Rotation and Revolution Quizizz

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Visit to the European Space Agency

In December we shall be visiting the European Space Agency. Here is a brief video showing you the installations and some of the people who work there: Here is another video by the North American Space Agency or NASA, where you can see the Earth from space: And here is one by the ESA from Africa to Russia. See if you can spot Madrid! This one shows us the variety of colours from the International Space Station (ISS): And this one shows us what life is like on the ISS:

Molten lava

As we've been talking about rocks and volcanoes, here is a video showing you what molten lava looks and sounds like - it's amazing!




And watch this video where the scientist took a risk by going too close to the volcano!

Famous Volcanoes Around the World

And here is another one showing you some of the most famous volcanoes around the world.

Discover more about rocks here

Identifying Rocks

Play these interactive game to help identify rocks

The Universe

Look at this beautiful model Alex made of the Universe a couple of years ago. He brought it in to show me as we've been learning about the Earth. It's stunning!

Here are some more models of planet Earth!They Look good enough to eat!

The Earth

Look at these great models of the Earth with labels. They're fantastic! I'm glad the Earth isn't really that small! Thank you David and Raquel for making them!

Continents and Oceans

Solar Eclipse

Tomorrow there is going to be an eclipse of the sun. It will be partially visible in Madrid and if you would like to know more, click on the pictures!

LONGITUD AND LATITUD

Watch these videos to understand longitude and latitude






WATCH THIS PRESENTATION IF YOU STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND...

Latitude and longitude from maggiesalgado

MAPS



Click on the picture to go to a game and see the difference between globes and maps...

Click on the image to go to a page where you can learn more about maps and the imaginary lines we use to calculate exact points. It's in Spanish and English.

The Globe Unwrapped

Click on the picture to go to a game and see the difference between globes and maps...

Representation of the Earth

The next topic is 'Representation of the Earth' using maps and the imaginary lines we use to calculate exact points. Click on the image to go to a page where you can learn more and practise. It's in Spanish and English.

3D Volcanoes

Look at these great 3D volcanoes 5B did!

Rocks

Rocks

More geography videos on Types of Rocks at NeoK12.com  

The Rock Cycle

The Rock Cycle

More geography videos on Types of Rocks at NeoK12.com  

Volcano Song for 5th Years

The Solar System Mobile

This is a mobile I made of the planets for my classes. We didn't have time to do it in class as we're a bit behind, but if you would like to make one at home on a rainy day, here is the web page you should go to:
http://play.powerhousemuseum.com/make-and-do/the-science-lab/solar-system-mobile/

The Earth's Layers

This is a mini-project we did for Science in order to learn about the layers of the Earth. They are all from the same photocopy but each one turned out completely different!