Social - Unit 2: The Continents

A continent is a big land mass.
There are five continents on Earth: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania.

Oceans are big masses of water around continents.
There are five oceans: Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean and Southern Ocean.

• A relief map shows rivers, mountain ranges, islands and archipelagos.

Let´s study two of each one.

RIVERS

1. The Nile - It´s the longest rivers in te world. It´s in Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. There are lots of crocodiles there.
2. The Amazon - It is not the longest river but it carries more water than the Nile. It´s in America. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

MOUNTAIN RANGES (Definition: A line or a group of mountains)

1. The Himalayas - They´re the highest mountain range in the world. They´re in Asia. Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world and it´s in the Himalayas.
2. The Andes - They´re the longest mountain range in the world. They´re in America. Ojos del Salado is the highest volcano in the world and it´s in the Andes.

ISLANDS (Definition: It is land with sea all around it)

1. Greenland - It´s the biggest island in the world. It´s between the Atlantic and the Arctic Oceans. It´s covered in ice.
2. Madagascar - It´s the biggest island in Africa. It´s in the Indian Ocean. Lemurs live there. 

ARCHIPELAGOS (Definition: It´s a group of islands in the same area)

1. Indonesia - It´s the biggest archipelago in the world. It´s in Asia. It´s between the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
2. The Philippines - It´s also in Asia. It´s in the Pacific Ocean. 

• A political map shows countries and their borders and capitals (Definition: The main city of each country).

Let´s study some countries.

INDIA: It´s in Asia and its capital is New Delhi. 

CANADA: It´s in America and its capital is Ottawa.

JAPAN: It´s in Asia and its capital is Tokyo. 

ARGENTINA: It´s in America and its capital is Buenos Aires.

Let´s revise unit 1!

Let´s revise unit 1!

The Earth is our planet and it has two different parts: Blue part is water (Oceans) and green and brown part is land (Continents).

Representations of the Earth show the continents and the oceans. They also show rivers, seas, lakes, mountains, islands... and sometimes countries too. These representations are maps.

A relief map shows mountains ranges, rivers, seas, lakes, islands...

A political map shows countries, capitals and their borders.

San Isidro´s festival

Last Friday we celebrated San Isidro at school. We did some workshops...

Decoration (Mantones and farolillos)

San Isidro´s Items (abanicos y botijos)

Provinces of Spain

Spain has 50 provinces.

What´s the name of your province?

Which autonomous community has the most provinces?

Where is Valladolid?  Where is Almería?  Where is Cáceres?

Try these games... Game 1    Game 2

Dictation

Next dictation will be the 18th of April.

You have to practise these sentences


"It´s two o´clock in the afternoon.

The weather now is sunny and hot.

Don´t forget your sun hats and sunglasses.

Have a nice afternoon in the sun."

Our country: Spain

Spain is our country and it is divided into 17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities (Ceuta and Melilla)

Now let´s see if you know them... Game1   Game2   Game3

Mobile phones: Try this app "Geoios"

Spanish flag is red and yellow

Spain´s official language is Castellano (Spanish)

Matter and materials

There are different types of materials