Rey.

Cooking the Chocolate Buckeyes...!!! Portfolio Activity.

We have discovered that there is a link between cultures that was introduced during Caleb´s presentation. Apparently, in Ohio they celebrate the chestnut just like we do here in Spain. For Caleb it is called “the Buckeye”, for us it is called the “castaña” or chestnut, that is eating in Fall and specially during the “Magosto Festival”. However, in Ohio, the buckeye is a poisonous chestnut, that cannot be eaten.

The chocolate buckeye was made to look like a chestnut, but it isn´t made with the chestnut. Therefore, the chocolate buckeye doesn´t taste like one.

Recently, we could cook them at the school and enjoy them as well...!!!

Actividade portfolio anaisabelferreirosrey_ceip_pl_riadevigo from riaenglish

Ana Isabel Ferreirós Rey.