Unit 8

 

Hi guys!!! 👋

Today we will start a new unit, are you ready?

So far, we have known the different autonomous communities that make up our country, Spain, as well as the most important rivers and mountain ranges, but... what about our continent, Europe?

INTRODUCTION.1st session. Monday 21/02

Do you remember the travel agency we set up in the previous unit? 

Well...it has to act again!

 

You have some clients who want to visit a country in Europe (other than Spain), and they have the option of visiting the two places in the pictures below.
 
You, as an agency, have to research about these places, indicate advantages and disadvantages of visiting each one and you should recommend 1 activity to do in each of them.
 
Finally, you will present your proposal to the rest of your classmates.

 JULIAN'S ALPES (SLOVENIA)

TIME SQUARE (NEW YORK)

CUSTOMIZE OUR MAP OF EUROPE. 2nd session. Wednesday 23/02

Hello! Today we are going to work with the map of Europe.

For the first activity, you will click on the following link and you will find a map chart of Europe, and there is a problem... it is empty! 

1. Firstly your job is to customize it: to color the different countries and borders and indicate the name of each country. Then, once, you have customized it and the map is complete, you are going to draw it in your notebook.

You sure have drawn a beautiful map! 😜

https://www.mapchart.net/europe.html 

2. Now, looking at your map, answer the following question (you can find it on page 20 of the book).

Add 2 more questions and challenge your classmates!!!

CAN YOU FIND…

The smallest countries in Europe?

All the countries that touch more than one body of water?

The southernmost point?

All the landlocked countries?

All the peninsulas?

All the countries with the territory on two continents?

Create it yourself!

Create it yourself!

WHAT IS A WATERSHED?. 3rd session. Friday 25/02

FORUM ACTIVITY!!! 

I have a new challenge for you guys: What is a WATERSHED?

You should see the video below and try to make your own definition of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pwW2rlGIa8

We are going to start today's class by doing 4 groups which will be: 

1. Atlantic watershed rivers

2. Artic watershed rivers

3. Mediterranean watershed rivers

4. Rivers of the Southeast 

You will have to research the 3 main rivers in that area, their source, and mouth and you will have to add 1 characteristic of them.

When you have them, draw them on your map of Europe.

1.

When all of you finish, each group will present their research to the rest of the class.

NOTICE: The groups should draw the other groups’ rivers on their maps as well!

If we have time at the end of class, we will reinforce what we have learned so far with these two interactive games. You can practice at home too!

https://world-geography games.com/es/paises_europa.html

https://www.geoguessr.com/seterra/en/vgp/3007

DAY OD ANDALUSIA. 4th session. Friday 28/02

As you know, today is the day of ANDALUSIA! 

We are going to take advantage of the second half of the class to extend our knowledge even more: we
will learn about the rivers and watersheds of Andalusia!

GUADALQUIVIR	GUADAIRA	ADRA	GUADALETE
GUADALIMAR	GUADALFEO	ANDARAX	GUADIARO
GUADIATO	ALMANZORA	GUADIANA	BARBATE
GENIL	ANDARAX	TINTO	GUADALHORCE
GUADAJOZ	GUADIANA MENOR	ODIEL	ALMANZORA

Each of you will be in charge of one of these rivers or watersheds. 

You have to investigate the source and mouth of the river, and therefore through which provinces it flows. 

When you have finished, each of you will go out and explain it to the rest of your classmates.

At the end of class, we will complete this map together!!! 🙌

https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/centros-tic/14007982/helvia/aula/archivos/repositorio/0/117/html/RIOS_ANDA_I.htm 

MOUNTAINS OF EUROPE. 5th session. Wednesday 2/03

Today we are going to work in groups of 2 or 3 people.  

1. For the first activity, I am going to give you a little box with cards which contain the names of the most important mountains in Europe. Each group will take one of them: 

ALPS    CAUCASUS MOUTAINS 

CARPATHIAN MOUNTAIN  MOUNT ETNA

TEIDE   MONT BLANC  ELBRUS MATTERHNORN 

1.     2. In groups, you have to go to page 24 of the book and you will take note of the information about your mountain. Then you will find out the geographical location of the mountain on the map of Europe. When you finish it, you have to point it out on the maps we drew in the previous session.

 

2 3. Finally, each group will have to go to the board and explain the information they have found to their partners, who will also take note so that all groups have the same information.

WHO IS WHO?. 6th session. Friday 4/03

Today we are going to do a game and we will do it with the same groups as the previous lesson.  

We are going to play the Who's Who
of the mountains of Europe, we saw in the previous class to see if you remember them!

-In the first half of the class, you will make a short description of each of the mountains we saw. For example:

I am at the highest peak in Europe: Elbrus.

I am a mountain range in the center of Europe and the river Danube flows through me: the Carpathian Mountains

-When you all have it, we'll start the game: we will play 1 group VS 1 group. Every hit will be a point!

GOOD LUCK! 👆

TIME TO EVALUATE.
 7th session. Wednesday 9/03

Do we see what we have learned? 

It's time to evaluate ourselves, do you remember how we did it in the last unit?

There is one condition... you have 3 chances and you can't get less than a 9! GOOD LUCK, YOU CAN! 

COUNTRIES: https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Geography/Map_of_Europe_ui1905725sx 

MOUNTAINS: https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/Social_Science/Europe/European_mountain_ranges_nf1545100aj 

RIVERS: https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/Social_Science/Geography/Rivers_of_Europe_ql81032mo

TIME TO REVIEW.

Here is a mix of vocabulary from the two geography units, let's remember! 

CONGRATULATIONS! WE HAVE FINISHED THIS UNIT!

Thanks to all of you,  Mr. Potato has found again another part of his body. 

In this case...

HIS LEGS! He really missed them!