miércoles, 24 de septiembre de 2014

Landforms. Glossary














Archipelago: An archipelago is a group or chain of islands clustered together in a sea or ocean.

Atoll: An atoll is a ring (or partial ring) of coral that forms an island in an ocean or sea. The coral sits atop a submerged volcanic cone.
  
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Speller and Quizz 

Cameron's Long Way Down: Mariana Trench

The Mariana Trench or Marianas Trench is the deepest part of the world's oceans. It is located in the western Pacific Ocean, to the east of the Mariana Islands. The trench is about 2,550 kilometres (1,580 mi) long but has an average width of only 69 kilometres (43 mi). More

Video

The Mariana Trench. National Geographic

martes, 23 de septiembre de 2014

Time Zones




What Are They & Why Do We Need Them?

We measure the day by saying that the sun is at it's highest point at 12 o'clock, midday. Because the earth spins, as it travels around the sun, one half of the earth is in darkness and one half in light, all the time. This brings us to a problem. If it is midday where you are, on the opposite side of the earth, it is dark, so what time is it on the opposite side of the world?

Theory

Videos

Interactive Map

martes, 10 de junio de 2014

martes, 22 de abril de 2014

SECONDARY SECTOR

This sector generally takes the output of the primary sector and manufactures finished goods. 
This sector is often divided into light industry and heavy industry. 
Many of these industries consume large amounts of energy and require factories and machinery to convert the raw materials into goods and products. They also produce waste materials and waste heat that may pose environmental problems or cause pollution.

ORIGIN:





viernes, 21 de febrero de 2014

jueves, 13 de febrero de 2014

Dr. David Livingstone, I presume?


Born on March 19, 1813, in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, David Livingstone pursued training in medicine and missionary work before moving to Africa in 1841. He crossed the continent from east to west and would ultimately come across many bodies of water previously uncharted by Europeans, including the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls. He was a staunch abolitionist after witnessing the horrors of the African slave trade, and returned to the region twice after his initial voyage. He died on May 1,

lunes, 3 de febrero de 2014

Mapas Históricos. GEACRON


¿Habéis tratado de identificar, para una época determinada, el contexto histórico que estaba teniendo lugar en diferentes partes del mundo? Si lo habéis intentado, habréis observado la enorme dificultad que comporta.

Con objeto de dar una respuesta a esta cuestión y facilitar el estudio de la historia, comenzamos años atrás la creación de un sistema que permitiese representar en el tiempo los hechos históricos y los mapas geopolíticos de cualquier región o país del mundo.

martes, 28 de enero de 2014

The World Factbook

The World Factbook facilita información de la historia, población, gobierno, economía, geografía, comunicaciones, transporte y fuerzas armadas  de 267 estados.

The World Factbook. Enlace

jueves, 23 de enero de 2014

Goya and 18th-century Painting


Francisco de Goya y Lucentes (30 March 1746 – 30 April 1828)[1] was a Spanish painter. He painted many portraits of the Spanish Royal Family. His most famous paintings are Charles IV of Spain and His Family and The Third of May 1808.

Goya and 18th-century Painting

Biograbphy and complete work

Goya en el Prado

Biografía

ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC ART




Romanesque and Gothic. PPT

martes, 21 de enero de 2014

Corea del Norte: Amarás al lider sobre todas las cosas


Dictatorship: A dictatorship is a form of government in which a person or a small group rules with almost unlimited power. The ruler of a dictatorship is called a dictator. Absolute monarchs (kings) are another type of ruler with unlimited power. But monarchs usually inherit their position. By contrast, dictators take power by force or by misleading the people.

lunes, 2 de diciembre de 2013

Child Labor during the industrial revolution Child Labor

Child Labor during the industrial revolution

Today children go to school for 7 hours then come home and do their homework. Children these days work for their own money around the age of 15. Common jobs include small errands for neighbors or babysitting. During the industrial revolution kids as little as 3 years old would work up to 19 hours per day, with an hour break a day total. Many children in the late 1800’s lost their childhood. The only thing they had was work and home.


http://child-labor-industrial.weebly.com/essay.html 

lunes, 18 de noviembre de 2013

Monks & Monasteries, Nuns & Convents Benedictine Rule

The Clergy: The group that lived the most comfortable life during the Middle Ages was the clergy. How comfortable was it? Let's find out.