Spanish Geography

This week and last week we have been studying Spain's geography.  Below are a few interactive maps and games to help you study some more.  Most of the links have different levels of difficulty, so try a higher level if you think they are too easy!  Let us know how you did by commenting with your name and class at the bottom.  Good luck!

Interactive Map Practice
Where is...?
Spanish Provinces
Spanish Provinces Puzzle
Spanish Coasts
Rivers in Spain
Spanish Relief Map

More interactive maps

Spain´s Landscapes

Spain has many diferent types of landscapes, depending on the climate and the relief. We can see some of them:

Spanish landscape

Spanish landscapes II 

Animals and plants in Spain 

Osprey fishing

Geography of Spain

In this game you have to identify some of the major rivers in Spain--a great way to practice!
For this game, you need to remember the names of Spanish rivers, mountains, and cities.
If you have time, try to answer these random questions about Spanish geography. You may or may not know the answers. Learn something new!

Weather and Climate

Now that we know the difference between weather and climate, and some basic information about both, click on this link or this link for webpages with more interesting facts about climate change, storms, etc. (You may find the second one easier to understand). Looking at these sites is also a great way to help you prepare for the exam!

Here is a video by NASA about weather. (Note: the first minute isn't important--it's about France). But the video asks you some good questions you should already know the answers to. Try answering them and then continue watching the video to see if you're right. This video talks a lot about the weather in Britian and shows examples of places across the world with different climates.

We study and measure weather and climate in different ways. This video discusses some of those issues and why studying weather and climate is important.

Check this website out if you want to see what the weather is like all around the world.

Maps and Globes

Maps and globes represent the Eath's geopgaphy. Maps are two-dimensional and globes are three-dimensional. Watch a video about them. This powerpoint focuses on the different parts of a map, so you can understand what you see.

Also: to REVIEW check out this video about the Earth's geography and climate. It's a little long, but make the effort!

Rocks and Minerals

After studying the basic parts of the Earth, now we are learning more about the actual "stuff" it is made of. In other words, we are reading, writing, and talking about rocks and minerals!
There are lots of interesting facts about them (Did you know the biggest pure gold nugget ever found weighed 156 pounds? Or that basalt is the most common rock?) and they look really cool--we've seen pictures, but lots of people have also brought in real rocks we can touch.

If you want to see a big picture of many, many minerals click here. There are lots of properties of minerals, but we only have time to learn about the three most important. Find out more information about the characteristics of minerals used in their evaluation and study here.
This video by NASA talks about the three types of rocks on the Earth and rocks on the Moon.
Here is a cartoon video about the rock cycle. Another video of the rock cycle, that Jorge's classes already watched, can be found here. If you still have questions, or want to know more, check this out!

National parks in Spain

This is a list of the 14 national parks of Spain with links to the official websites. How many did you visit? Which ones would you like to visit? Take ideas for your next holidays!

National parks in Spain

Relief and rivers of Spain

Hello guys. We are starting a new unit about landscapes in Spain. Play these links to practise a little bit your knowledge about that.

Relief of Spain

Rivers of spain (easy)

Rivers of Spain (difficult)

Basics of Geography: Climate

This video is a bit long, but it contains many of the concepts we´ve been working on lately.
Enjoy it.

Science teachers

SCIENCE: MAPS AND GLOBES

Sorry kids! No songs this time for your Science lesson.

However, we are sure you like to travel and you like learning about geography. So, you need to understand maps and learn about them.

Here you have some materials that will help you to understand maps and to get ready for your test!

First, have a look at these presentations:

Maps and Globes: Similarities
Maps and Globes: Differences

Next, check out this interesting video!...

Video : Longitude and Latitude Animation

Finally, see what you have learned:

Understanding and using Maps and Globes

Enjoy them!

THE EARTH

Hola a tod@s. Como supongo que os gustó la actuación de Hip Hop en la que aprendimos mucho sobre poesía, vamos a ver si del mismo modo nos aprendemos las capas de la atmósfera. A ver quién se aprende este Rap:

Layers of the Atmosphere rap


También podeis repasar las capas del interior de La Tierra

Layers of The Earth