UNIT 2 - SPAIN'S LANDSCAPES

• Autonomous communities and cities of Spain
• Provinces and capitals
• Geography of Spain: mountain ranges and rivers. 

• Know and locate in a map Spain's natural borders.
• Know and locate in a map the 17 autonomous communities, the 2 autonomous cities, provinces and capitals.
• Know and locate in a map the most important rivers and landorms of Spain.
• Know and locate in a map the main rivers, their source, mouth and main tributaries.

SPAIN'S LANDSCAPES

GAMES

Click on these links to play some games:

GAME 1 - Communities (Madrid, Aragón, Andalucia...)	GAME 2 - Capitals of communities (Madrid, Zaragoza, Sevilla...)	GAME 3 - Capitals of provinces (Madrid, Zaragoza, Huesca, Teruel, Sevilla, Córdoba, Huelva...)
GAME 4 - Mountain ranges (Sierra Morena, Macizo Galaico, Sistema Ibérico...)

UNIT 7 - ELECTRICITY

• Electric current
• Electric charges
• Static electricity
• Electrical circuits
• Reflection of light.
• Thomas Edison
• Electric safety

• Observe some electrical phenomena and their effects: the attraction and repulsion of electric charges.
• Know about the basic laws that rule phenomena: reflection of light.
• Observ and identify the main elements of an electric circuit and build one.
• Identify some discoveries of Thomas Edison.

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ELECTRICITY from Marta Perales Jiménez

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UNIT 7. ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

• Primary, secondary and tertiary sectors.
• The life cycle of a product.
• Advertisement.

• Distinguish between raw materials and finished goods, associating them with the activities in which they are produced.
• Describe the steps involved in the manufacture and sale of products, identifying the sectors they belong to.
• Explain the main activities of the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors in Spain and Europe.
• Understand the main functions of advertisement.
• Recognise and explain the most common advertising techniques, analysing some examples.

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Unit 7 - Economic activity from Marta Perales Jiménez

Primary, secondary and tertiary sectors
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/business/aims/aimsandactivitiesrev3.shtml

Characteristics of industry
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/economic_change/characteristics_industry_rev1.shtml

How bread is made

http://www.maiznieks.lv/en/about-bread/how-bread-is-made

From wheat to bread

http://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/VideoActivity.aspx?contentId=163&sectionId=66&siteId=15&titleId=169

The bread-making process

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zywrkqt

UNIT 6 - THE POPULATION OF SPAIN AND EUROPE

• Population in Spain and in Europe.
• Migration movements.

• Understand the terms population and population density.
• Describe and explain a population pyramid
• Place in a map the most populated places in Spain and Europe.
• Identify the main migration movements.

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UNIT 6 - Population of Spain and Europe from Marta Perales Jiménez

To check world population, population by countries, by year, etc.


To look for population pyramids


Migration maps

UNIT 5. MATERIALS

• The origin of raw materials.
• Properties of materials.
• Manufacture of products from raw materials.
• Uses of materials in technology.

• Identify the origin of different raw materials.
• Explain how some products are made.
• Invent a new object, explain its utility, identify the materials it is made of and explain why these materials are appropriate.
• Recognise the relevance of new inventions in society.

MATERIALS from Marta Perales Jiménez

Mineral detectives

Superconductors used in magnetic levitation trains

UNITS 3 AND 4. ECOSYSTEMS

• Ecosystems
• Biosphere
• Habitats

• Observe and identify the main characteristics and components of ecosystems.
• Recognise and explain some ecosystems (meadow, pond, forest, coast and city).
• Identify and explain some of the reasons for species' extinction.
• Observe and identify different habitats of living things

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Ecosystems - Natural Science from Marta Perales

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What is an ecosystem?


Levels of organisation

The Biosphere

Feeding relationships (producers, consumers...)

Food chains and food webs

On the following animation you can see an explanation about feeding relationships among living things and the food chain.


Explanation of the food chain


The food chain game

Build a food chain

The producers/decomposers game


Endangered animals

The IUCN Red list of threatened species

Help these living things build the perfect habitat!

A test about units 3 and 4

UNIT 3. THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS

• The Catholic Monarchs
• The end of the "Reconquista"
• Christopher Columbus
• The discovery of America

• Identify Isabelle of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon as the Catholic Monarchs.
• Recognise the marriage of the Catholic Monarchs as the beginning of the kingdom of Spain.
• Identify some conquerors, navigators and explorers, such as Hernán Cortés, Pizarro, Magallanes and Elcano.
• Identify the conquest of Granada (1492) as the end of the "Reconquista".
• Explain the discovery of America (1492) and Cristopher Columbus' voyages.

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Catholic Monarchs from Marta Perales Jiménez

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Christopher Columbus (a timeline, basic information, photos, games, fun facts...)

Explorers for kids

• Columbus 
• Hernan Cortes 
• Magellan 
• Pizarro 

A game about Christopher Columbus. Walk the plank