Location and Relief of Europe

Today we have worked on the borders of Europe, its mountaisn and its plains.
We have made an outline and a map.
In cas eyou didn't finish with it, here you have it.

Borders:

-          North: Arctic Ocean

-          West: Atlantic Ocean

-          East: Ural Mountains and Caspian Sea (Asia)

-          South: Mediterranenan Sea (Africa)

RELIEF

-          MOUNTAINS

o   Northern Europe (below 2,500 meters and rounded peaks)

§  Scandinavian Mountains (Galdhopiggen, 2,469m)

§  Ural Mountains

o   Southern Europe (highest)

§  Pyrinees (Aneto, 3,404m)

§  Alps (Mont Blanc, 4,807m)

§  Apennine Mountains (Gran Sasso, 2,912m)

§  Carpathians (Gerlachovsky, 2,655m)

§  Balkan mountains (Musala Peak, 2.925m; Mount Olympus, 2,911m)

§  Caucasus Mountains (Mount Elbrus, 5,642m)

-          PLAINS(main rivers flow through them)

o   Great European Plain. (From the north and Balitc Sea to the Alps and the Carpathians)

o   Eastern European Plain (From the White Sea and The Barents  Sea to the Ural Mountains)

You can use this to study.

COASTAS AND ISLANDS OUTLINE AND MAP

THE SPANISH COASTS

-          Cantabrian Coast. Rocky and high.

o   Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria and País Vasco.

o   W-E: Estaca de Bares, Cabo de Ajo, Bahía de Vizcaya

-          Atlantic Coast.

o   Galicia: high and rocky. Cabo de Finisterre.

o   Andalucia: low and Sandy. Golfo de Cádiz, Punta de Tarifa, Estrecho de Gibraltar.

o   Islas Canarias: many cliffts.

-          Mediterranenan Coast. Extenssive beaches and rocky áreas.

o   Andalucía, Región de Murcia, Comunidad Valenciana, Cataluña and Islas Baleares.

o   N-S: Cabo de Creus, Delta del Ebro, Golfo de Valencia, Cabo de La Nao, Goldo fe alicante, Cabo de Palos, Cabo de Gata, Punta de Tarifa, Estrecho de Gibraltar.

ARCHIPELAGOS

-          Islas Canarias:

o   West of Africa, Atlantic Ocean

o   Volcanic origin

o   7 main islands: Lanzarote, Fuertventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma and El Hierro.

-          Islas Baleares:

o   East of Península Ibérica, Mediterranean Sea.

o   5 manin islands:  Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza, Formentera and Cabrera.

Alba

Spanish Hydrography

Here you have the outline of the Rives and Watersheds in Spain made by the Experts group in 6A

And the map

RELIEF OF SPAIN- OUTLINE AND MAP

THE RELIEF OF SPAIN

-         Meseta central (600 m.)

o   Submeseta Norte

o   Submeseta Sur

-         Mountains in the Meseta:

o   Sistema Central (2,000 m.)

§  Sierra de Gredos

§  Sierra de Gata

§  Sierra de Guadarrama

o   Montes de Toledo

-         Mountains surrounding the Meseta:

o   Montes de León

o   Cordillera Cantábrica

o   Sistema Ibérico

o   Sierra Morena

-         Mountains beyond the Meseta:

o   Macizo Galáico

o   Montes Vascos

o   Pirineos

o   Cordillera Costero-catalana

o   Sistemas Béticos

-         River basisn beyond the Meseta:

o   Depresión del Ebro (It flows west to east)

o   Depresión de Guadalquivir (It flows east to west)

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION- OUTLINE AND MAP

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF SPAIN

Location:

-          Most of Península Ibérica

-          Islas Baleares

-          Islas Canarias

-          Ceuta and Melilla in Africa

Borders:

-          North: Cantabrian Sea, France and Andorra

-          East: Mediterranean Sea

-          South: Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean and Morocco

-          West: Atlantic Ocean and Portugal

17 Autonomous Communities:

-          Galicia: (Santiago de Compostela): A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra

-          Principado de Asturias (Oviedo)

-          Cantabria (Santander)

-          País Vasco (Vitoria/Gasteiz): Vizcaya, Bilbao and Álava.

-          Comunidad Foral de Navarra (Pamplona)

-          La Rioja (Logroño)

-          Aragón (Zaragoza): Huesca, Zaragoza and Teruel.

-          Cataluña (Barcelona): Girona, Barcelona, Tarragona and Lleida.

-          Castilla y León (Valladolid): León, Palencia, Burgos, Soria, Segovia, Ávila, Salamanca, Zamora and Valladolid.

-          Extremadura (Mérida): Cáceres and Badajoz

-          Comunidad de Madrid (Madrid)

-          Castilla La Mancha (Toledo): Guadalajara, Cuenca, Albacete, Ciudad Real and Toledo.

-          Comunidad Valenciana (Valencia): Castellón, Valencia and Alicante.

-          Islas Baleares (Palma)

-          Región de Murcia (Murcia)

-          Andalucía (Sevilla): Huelva, Sevilla, Córdoba, Jaén, Almería, Granada, Málaga and Cádiz.

-          Islas Canarias (Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria): Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Las Palmas.

2 Autonomous Cities:

-          Ceuta

-          Melilla

Spanish Geography

Hello,
We are starting our new topic in Social Science, which is Spanish Geography. I've already explained in class how we are going to work in the Groups of Experts.
HERE you have the document I gave you explaining how we are going to work.


To start reviewing the maps ad the contents, you can play in this link:
http://serbal.pntic.mec.es/ealg0027/mapasflash.htm  You only need to focus on the part of Spain, and we will not see all the information there, but it may help you.

You have one about rivers here:
https://mapasinteractivos.didactalia.net/comunidad/mapasflashinteractivos/recurso/rios-de-espaa/6b90cb5d-8084-4d44-9cc6-990fe7068e38

This one about the relief:
https://mapasinteractivos.didactalia.net/comunidad/mapasflashinteractivos/recurso/relieve-de-espaa/296eba0e-1f64-464c-bac4-806894448ade


Autonomous Communities capitals:
https://mapasinteractivos.didactalia.net/comunidad/mapasflashinteractivos/recurso/capitales-de-ccaa-de-espaa/370e846f-9320-42b3-a18f-56f06e57b182

If you surf through the same webpage you can find lots of maps and activities more, here you have only some examples.



Alba

Review and exams

Hello!
As I told you on Thursday, we are having soon the Natural and Social Science exams.

NATURAL SCIENCE, UNIT 5
   5A- THURSDAY 8TH FEBRUARY
   5B- FRIDAY 9TH FEBRUARY

SOCIAL SCIENCE: MIDDLE AGES (UNITS 6 AND 7)
    MONDAY 19TH FEBRUARY

I found on Youtube, some interesting videos to review the Social Science units. I hope you enjoy them and help you study for the exam.


THE VISIGOTHS



THE MUSLIM CONQUEST



AL-ANDALUS



AL- ANDALUS SOCIETY



THE RECONQUEST

The fall of the Roman Empire and the Visigoth Kingdom

You have here what we have copied today on the notebooks.

THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

In 476, the last Roman Emperor was defeated and the Roman Empire was divided into smallest kingdoms. This marks the beginning of the Middle Ages.

THE GERMANIC TRIBES

In 411, three Germanic tribes invaded the Peninsula.

-         The Suevi settled in the northeast, in Gallaecia.

-         The Alani occupied the centre, Lusitania and Carthaginensis.

-         The Vandals settled in the south, in Baetica.

THE VISIGOTH KINGDOM

The Romans asked for help to the Visigoths. They came to the Peninsula in 415 and expelled the Alani and the Vandals.

The Visigoths founded a powerful kingdom with Toledo as its capital.

In the 6^th century, King Leovigildo defeated the Suevi and took control of the whole territory.

In 711, Muslims from the north of Africa invaded the Iberian Península and defeated Lord King Ruderico.

Social, unit 1: outline and glossary

Here you have the words of the glossary and the outline of the unit.

GLOSSARY

Carthographer: a person who makes maps / map maker.

Meseta central: an extensive plain that covers the centre of Península Ibérica.

Moorland: a large area of high land covered with small plants.

Flood plains: a low flat area of land along a river which often floods when water lever rises.

River basins: low plains crossed by rivers and surrounded by mountains.

Archipelago: a group of islands.

Cape: a strip of land with sticks out into the sea.

Mountain range: several mountains together.

Mountain chain: many mountain ranges together.

THE RELIEF OF THE PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA

- Meseta Central

- Mountains of the Meseta Central

   o Sistema Central

   o Montes de Toledo

- Mountains surrounding the Meseta:

   o Montes de León

   o Cordillera Cantábrica

   o Sistema Ibérico

   o Sierra Morena

- Mountains beyond the Meseta

   o Macizo Galaico

   o Mostes Vascos

   o Pirineos

   o Cordillera Costero-catalana

   o Sistemas Béticos

       Cordillera Penibética

       Cordillera Subbética

- River basins

   o Depresión del Ebro

   o Depresión del Guadalquivir

- Coasts

   o Cantabrian coast

   o Atlantic Coast

      Galician coast

      Andalusian Coast

      Coast of the Canary Islands

   o Mediterranean coast

      Andalucía

      Murcia and Comunidad Valenciana

      Catalonia and Balearic Islands.

      Ceuta and Melilla

- Archipelagos

   o Balearic Islands

   o Canary Islands

NOTEBOOKS

I'll give you a short explanation about the notebooks, in case you are not sure what you have to do.

At the end of each unit, the day of the exam, you'll have to give me a plastic folder containing all the work you have being doing during the unit. It must have:

- A front page with your name and surname, year and letter, title of the unit and glossary.

- At the back of the front page there will be an outline of the unit.

- All the activities, outlines and summaries we do during the unit, with the DATE and PAGE and TITLES and INSTRUCTIONS.

- The worksheet we use in class.

You can use pen to write dates, titles or instructions, but the answer to the questions MUST be in PENCIL.

You can use colours, but not very intense or that difficult the reading, and better if you use coloured pencils than markers.

The pages must be numbered.

The notebook has to be clean, tidy and neat. 

The calligraphy has to be good and in an adequate size.

I'll show you some examples in class and I'll try to put here some pictures for you to see what a good notebook is.

Year 2017/18

Hello!

This school year I will try to use this blog to help you with our Science and Art lessons.

From time to time I will upload information about what we have being doing in class and what we are going to do.

Get ready to have lots of fun, learn a lot a do lot of group work.

Alba