Wednesday, 19th of February

Today, we have started the class with the news that next day we will have the first control of the first unit. We all got scared, because that same day we had another test and in the end Irene has decided to change it and put it next Wednesday.

Next, we have started talking about the moon and saying some characteristics about it. Irene has put us a video where we had to pay more attention to the following words:

➼ Aescent 
➼ Gibbous
➼ Waxing 
➼ Waning 

We could not see the video due to technical problems and in the end we have done an activity to explain why we only see one side of the moon.  The answer is because the moon rotates very slowly and always looking at the Earth. We have simulated it with two classmates.

During the second hour, we have started watching the phases of the moon and we have seen the video that I mentioned before.

Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vXWXqGmPCk&feature=youtu.be

Finally, we have talked about eclipses, and for them to occur, the sun, the earth and the moon must be on the same line.

During today's class I felt very good and we have been talking about very curious topics and we have been able to understand it easily since we have seen it with drawings or even with representations of our classmates.

Friday, 14th of February

During today's class, we have continued talking about the Earth and its characteristics.

Next we have talked about the grades of incidence between the sun and the Earth and we have answered the question we asked during the previous class.

➼ To the question: Why is it cold in winter and in summer it is hot?

We have responded that it is because the sun's rays fall obliquely, so the sun provides less light and heat, which is why it is colder. When it is winter in the northern hemisphere, in the southern hemisphere the sun's rays fall perpendicularly, this provides more light and heat.

Finally, we have talked about some movements made by the sun or the Earth such as:

➼ ROTATION

➼ REVOLUTION

➼ PRECESSION

➼ NUTATION

During class today I felt good, because we have been seeing things we all know but we really don't know why they are like that.

Wednesday, 12th of February

In today's class, during the first part, Irene has left us time to finish the work she sent last week as we were told.

We had to record a video explaining the distances between the different planets and between the moon and the Earth. Sometimes the distances were very large and we could give examples of how far it would be.

Next, we have returned to class and have seen some brief characteristics of the Earth.

After that, Irene has told us that for the next day we have to answer the following question:
Why is it cold in winter and in summer it is hot?


Finally we have continued with our table about the overuse of plastics:

➽CLOSE TO US: Promote the use of reusable cups and bottles when going to a cafe, promote the use of reusable bottles at Ces Don Bosco, design a Ces Don Bosco bottle, account in instagram - raffle, collect signatures, questionary, visual campaing, rewards...

➽CITY: Increase the price of plastic, promote the local stores... 

➽EDUCATION:  Campaign at the school, give aluminium bottle, give piece of fruit, workshops, award (points)...

During today's class I felt good, although at the beginning together with my work group we were overwhelmed a little due to the great distances between the planets, the sun, and the moon. Then we have asked Irene for another alternative and we have already relaxed and started to do so.

Friday, 7th of February

Today, as Irene was a bit involved, she sent us a work.

The job was to create a model of the solar system, the closest thing to ours, and thus check the different dimensions and distances between the planets and the sun.

All this, we have done with scales and taking as reference the sun a pilates ball fifty centimeters in diameter.

In today's class, we have had to make three rules to find the different measures and distances of the planets. And next day we will take our balls from the different planets to record a video and we can see it better.

These have been the distances and sizes we have obtained:

Today, I felt good. I really liked the work since we can get an idea of ​​the real dimensions of the planets and the sun and even see how far away you are from each other. On the other hand, since the measures were the same for everyone, we have divided the tasks among the whole class and have been able to do it more quickly and cooperatively.

Wednesday, 5th of February

First, during today's class, Irene has taken us to the playground to do the thought routine: "I see, I think, I wonder". 

We had fifteen minutes to walk around the playground and do it. These have been my answers:

➥ "I see...": Plants, cold, sun, bush, landscape, rocks, people...

➥ "I think...": Will the sun be in the same place in an hour?, In a year, will the plants remain the same, have they grown or died?, In a year, the landscape will be the same?, In a year the temperature will be more or less the same? ...

➥ "I wonder...": Why a tree is green?, Why the sun is circular?, How a rock is formed?. How a planet is formed?, Are there plants in other planets? ...

Afterwards, Irene has asked us the following questions and we have answered them in the different working groups:

➽ Where are we?
➽ How does the Earth look like?
➽ Where the universe formation come from?

Finally, we have been reading the articles that we had to choose by groups related to the subject of plastics on Earth.

Today I felt good, and at the time of the routine of thought, I have realized what it is difficult for us to ask questions, but that nevertheless later arise without stopping.
From my point of view, the universe is a very broad topic and there are still many questions to ask and many answers to answer.

Wednesday, 29th of January

During today's class, we continued with the table we made the day before about some problems that affect us related to earth sciences.

Then we all voted together on all the issues proposed and decided that the most important one was excess plastic.

Finally, we were discussing possible proposals to reduce the problem of excess plastic on our planet.

Some of the proposals we made were the following:

➽ Don´t buy water in plastic bottles.

➽ Don´t use straws.

➽ Reusing glass containers.

➽ Use reusable bags.

➽ Use reusable feminine hygiene products.

During class today, I felt good. I have also realized that with small gestures or attitudes that cost us nothing in our daily lives, we can contribute to improving the planet.