Bilingual Santos Isasa

04/05/2012

English Afternoon Tea

Here are some of the pictures we took yesterday when we were enjoying a special afternoon tea. Did you like it? Well, I know that tea is not your favourite drink, but at least, you know how it tastes now. Leave your comments here.

Pictures

02/05/2012

The secret message of the Scribe.

A sculpture of a sitting scribe.

As you know, the ancient egiptians used a special writting, the hieroglyphics. For them, they were sacred, symbols related with the gods. Only scribes and priests knew how to read and write them, so for the rest of the egiptians, the hieroglyphics were secret messages written in temples and tombs walls.

The scribes used a special paper to write in: the papyrus. The papyrus is a plant which grow on the Nile's riversides.

A typical papyrus plant near the Nile.

There are so many that the egyptians used it, after cut the plant, extend and prepare the leaves with some natural products. Then they could writte over the papyrus sheet like this:

But... How can we know what the egyptians wanted to say? Thanks to the Rosetta Stone: This is a fragment of basaltic stone with the same text written three times in three different scripts: hieroglyphics, demotic and Greek. It's important because, using ancient greek as the basis, we are capable to use this fragment to understand the hieroglyphs of the Ancient Egyptians.

Activities:

Investigate:

Who discovered the Rosetta Stone and when?

Why did they put this name?

Who decoded the Rosetta Stone?

How long did it take to decode the Rosetta Stone?

You can find information HERE and HERE

A treasure had been hidden in your class, but you will find it only if you decoded this secret egyptian message:

To achieve it you can use this translator English- Egyptian. Good luck!

23/04/2012

Choose your mascot

Here are your 5 mascots. They all look great. But we can only have one. Which one do you like best?
Write a comment about your favourite mascot and explain why you like it. You can write only one comment. Be fair!

14/03/2012

LEARN ABOUT ROCKS

It is not easy to identified rocks because there are so many kids of them. But here you have an interactive game where you can test a variety of rocks in terms of their properties.

You will work with 4 characteristics which are used to help identify rocks. You have to click the arrows to choose a rock. Then you have to put it into the tester and click the four levels to test the rock and see:

1.- if it wear well (if it is not easily damage)
2.- if it is permeable (if water penetrates into its pores)
3.- if it splits (if it breaks easily)
4.- if it floats (if it doesn´t sink to the bottom of the jar)

You can also click on the magnifying glass to find out more about the rocks and click the speaker to hear the words read aloud.

PLAY

EXERCISES:
1.- Place each rock into the tester and click each levers.
2.- Which rocks wear well?
3.- Which rocks are permeable?
4.- Which rocks splits?
5.- Which rocks floats?
6.- Chose your favourite rock and write what is it commonly used for.