Sustainable Monarchy?

Velocity in Seville

Last week people from all over the world met in Sevilla to talk about sustainable transportations, and more especifically about bicycles: The name of this improtant event is VELOCITY, and you can have alook at a cool video below:

Bike Route Recommendations

ROUTE_RECOMMENDATIONS

Put an "R" in Your Life

Hola aquí os dejo la UD sobre la sostenibilidad que Elena está empezando a trabajar esta semana en 4º bilingüe.
Didactic Unit. SUSTAINABILITY 4º bil

The Future of the Earth is in Our Hands

Aquí está la UD sobre la sostenibilidad para el alumnado de 3º bilingüe. Más abajo también se adjuntan un par de videos que se usan en la unidad.
The Future of the Earth is in our Hands

Sustainable Transportation for 1º ESO

Hola,

He modificado la unidad sobre transporte sostenible para ponerla en práctica con los dos grupos de 1º bilingüe. Espero que la excursión en bicicleta a la Balsa Melendo sea, como en la edición anterior, un éxito.
sustainable transportation 1º ESO

Sustainable Transportation - A Trip to Balsa Melendo

Last Wednesday, May 12th the students from class 2B went to Balsa Melendo by bike; Mr. Mariscal, Mr. Oliva and Mr. Sánchez were the three teachers in charge of this succesful trip. This activity was part of an integrated unit on Sustainability within the bilingual group for 2º ESO.

The trip was really great; we had a sunny (but not very hot) day, so the weather conditions were perfect; then all the students and teachers had their helmets, light clothes, water and some food. We arrived in Balsa Melendo without any problem and then we continued for a few more kilometres. We had our fruit and sandwiches, we rested for a little bit and we came back to El Fontanal (the way back was upside, so it was a little bit difficult for some of us).

We also want to congratulate all the students for their excellent behavior during the whole activity.

To have a look at some great pictures, please see below.

MORE ABOUT THE BICYCLE: The Leonardo da Vinci's bicycle.

This is a bit contribution from Social Studies 2rd Bilingual to the Integrated Unit: Suistainable Transportation which will be put into practise in these next days.

(from my blog: http://www.quisicutdeus.blogspot.com/)

As you know the 15th and 16th centuries were full of discoveries, science and modernity. Nicolas Copernicus, developed the heliocentric theory. Copernicus supported the Ptolemaic theory which maintained that the Earth was the centre of the Universe.

Other things were also discovered, such as the blood circulation by Miguel Servet, etc. In many cases the churches did not understand the new discoveries and accused them to the State. So, for example, Miguel Servet was killed by the Calvinists in Switzerland and Copernicus was rejected by the Catholic Church.
In this situation, in Italy, Leonardo da Vinci, the painter of the Last Supper in Milan or the Monna Lisa, was also a very important inventor. He was very interested in making machines for the war, flying machines, military inventions, and even the bicycle. But, was Leonardo the inventor of the modern bicycle? That is not the answer. Maybe he or his pupils designed a model of a machine whith two wheels, one handelbar, pedals… but it was never used it.
Read the following article published by the professor John Lienhard from the University of Houston about the Leonardo's bycicle. Click here

Then answer the followinq questions finding out the answers on the Internet if it is necessary.

1. Why is Leonardo considered as a "humanist man"? Remember the characteristic of Humanism and explain it?
2. Michelangelo was also painter, designer, sculptor, poet, architect... but, can you remember any invention of Michelangelo that appeared in the film which we watched in class? Try to describe it.
3. Read again the description made by the Professor Lienhard and try to draw what the Leonardo's bike was like.
4. Find out on the Internet more inventions of Leonardo and try to explain what they used for and how they worked.

Bicycle Anatomy

Hi there. There are a bunch of videos in YOUTUBE explaining how to ride a bike, safety tips, and so on. I have included this one dealing with all the vocabulary related to the different parts of the bicycle. Enjoy!

Sustainable Transportation

Attached you will find the activities that I´ve prepared to work with class 2B.
Sustainable Transportation