31/01/2012

Money makes the world go round

The British currency is the pound sterling. The sign for the pound is pound sign. In the United Kingdom, they don't use the Euro. The pound is divided into 100 pence. The singular of pence is penny. The symbol for the penny is "p". 50p is often pronounced "fifty pee" rather than "fifty pence".

There are coins and banknotes. Click here to see the coins and here to see the notes. Read the information and answer t
hese questions:

1. Which king or queen appears on one side of the coins?
2. Which coin shows a lion?
3. How many coins are there?
4. Is there a
pound sign100 note?
5. What is the slang (colloquial) nam
e for a pound?

Now play a game to see if you can use pounds an
d pence. What are you going to buy?






25/01/2012

LET`S LEARN ABOUT WATER!

Hi! I´m water-efficiency hero FLO!

As you know, water is essential for all living things and we often treat it like there is an infinite supply. It's time to get educated about the value of water and how you can protect this important natural resource.
I have a very important mission: I need you to learn and teach people how to save and protect water. Do you want to help me, please?. Are you ready?

WHY SAVE WATER?
Do you know that water is a limited resource? I am going to explain you why in the following page, so read it and answer the questions.
"Why save water"
1.- What percentage of all the water on the Earth can be used by people?

SIMPLE WAYS TO SAVE WATER.
Now we are going to learn some simple ways to save water. Go to this page: "Simple way to save water", and do the exercise.
2.- Write down the 5 simple ways of saving water that you have learned.

OUR MISSION: PLAY THE GAME!
Now, we are ready!!! We are going to work together and save water. How are we going to do it?. With a funny game!!. But the problem is there are 4 water-wasting monsters that can kill us, so you will have to avoid them. The instructions are:
- Move me through the water pipes.
- Answer the water efficiency questions.
- Avoid water-wasting monsters.

Play the GAME and answer these two questions.
3.- What is the name of your favourite water-wasting monster and why is he wasting water?

4.- What was your score?

GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!