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De zee : Werkbundel Werkbundeltje over de zee waarin leerlingen leren over de getijden, verschillende soorten schelpen, dieren die aan de zee wonen,...
Bonjour les enfants 1: Dramatisch spel bij unité 11 tot 20 Deze inzending bevat kaartjes met korte toneeltjes om te memoriseren en dit vanaf unité elf tot en met unité twintig. Er zijn telkens twee kaartjes waarbij elke leerling zijn eigen tekst in het rood ziet staan. De steekkaarten zijn …
De delen van de appel In deze les leren de leerlingen de delen van de appel aanduiden. Ook wordt er aandacht besteed aan het gezondheidsaspect van de appel (en fruit in het algemeen). Deze les werd zelf gemaakt met eigen ideeën en inbreng. Voor deze les …
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Breast Cancer Detective Charlsie and Dagne The comet and the coronal mass ejection Bourne of War "War is the health of the State." The famous seven words appeared in an unfinished manuscript written by the progressive essayist Randolph Silliman Bourne (1886-1918) during World War I. In a collection of Bourne's essays entitled War Identifying Details Fact and Opinion Perfect Preterite Tense - Survey Free Time Activities Hellenism, Universal Rights and Apartheid [Audio] "Same bed different dreams": Asia's rise - threat or opportunity? The view from Australia [Audio]
On October 1, 2011, a comet screamed into the Sun and presumably disintegrated. A few minutes later, the Sun erupted in a big blast of magnetic energy called a Coronal Mass Ejection. Are the two related?
I show three satellite views of the comet and CME from three different angles, and describe the events. My conclusion: it's almost certainly coincidence.
More info: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/04/the-comet-and-the-coronal-mass-ejection
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Given a book, students will be able to identify the details that support its main idea.
Given a text, students will be able to determine facts and opinions related to it.
This is a survey to be done either on f2f or on Elluminate tutorials. Students should pair off to interview each other for a limited amount of time, until the bell goes off. Then they should change partners and continue interviewing the next person. The aim is to reinforce the use of Perfect Preterite tense and find someone who responds positively to each question. Tutor could encourage the use of "alguna vez" first. E.g.: Has visto una buena pelÃcula alguna vez? Cuál es la mejor pelÃcula que
This task aims at introducing leisure activities and/or hobbies as well as revise the Present tense. I have used this task also to introduce and/or revise verbs in false beginners groups. Suitable for L194 and L140 f2f and Elluminate tutorials.
Speaker(s): George Bizos | George Bizos will speak about defending human rights under apartheid in South Africa, drawing on his own career as a human rights lawyer. George Bizos has had a distinguished legal career struggling against apartheid and promoting universal human rights. He has defended the likes of Nelson Mandela, Govan Mbeki and Morgan Tsvangirai.
Speaker(s): Malcolm Turnbull | The world economy is being transformed by the rise of Asia and increasing integration. Accompanying competition and adjustment pressures are a source of anxiety in many of the advanced economies, as are declining weight and influence relative to the emerging economies. But the opportunities and potential upside are larger still, and not just for commodity exporters such as Australia. Malcolm Turnbull is the MP for Wenworth in the Australian parliament and serves a
