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10 key Coronavirus vocabulary you need to understand:
- SOCIAL DISTANCING
- SELF-ISOLATION
- HERD IMMUNITY
- HIGH-RISK INDIVIDUALS
- FLATTENING THE CURVE
- STOCKPILING & PANIC BUYING
- ZOONOTIC
- VACCINE
- CORONAVIRUS vs COVID-19
- BEST PRACTICE

CORONAVIRUS PREVENTION

Watch this video from the BBC with instruction to prevent Coronavirus or any other virus diseases. The telephone numbers mentioned in the video are for the UK only. In Galicia there's a free-phone information number 900 400 116 or 061.

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Prevention tips video:

At the peak of the coronavirus histeria, it's worth reminding that the best way to prevent the spreading and protect ourselves is a correct personal hygiene, which includes washing your hands. Because hands are the main gateway to the widespread of germs and viruses. Are we washing our hands correctly? Watch the video below to check.

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[11thCW] THE BEATLES' "YELLOW SUBMARINE"

"Yellow Submarine" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, with lead vocals by Ringo Starr. It was included on their 1966 album Revolver and issued as a single, coupled with "Eleanor Rigby". The single went to number one on British charts, remained at number one for four weeks. [+info] (From Wikipedia)

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In the town where I was born
Lived a man who sailed to sea
And he told us of his life
In the land of submarines
So we sailed up to the sun
'Til we found a sea of green
And we lived beneath the waves
In our yellow submarine

We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

And our friends are all aboard
Many more of them live next door
And the band begins to play

We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

(Full speed ahead Mr. Parker, full speed ahead
Full speed ahead it is, Sergeant
Action station, action station
Aye, aye, sir, fire
Captain, captain)

As we live a life of ease
Everyone of us has all we need (has all we need)
Sky of blue (sky of blue) and sea of green (and sea of green)
In our yellow submarine (in our yellow, submarine, ha ha)

We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

Fuente: LyricFind

Autores de la canción: John Lennon / Paul McCartney

Letra de Yellow Submarine © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

[11thCW] WHAT'S A SEXTANT USED FOR? (1)

Wikipedia

What's a sextant used for?

Translated from "SaberAlgoDeTodo".

Sailors have always had to solve the problem of knowing where the position of the ship.

The first instrument able to answer this demand was the astrolabe, examples of which had already been found in the wreckage of a Greek vessel of the IV century BC. A development of this device was the sextant, an instrument that is used to calculate the position of a ship.

Who invented the sextant?

The nautical sextant considered one of the most important inventions of the Middle Ages was invented by John Bird at the request of John Campbell in 1757. This invention replaced the astrolabe, which was less accurate and had been of great importance for many exploration voyages and the developments in sailings as it had been the main instrument to measure latitude for many years.

How does a sextant work?

It's made up of a a circumference arch -a sixth of a circumference, from here its name-

provided with a small spyglass or telescope and two mirrors; one is permanently fixed and the other movable.

It's used in this way: you address the spyglass towards a previously chosen star, after you turn the instrument so that the star's image appears reflected on the movable mirror. Then you turn the instrument until the image of the reflected star appears on the horizon; you look how much the instrument has turned and so measure the height of the star.

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The following post is about A SEXTANT WITH HISTORY: a sextant that belonged to my grandfather.

[11thCW] THE STORY OF THE SWEDISH SHIP 'VASA' & HOW IT SANK

 The Vasa ship.

Vasamuseet (Vasa Museum) at Stockholm.

Vasa or Wasa (Swedish pronunciation: [ˇvɑːsa] (listen)) is a Swedish warship built between 1626 and 1628. The ship sank after sailing about only 1,300 m in  her maiden voyage on 10 August 1628. She was located again in the late 1950s in a busy shipping lane just outside Stockholm harbor. The ship was recovered with a largely intact hull in 1961. She was housed in a temporary museum called Wasavarvet ("The Vasa Shipyard") until 1988 and then moved permanently to the Vasa Museum in Djurgarden (Royal national Park) in Stockholm. The ship is one of Sweden's most popular tourist attractions and has been seen by over 35 million visitors since 1961. Since her recovery, Vasa has become a widely recognised symbol of the Swedish "great power period". [+info] (From Wikipedia)

- VASAMUSEET EXHIBITION CLOSE-UP

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Video about how the Vasa sank:

[11thCW] THE 'TITANIC' WRECKAGE: HOW IT SANK

RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner operated by the White Star Line that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning hours of April 15, 1912, after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, more than 1,500 died, making the sinking one of modern history's deadliest peacetime commercial marine disasters. RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time she entered service. She was built in a shipyard in Belfast. Thomas Andrews, chief naval architect of the shipyard at the time, died in the disaster. [+info] (From Wikipedia)
Two videos come in this post: a recreation of how it sunk and real footage of the departure from Southampton on its maiden and only voyage.

Video HOW THE TITANIC SANK: (James Cameron Titanic animation)

Video the real departure of the 'TITANIC':

WHAT IS THE CORONAVIRUS?

Photo: Wikipedia

All international media is full of news about the incidence of the Coronavirus. here's a video with some basic information about it.
To know more about how to prevent it, click HERE.

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14-FEB, VALENTINE 2020: WHY WE LOVE & THE SCIENCE OF ATTRACTION

Photo: Ted-Ed

On February 14th, Valentine's Day, we bring you philosophical and scientifical approaches on why we love and how we are attracted to others.

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For all the previous posts on Valentine's Day LINK HERE.

[11thCW] HOW EARLY SAILORS NAVIGATED THE OCEANS

The earliest navigation methods involved observing landmarks or watching the direction of the sun and stars. Few ancient sailors ventured out into the open sea. Instead, they sailed within sight of land in order to navigate. When that was impossible, ancient sailors watched constellations to mark their position. Watch the video below for information.

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[11thCW] THE IMPORTANCE OF GREENWICH IN THE HISTORY OF NAVIGATION

Greenwich (/ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ/ (listen) is an area of South East London, England. 

Greenwich is notable for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian (0° longitude) and Greenwich Mean Time. The town became the site of a royal palace, the Palace of Placentia from the 15th century, and was the birthplace of many Tudors, including Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. The palace fell into disrepair during the English Civil War and was demolished to be replaced by the Royal Naval Hospital for Sailors, designed by Sir Christopher Wren. These buildings became the Royal Naval College in 1873, and they remained a military education establishment until 1998.

The maritime connections of Greenwich were celebrated in the 20th century, with the siting of the Cutty Sark (video below) and Gipsy Moth IV next to the river front, and the National Maritime Museum (video below) in the former buildings of the Royal Hospital School in 1934. [+info] (From Wikipedia)

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Video about the importance of Greenwich in the history of astronomy & navigation:

Video about the National Maritime Museum @ Greenwich:



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[11thCW] BRITAIN & THE SEA: BASIS OF ITS TRADE AND EMPIRE

Including a short documentary about what the sea has meant to Britain in its history.

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This animated map video describes the development of the United Kingdom's colonial empire due to its unchallenged command of the seas..

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[11thCW] HOW BIG & DEEP IS THE OCEAN?

Working on the topic of the SEA. Today we start posting a series of entries with information on the topic. 
To start with here are some videos that show us how big and how deep an ocean is.

Video "HOW BIG IS AN OCEAN?"

Video "HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN?"

- OCEANS OF THE WORLD BY SIZE

ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS!

Video CHRISTMAS FLASMOB:

REMEMBERING MARIE FREDRIKSSON FROM ROXETTE

Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer & composer & half of the duo Roxette, has died at the age of 61. The group had great success in the late 80s and 90s all over the world selling more than 75 million records. Their career had a first stop when in 2002 Marie was diagnosed with brain cancer. She recovered after lots of treatments and even had to learn to talk and read again. But in 2005 she came back to music recording several solo albums and officially back to Roxette in 2011, recording albums and performing in concerts until in 2016 when she had to give it all up definitely.

Let's remember -or maybe discover her- with some of her songs.

RIP, Marie.

- "SPENDING MY TIME"

- "LISTEN TO YOUR HEART"



"IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE"



"THE LOOK"



- "JOYRIDE"



- "HOW DO YOU DO?"

SALMAN KHAN, THE 2019 PRINCESS OF ASTURIAS AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Today October 18th 2019, Salman Khan receives in Oviedo the 2019 Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation. Salman Khan appears on our current 1ºBAC textbook  in an interview about his online education project The Khan Academy (page 89, unit on Education).

More info about him and the award in these links below:

- THE KHAN ACADEMY

- THE PRINCESS OF ASTURIAS AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

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LET'S TEACH FOR MASTERY

KHAN ACADEMY: THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION?

50 YEARS OF PRIDE

On June 28, LGBTIQA Pride Day is commemorated worldwide. The march known as "Pride" is an exhibition of colours. However its origin is born among riots. The march seeks to claim their rights and celebrate diversity,

This year sees the 50th anniversary of the riots that happened on June 28 at the Stonewall Inn in New York. In 1969 the different sexual orientations were considered as a mental illness. In addition, in many cases people were arrested for "public indecency".

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BREAKING UP WITH SPANISH STEREOTYPES

Our Conversation Assistant for this course, Joshua DeYoung, has prepared a video breaking up Spanish stereotypes. 

The idea of the video is to show American students, who could possibly visit Spain, that the image they might of the country through its stereotypes (flamenco, paellas and bullfighting) doesn't fit in with what they'll actually find in different parts of the real country. The video is part of his own personal project to prepare a survival guide for American students visiting Spain. The video means to be a trailer of this guide.
Joshua appears in it, too.

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WHERE DO NEW WORDS COME FROM?

Presenting a video that explains where new words come from into the English language.

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[10th CW] FILM SCENES

Other groups of students have worked performing different scenes from famous films.
We give our thanks to the performers: 






Here are the results: 


- MEDLEY OF FILM SCENES "Casino Royale"/"Harry Potter"/"The Fault in our Stars"/"Sleeping Beauty"/"Rings"/"The Hunger Games"/"Dirty Dancing" 
(1ºBAC-A students: Lorenzo Guillamón, David Sandoz, Jacqueline Ferrín, Zeltia Mira, Sonia Melón, Laura Canosa, & Sofía Suárez)
 


- "FORREST GUMP" (Students from 4ºESO-B. Eduardo Lian,Clara Sánchez, Claudia San Miguel, Marta Niño, Mauro Lodeiro):


- "BILLY ELLIOT" (Students from 4ºESO-B: Franklin Pérez, Ángela Soto, Inés Santiso, Lucia Castelos y Raquel Escudero)

- "BRAVEHEART" (Students from 4ºESO-B: Fernando Bazán, Nerea Lejo, Miguel Calvo)

- "BILLY ELLIOT" (Students from 1ºESO-A*):



- "BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY" (Students from 1ºESO-A*):



*1ºESO-A students: Fatou Sow, Iria Torre, Lía Carballal, Violeta Hernández, Hugo Suárez, Tatiana García & Alba Pérez.

- "STRANGER THINGS" (Students from 1ºESO-B: Tomás Alonso, Xoel Añón e Iago López):



- "CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY" (Students from 1ºESO-B: Irene Doncel, Gema Cazón  & Carla Vázquez):

[10thCW] TALKING ABOUT GOING TO THE MOVIES

Another video about going to the movies for our Xth Cultural Week on the Cinema.

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