Thursday 28 June 2007
Toy duck invasion of UK on its way.
The ducks began life in a Chinese factory and were being shipped to the US from Hong Kong when three 40ft containers fell into the Pacific Ocean during a storm on January 29, 1992. Today over 10000 ducks are still floating at sea.
Find out more here.
Desertification warning!
Desertification could make up to 50m people homeless over the next 10 years. Read about the encroaching deserts here.
Wednesday 27 June 2007
Monday 25 June 2007
Lightwater Valley today.
This satellite image shows the heavy rain falling across Yorkshire.
Year 10 leisure and tourism got soaked.They were investigating the products and services of Lightwater Valley.
Sunday 24 June 2007
Sun Safety
Whether you are in experiencing summer in
Slip on a shirt
Slop on some cream
Slap on hat
Slide on some glasses
Seek shade
Friday 22 June 2007
Boscastle Under Flood Water Again
Three years after it was devastated by flash flooding, the Cornish village of Boscastle has been given another soaking. At its worst point, the floodwaters were three feet deep. But the deluge pales in comparison with the 440m gallons that flushed through the town in August 2004.
Thursday 21 June 2007
World Heritage Sites
People gathered at Stonehenge today to see the sun rise on the longest day of the year .This is known as the Summer Stolstice.
Stonehenge is a World Heritage site.
Another World Heritage site is the Great Wall of China.
Wednesday 20 June 2007
How many people live in China?
Tuesday 19 June 2007
Fairtrade at Easington
Carlos is an orange producer from Cuba. Read his fairtrade story here.
At Easington we are getting involved with Fairtrade.
Here is a message from 7B1:
At Easington we are getting involved with Fairtrade.
Here is a message from 7B1:
7B1 are making smoothies in room 22.
- On Tuesday and Thursday we will be selling them at break and lunchtime.
- They cost 30p each.
- We are making the smoothies to help all the people who are growing the fruit and making the juice to earn a decent living.
- With our profits we are going to keep on buying more fruit and juice. The money we spend on the fruit and juice will go to the people who make them.
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Monday 18 June 2007
Sunday 17 June 2007
Counting your money Chinese style
Some Chinese people were taught to count to 100,000 by using their fingers.
Chinese currency is based on the decimal system, and consists of paper money and coins. The smallest coin is 1 fen.
10 fen make up a jiao (also called mao)
10 jiao make up a yuan.
Paper money comes in six denominations - 5 jiao, 1 yuan, 2 yuan, 50 yuan, and 100 yuan.
Approximately
1 British Pound = 15 yuan
1 yuan = 7p
You can view Chinese money here
Saturday 16 June 2007
Friday 15 June 2007
London Heathrow - destination Beijing
Heathrow is the world's busiest international airport. Regarded as the hub of the aviation world, around 90 airlines have made Heathrow their base. We depart for Beijing from terminal 3.
http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=51.4775&lon=-0.461389&z=15&r=0&src=ggl
http://www.heathrowairport.com/
Thursday 14 June 2007
Countdown to China
17 days before some of us fly to China. You can track the weather in Beijing. It might help you decide what clothes to pack.
http://www.accuweather.com/world-forecast-15day.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&locCode=ASI%7CCN%7CCH002%7CBEIJING&metric=1
Friday 8 June 2007
Amazon explorer
If you're ready to explore the wilds of the Amazon jungle, journey on, adventurer!
http://www.pbs.org/journeyintoamazonia/explorer.html
Thursday 7 June 2007
Wednesday 6 June 2007
World leaders meet for G8 summit.
Leaders of the world's eight richest countries are meeting in Germany to discuss big issues like climate change and child poverty at the G8 summit.
Try the G8 quiz.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6720000/newsid_6726700/6726799.stm
London 2012
London Olympics has a new brand image. Find out more.
http://www.london2012.com/about-newlook-video.html
Tuesday 5 June 2007
Sunday 3 June 2007
Google Earth Update
At last Google Earth can be used to view our home area in high resolution. However as the images are a couple of years out of date you will be able to note how your home area has changed.
http://earth.google.com/index.html
Saturday 2 June 2007
Friday 1 June 2007
Eco-clubbing is coming
Two Dutch clubbing organisers have planned to make future clubbing sustainable. Read this article from the Independent which writes about their ideas.
http://environment.independent.co.uk/lifestyle/article2600307.ece
Climate change around the world
This excellent article from the BBC looks at the impacts of climate change around the world. It focuses not only on the impacts of climate change in specific areas of the world, but also considers the impacts on water, ecosystems, food, coasts, industry and health. Explore by clicking on the interactive map.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/629/629/6528979.stm
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