Thursday 29 October 2015

DIET AND CULTURE

1. Is diet a cultural question?
2. Which food is the stable diet for Europeans, Asians and Americans?
3. Can you name different conditionings for diets?
4. Can you explain the characteristics of the Jewish food?
5. Why is the Mediterranean diet so heallthy? And yours; is it similar?
6. Is the vegan diet healthy? Why?

Thursday 22 October 2015

Insect mouthparts

 Insect mouthparts
Insects exhibit a range of mouthparts, adapted to particular modes of feeding. The earliest insects had chewing mouthparts. Specialization has mostly been for piercing and sucking, although a range of specializations exist, as these modes of feeding have evolved a number of times (for example, mosquitoes (which are flies) and aphids (which are true bugs) both pierce and suck, however female mosquitoes feed on animal blood whereas aphids feed on plant fluids)

 The development of insect mouthparts from the primitive chewing mouthparts of a grasshopper in the centre (A), to the lapping type (B) of a bee, the siphoning type (C) of a butterfly and the sucking type (D) of a female mosquito. Legend: a, antennae; c, compound eye; lb, labium; lr, labrum; md, mandibles; mx, maxillae hp hypopharynx. h                                                                      

                 


                    


 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect_mouthparts











                                                                                                                                                                                      

Sunday 18 October 2015

Snack culture

Mmm ... do you fancy a tasty bag of crisps? Or how about a yummy chocolate bar? British people love their snacks. Find out more about some popular British snacks. Don't read if you're hungry!

Snack culture
Snack culture


http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/snack-culture
Snack facts
Young people in Britain eat more snacks than people of the same age in other European countries. A recent survey has discovered that 64% of under 20-year-olds snack between meals. How does this compare with other countries? 58.7% of young people snack in Germany, 53% in France and only 40.7% in Spain. What are these young Brits eating? Savoury snacks, especially crisps, are the favourite snack in the UK.
Snack researchers found that the average person in Britain spends 43 pounds on savoury snacks each year, compared with 12 pounds for the French and only 7 pounds for the Italians. British people are spending a total of about 2.8 billion pounds a year on savoury snacks!
Crisps
What are crisps exactly? They are very thin slices of potato, cooked in oil then covered in salt or other salty flavours. British people are mad for crisps and they like them in a huge variety of flavours. Some of the most popular flavours include cheese and onion, salt and vinegar, steak and onion, roast chicken, tomato ketchup, and cheese and bacon.
A crisp-making company held a competition recently to find new exciting flavours for their crisps. The competition was called ‘Do us a flavour’ and the company received more than a million suggestions for new flavours. The finalists included squirrel flavour and onion bhaji flavour. The winner was builder’s breakfast, which tried to replicate the tastes of a full English breakfast including bacon, eggs, sausages and beans. The flavour was suggested by Emma Rushin of Belper, Derbyshire, who won £50,000 and 1% of future sales of her flavour. You can’t find builder’s breakfast crisps in the shops now – they were discontinued after one year. If you want to know what kind of crisps are most popular with people in the UK you can find a list on ‘The crisp list’ which describes itself as a website ‘for people who love crisps’
.Chocolate
The British love chocolate. In fact, they spend more on chocolate than any other European country! If you go to any newsagent’s shop in the UK you’ll see a huge selection of chocolate bars on sale. There is milk chocolate, dark chocolate and white chocolate. There are small bars of chocolate, medium-sized bars and massive bars of chocolate. You can buy mint-flavoured chocolate, chocolate-covered peanuts or raisins, chocolate with nuts, chocolate with toffee ... the list is endless! One brand of chocolate bar recently asked viewers to try four new flavours of a chocolate and then vote on Facebook for their favourite. The bar with
the most votes will be permanently added to their range.
Big chocolate eggs are sold in newsagents', sweet shops and supermarkets around Easter time. Parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles buy Easter eggs for children at this time of year.
Health
While crisps and other savoury snacks can be delicious, many people are worried that young people eat too many of these kinds of foods. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is a government organisation that is responsible for food safety and food hygiene in the UK. The FSA issued a warning recently that many children's snacks contained dangerously high levels of salt.
Some parents are unhappy that their children can buy snack foods that are high in sugar, salt or fat such as sweets, biscuits and crisps from vending machines in schools. Some schools have banned these types of vending machines.
Advertising and marketing is another controversial area. Some people feel that advertising for junk food and unhealthy snacks should not be directed at children and teenagers. One opinion is that young people should be protected by a ban on this kind of advertising before 9 p.m. on TV and that there should be more controls over websites, sponsorship and in-store promotions. What do you think?

1. Check your understanding: true or false
Circle True or False for these sentences.
1. British people eat fewer snacks than other Europeans. True False
2. Crisps are usually made from potatoes. True False
3. There was a competition in the UK to find new tastes for crisps. True False
4. The winner of the ‘Do us a flavour’ competition was squirrel flavour. True False
5. You can buy chocolate at a newsagent’s in Britain. True False
6. All schools have machines that sell unhealthy snacks. True False
2. Check your understanding: grouping
Write the words into the correct group.
bacon roast chicken tomato ketchup squirrel salt onion vinegar eggs cheese beans sausages chocolate steak

Meat               Condiments                    Vegetables                                        Other food


What are your favourite snacks?
Are they healthy?
How often and when do you eat snacks?
Do you agree that there should be more controls to protect young people from unhealthy snacks?


 

Do you have lunch at school? Do you like having lunch at school?


http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/school-dinners

School dinners (that means ‘lunch’) are a hot topic in the UK these days and there are lots of different opinions about what young people eat at lunchtime. Some people think that school meals are unhealthy, some people say that they are much better than in the past and others say that midday meals should be free for all school children.
What is a school dinner?
A typical school dinner costs about 2 pounds a day for a secondary pupil in the UK. There is usually a main course, a dessert and a drink. Parents often pay in advance online. School dinners must include food groups such as fruit and vegetables, protein (for example meat, fish or cheese) and carbohydrate (for example rice or pasta). There are rules about how the food is prepared, for example there are limits on the quantity of fried food.
Neverseconds – the school dinners blog
Martha Payne, from Scotland, started a blog called ‘Neverseconds’ about her school dinners when she was just nine years old. She posts photographs of her lunch every day and gives the food a grade out of ten. The grade depends on the quality and quantity of the food and how healthy it is. She doesn’t always give good grades. Her complaints include too much fried food, small quantities and hair in the food (yuck!). Many people read her blog and young people from all over the world post pictures of their school meals on Neverseconds.

Jamie Oliver, the celebrity British chef, is passionate about school dinners. He thinks that they need to be healthier and tastier. Jamie helped to promote Martha’s blog by tweeting about it and Neverseconds became very popular, very quickly on social media websites. On the blog, Martha also collects money for charity. The money is used to provide food for more than 600,000 poor children around the world.
Do all children have school dinners?    More than a third of British school pupils have school dinner. Some take a packed lunch, prepared at home. Others either have lunch at home or eat at nearby take-away restaurants. We asked some young people to tell us about what they eat at lunchtime on school days.
       ' I have school dinners most days but I take a packed lunch on Fridays. This Friday I had a cheese
sandwich, tomatoes, crisps, a chocolate bar and an apple juice.
’Tom, 14, Dorset
``Today we had pizza, salad, then an apple for dessert. I get free school meals because
my mum and dad are unemployed`
 Rae, 13, Hathersage
      `I had fish and chips today. I went to the chip shop near school with some friends. Sometimes I takea packed lunch and sometimes my parents give me money to buy lunch´
Theo, 15, Cambridge

       I have school dinner every day. Today I had roast chicken, carrots, green beans and po
tatoes. For dessert I had cake.’
Sarah, 14,Birmingham
The future for school dinners   
There are plans to examine school dinners in the UK and look at ways to make 
them better. HenryDimbleby and John Vincent started ‘Leon’, a chain of restaurants 
which aim to sell healthy fast food. The British government has asked the two 
restaurant owners to collect information about school dinners and see how they 
can be improved. Perhaps complaints about lunchtime food in British schools will
soon be a thing of the past.
1. Check your understanding: true or false
Circle True or False for these sentences.
1.School dinner is eaten at lunchtime.True False
2.A school dinner in the UK costs about 2 pounds.True False
3.Martha Payne wrote a magazine article called ‘Neverseconds’.True False
4.Martha Payne raises money to help feed poor children.True False
5.All British schoolchildren have school dinners.True False
6. The British government wants to improve school dinners.True False
2. Check your understanding: multiple choice
Choose the best word to complete these sentences.
1.Some people say that midday meals should be _______ for all schoolchildren.
free passionate fried
2.There are limits on the amount of _______ food in British school dinners.
poor fried good
3.Martha Payne grades her lunch on how _______ the food is.
free fried healthy
4.Martha doesn’t always give _______ grades for her school dinners.
good healthy free
5.Jamie Oliver is _______ about school dinners.
fast healthy passionate
6.Martha’s blog became very _______ on social media websites.
roast popular free

 7. Some children have free school meals if their parents are _______.
healthy popular unemployed
8. A typical school dinner is carrots, potatoes and _______ chicken.
fast free roast
3. Check your understanding: matching
Match the words to make phrases from the text.
sandwich restaurant shop dinner lunch chips bar juice
1. packed ___________________
5. cheese ___________________
2. school ___________________
6. apple ___________________
3. fish and ___________________
7. take-away ___________________
4. chocolate ___________________
8. chip ___________________
Discussion 

Do you have lunch at school? Are school dinners in your country free? Are school dinners in your country delicious or healthy? Do you think school dinners should be free to all students? Why or why not?

Virtual microscope

http://www.udel.edu/biology/ketcham/microscope/scope.html

Plant Cell Lab

http://biologycorner.com/worksheets/cell_lab_plant.html

Purpose: Students will observe plant cells using a light microscope. Two cells will be observed, one from the skin of an onion, and the other from a common aquarium water plant (anacharis). Students will compare both types of cells.

Prelab Questions

1. What is the function of chloroplasts?
2. Name two structures found in plant cells but not animal cells.
3. Name three structures found in plant cells AND in animal cells.
4. What structure surrounds the cell membrane (in plants) and gives the cell support.

Part A - Onion Cells

 cell label    

Part B - Elodea Cells

View a prepared slide of elodea (anacharis), which is an aquarium plant. As the slide warms from the light of the microscope, you may see the chloroplasts moving, a process called cytoplasmic streaming.

 cell label  

Post Lab Questions

1. Describe the shape and the location of chloroplasts.
2. Why were no chloroplasts found in the onion cells? (hint: think about where you find onions)
3. Which type of cell was smaller - the onion cells or the elodea cells?
4. Fill out theVenn Diagram below to show the differences and similarities between the onion cells and the elodea cells.
 venn diagram

Photosynthesis.Investigating the rate of photosynthesis

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zpwmxnb/revision/4


Plants make food using photosynthesis. This needs light, carbon dioxide and water. It produces glucose, and oxygen as a by-product. Leaves are adapted to carry out photosynthesis.

This is an example of a common experiment used to investigate light intensity and the rate of photosynthesis. This should help you understand how to work scientifically.

Aim of the experiment:To use pondweed to see how light intensity affects the rate of photosynthesis.

Method

  1. Set up the apparatus as in the diagram.
  2. Leave for five minutes for the pondweed to acclimatise to the new light intensity.
  3. Count the number of bubbles given off in one minute.
  4. Move the light 10 cm further back.
  5. Leave for five minutes for the pondweed to acclimatise again.
  6. Count the number of bubbles given off in one minute.
  7. Repeat by moving the lamp away by 10 cm intervals until 50 cm is reached. 
 A lamp is moved away from a beaker containing pondweed, by 10 cm intervals up to 50 cm along a ruler, in an experiment to investigate light intensity on the rate of photosynthesis.

Variables

  • Independent variable - the light intensity (how close the light is).
  • Dependant variable - the number of oxygen bubbles given off (the rate of photosynthesis).
  • Controlled variables - the size of the pondweed, the volume of water used and its temperature.

Risks:Care must be taken with glassware.

Expected results

Distance from lamp to beaker (cm) Number of bubbles given off per minute
10 15
20 7
30 3
40 1
50 0

What the results mean

More oxygen bubbles are produced when the light is closer to the beaker. So a greater light intensity gives a greater rate of photosynthesis.

Evaluation

  • Your measurements are accurate if they are close to their true value.
  • Your measurements are precise if they are similar when completed again.
  • Your experiment is repeatable if you get precise measurements when it is repeated.
  • Your experiment is reproducible if others get precise measurements when they repeat it.

Thursday 8 October 2015

Tuesday 6 October 2015

BBC- Living things

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/living_things/

Living things

Humans, plants and animals have many similarities and differences. Find out what they are in this section.

Circulation

Steve Backshall running towards a heart

Food chains

From a toad to an adder

Human life cycles

Human life cycles

Microorganisms

Microorganisms

Plant and animal habitats

Plant and animal habitats

Plant life cycles

Plant life cycles

Plants

Plants

Skeletons and muscles

Skeleton of an elephant

Teeth and eating

Teeth and eating


Living things

http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/descargasrecursos/aicle/html/pdf/047.pdf


Sunday 4 October 2015

SUPER SIZE ME

http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guides/super-size-me.html


 Description: Morgan Spurlock ate only food from McDonald's for 30 days: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. He was thoroughly tested by doctors before he started his "diet" and periodically tested throughout the 30 days. By the end of his experiment, the changes in his blood chemistry and the stress on his organs approximated the liver failure seen in advanced alcoholics; his cholesterol had risen to dangerous levels; and he had gained 24 lbs.


Rationale for Using the Movie: Super Size Me provides a humorous way to supplement a health class curriculum on nutrition, the dangers of convenience food, and the effects of advertising on consumer choices.


Objectives/Student Outcomes Using this Learning Guide: Through class discussion, research and writing assignments, student in both health and ELA classes will explore the issues of personal responsibility and the power of marketing tools over health issues, such as obesity, in society today.

web tasks. Atmosphere.

Unit 8 The Earth’s atmosphere
Task
You are planning a trip to London. What is the weather like there today? What is the
forecast for tomorrow?
Resources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweather/wind.shtml
http://weather.uk.msn.com/region.aspx?wealocations=United+Kingdom
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/
Unit 9 The hydrosphere
Task
Calculate how much water you use in one week to have showers or baths. Use these
resources to find amounts and rates. Do you think you use a lot of water?
Resources:
http://www.bsc.qld.gov.au/council_information/Waterwise/Auditform.htm
http://www.thisplace.com.au/eco/tt_waterusage.htm
http://www.gough.com.au/tanks/size-selecto

Web task. Unit 2

Unit 2 Planet Earth
Task
You must recommend a new type of artificial satellite to the President. First, you must
find out what an artificial satellite is, and the main types that exist today.

Resources:
http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/artificial_satellites_worldbook.html

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761551926_1/Artificial_Satellite.html


http://www.smgaels.org/physics/97/LDEROSE.HTM

http://gatornet.chapin.edu/~KCC/astronomyKCC.html

Webquest: Feeding and nutrition function.

https://sites.google.com/site/webquestfeedingandnutrition/portada
http://biodeluna.wordpress.com/2010/11/20/folds-and-faults-quick-review-exercise-pps-4eso/

VOLCANOES

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/141013-volcano-iceland-futurevolc-vin

GEOLOGY IN ALMERIA

http://www.cma.junta-andalucia.es/medioambiente/web/ContenidosOrdenacion/red_informacion_ambiental/PDF/Geodiversidad/Guia_geologica_sureste_almeriense_ingles.pdf
http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/rachelstout-1412952-solar-system-project-1-for-science-working-on-the-final/http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/rachelstout-1412952-solar-system-project-1-for-science-working-on-the-final/

Planet Earth seen from space (Full HD 1080p) ORIGINAL

1ºESO SCIENCE P. ACOSTA ROBLES
ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION
Read the sentences below and write the numbers in the suitable cell of the chart. Then copy the whole chart in your notebook
PROBLEMS                                 CAUSES      CONSEQUENCES   SOLUTIONS   POLLUNTANTS SOURCES    GL.WARMING
CO2
Change the type of energy:
Save energy:
Others:
SMOG
Solid particles
ACID RAIN
SO2
HOLE IN THE OZONE LAYER
CFC





1. Ultraviolet rays cause skin diseases
2. Public transport instead of private car
3. Burning oil by central heating systems
4. Temperature rises
5. Lack of visibility
6. Switch lights off when you’re not in the room
7. Many trees die
8. Use sheets on both side (reuse)
9. The ice on the poles melts
10. Use solar power
11. Fridges and aerosols
12. Move yourself on foot or by bicycle
13. Sea level rises
14. Close windows and doors
15. Burning petrol by cars
16. Put glass bottles in the appropriate bin (recycle)
17. Respiratory system diseases
18. Reuse plastic shopping bags (reuse)
19. Stop using oil, coal and gas
20. Use wind power
21. Lakes water becomes acid and fish die
22. Coastal cities are flooded
23. Cutting down forests
24. Use water power
25. Stop cutting down forests
26. Burning coal by power stations
27. Plant new trees
28. Stop using CFC gases
29. Avoid products with too much packaging (reduce

TECTONICS

http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/eoc/teachers/t_tectonics/p_map_plate_layers_bath.htmlhttp://earthguide.ucsd.edu/eoc/teachers/t_tectonics/t_tectonics.html

BIOMES

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/savannahA.htmlhttp://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/grasslnd/index.htm
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cells/insideacell/

Unit 1: Web tasks.

WEB TASKS

Unit 1 The Universe
Task 1: It is the year 2050. You have won a ticket to a space station. You must decide which
station to visit: the one on Mercury, Mars, Jupiter or Saturn. What are the best and the
worst things about each planets?
Resources:
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm
http://www.seasky.org/solarsystem/sky3.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/mars/index.shtml
http://starryskies.com/solar_system/planets_top.html
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/spacesciences/solarsystem/default.htm
Task 2: Some people say Earth has a twin sister. Which planet is it? How is it similar to Earth?
How is it different?
Resources:
http://www.happynews.com/living/space/venus-information-kids.htm
http://www.extrasolar-planets.com/english/venus.php
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_kids/AskKids/venus.shtml
http://astronomyspace.suite101.com/article.cfm/venus_sizzles
http://www.nineplanets.org/venus.html
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/spacesciences/solarsystem/venus2.asp

THE HISTORY OF THE EARTH

  


The History of Earth
1.      How did Earth form?
2.      How old is Earth?
3.      How did the moon form?
4.      Where did Earth’s water come from?
5.      Name one reason life was impossible on early Earth.
6.      Where is life suggested to have begun?
7.      What was the only type of life on the planet for hundreds of millions of years?
8.      What important gas did stromatolites (cyanobacteria) release into the atmosphere?
9.      What happened during the Cambrian Explosion?
10.   Describe the first land plants.
11.   What was special about Tiktaalik?
12.   Why were insects so big hundreds of millions of years ago?
13.   Why are eggs important?
14.   What was the name of the supercontinent 200,000,000 years ago?
15.   What did dinosaurs evolve from?
16.   What is oil made of?
17.   What caused dinosaurs to go extinct? How long ago did dinosaurs go extinct?
18.   How did mammals survive this mass extinction?
19.   On which continent did humans evolve?Why did humans begin walking on two legs?


Turn Your Smartphone Into a Digital Microscope!

OPTICAL MICROSCOPE

Thursday 1 October 2015

ANIMAL TISSUES

  



ANIMAL TISSUES l

EPITHELIAL TISSUES  

   
                                                   

 


CONNECTIVE TISSUES