U8: Mesopotamia + U9: Egypt

We shall prepare our unit with the help of these presentations:

 1) PRESENTATION nº1 (Spanish)

2) Presentation nº2 (Spanish)

3) Presentation #3 (English)   

 

VIDEOS:

1) The first civilizations in Mesopotamia 

2) Egypt 

3) Egyptian architecture: mastabes and pyramids I


4) Mastabes and pyramids II  

U7: Prehistory

In this unit we start the part of History in our subject. We start the human History since the very beginning, with the hominization (evolution) process and the Paleolithic period. 

Here you are some interesting links to prepare this unit:

1) Presentation #1: It is brief and a good introduction in order to set the main concepts of this unit. 

2) Presentation #2: Longer and better adapted to our book. BE CAREFUL because it includes all Prehistory, so also the contents about Neolithic and Metal Ages

3) Video #1: About bipedalism with the Australopitheci, the first hominids 

3) Video #2: About the origins of the Earth, the life on our planet and the human evolution. It is funny and didactical, so it will help you to understand the contents of our unit ;-) 

4) Video #3: About the employ of the first stone tools by the Homo Habilis  

5) Video #4: About the discovery of fire by the Homo Erectus

Unit 6: Spain´s physical environment and bioclimates

 

 

You can see HERE the presentation about the Unit 6. It is focused to our country, in sense of Physical Geography, relief, shores, river basins and biodiversity. 

I hope you find it useful in order to prepare this unit.

Unit 4: Natural bioclimatic zones on the Planet Earth

You can prepare our unit 4, focused on the natural landscapes in our Planet, with the help of THIS PRESENTATION

 

 

 

 

 

EXERCISES for Tuesday, January 30th:

1) What is the name of these pictures? What is represented here?

2) Describe briefly the elements of these pictures: period of time, elements of climate represented here, how are they, etc...

3) Which kind of climate, in your opinion, do these graphs correspond with (Tropical, Mediterranean, etc...)?

 
 

Problems with atmospheric pressure

Here you can watch some videos about problems related with the atmospheric pressure:

1) Chapter of "Desafío Extremo" with Jesús Calleja. They climb the Kilimanjaro very well-prepared, but some of the tourists suffer the altitude sickness (mal de altura).

2) El "síncope de la apnea" for scuba divers, specially those without any oxigen equiptment (inmersión por apnea)

3) Problems with the pressure in the cabin in a comercial flight

However, remember these situations are produced by incorrect human behaviors. It is necessary to respect Nature and also the limits of the human body, but it is no good to be scared neither. You can practice all these activities and sports if you want, but always been responsible and following a very correct equipment and previous preparation :-)

Videos about the units 2 & 3

                                                        

                             

Unit 4: The atmosphere. Weather and climate

Here you are a presentation about our Unit 4: Weather and climate 

You can maybe find it useful in order to prepare and study this unit, as an optional material for this unit.