Friday, 3 October 2014

What is water? The Oceans

Students of the 4th grade made a research about the oceans. They made a planisphere with labels to allow colleages to find the five oceans.






















These essential principles are key ideas that society should know Ocean: Principle 1. The Earth has a global and diverse ocean . Principle 2. The ocean and marine life have a strong action on Earth dynamics . Principle 3. The ocean has a major influence on climate . Principle 4. The Ocean allows the Earth to be habitable . Principle 5. The Ocean supports an immense diversity of life and ecosystems. Principle 6. Ocean and Humanity are closely intertwined. Principle 7. There is plenty to discover and explore the ocean. Some curiosities: . The origin of the ocean´s names: . Atlantic Ocean: his name has mythological origin, derived from Atlas, son of the name of the God of the Seas - Neptune. . Pacific Ocean: his name has historical origin. In 1520, the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan go to the South American coast, west of the Andes, was struck by their calm waters so he choose the name given to this (Pacific). Its name, however, contradicts literally on your real dynamic, since this is part of the Fire Circle, constantly being affected by volcanic eruptions and earthquakes (earthquakes and tsunamis). . Indian Ocean: his name has geographical origin, as it bathes the coastline of India and Indonesia. . Arctic Ocean: its origin is also geographic. It is located at the North Pole, in the constellation Ursa Minor. The name also it is derived from the Greek word arctos, which means "bear". . Southern Ocean: is another ocean whose origin of the name is geographical. This, in turn, receives this name because it is located in the opposite geographical position to the Arctic Ocean (Arctic - Antarctic)

Saturday, 27 September 2014

Game "The fishermen's net" tradicional game

The children form a circle, they are the fishermens

The other children (the fishes) enter the circle

The fishermens count in silence until they reach a number they all now.

The fishermen close the circle and the fishes inside get trapped.

Friday, 19 September 2014

"What is water"

What is water ? At what stage can we find it? We conducted a series of experiments that led us to discover the four stages of water
We begin by observing water in liquid and solid state
The water in the solid state takes place when subjected to very low temperatures.
To observe the water at another stage , we put a container and heated it. The boiling water quickly began to evaporate. We have found that the water was disappearing from the container and vapor rising like a cloud.
To arrive at another stage , we put a cold vessel above steam and quickly began to turn the vapor back into a liquid (condensation) and we observed the droplets fall. It was raining

Monday, 1 September 2014

New school year 2014/2015

You learn for life and not for the school. 


The  school starts and you will learn a
 lot. 


You will meet lots of new friends and 


have great fun.  


Congratulations from Latvia!