Wednesday 28 November 2012

5. Article and Internet research.


IT ROOM

Don't forget to sign with your name or, if you work in pairs, with your names.

If you don't speak English and you don't have an English-speaking partner, you can answer in Spanish, but remember to ask for help first.

Control the time you have, do not waste any time.


  1. Read the article in this website.
  2. Look up any words you don't understand, using this online dictionary. You can select the option ENGLISH-SPANISH or any other, like for example ENGLISH DEFINITION if you speak English.
  3. Open a new document to answer all the questions in activities 4 and 5. When you finish, you'll have to copy the text from that document and publish it as a comment.
  4. Enter Wikipedia, search "Mars" and answer the following questions in the document you've just opened: Can we see Mars from the Earth without a telescope? Copy and paste the complete sentence you found in the article in Wikipedia. Does Mars have an atmosphere? Copy and paste the complete sentence you found in the article in Wikipedia.
  5. In the same document, answer this question: What did you know about Mars before you read this article? What did you learn about Mars and the rover, Curiosity, after reading the article? 
  6. Check that you have all the answers for activities 4 and 5. Check capital letters, full stops, commas, presentation, separation between activities... Copy all the text in that document and paste it in the comment box to apply for publication. Don't forget to sign with your names, so you can get your marks.

19 comments:

  1. Mars can easily be seen from Earth with the naked eye.
    Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere
    I knew: It was the smallest planet and had two moons.
    I learned:That rover was sent to search for live on Mars.
    -Oliver Xavier Cassidy

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  2. Mars can easily be seen from Earth with the naked eye.
    Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere,
    I knew: That is was a red planet and it was very small.
    I learned: That it has two moons and they sent a robot to investigate.
    -Tomi. R

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    1. What's the smallest planet in the Solar System?

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  3. Mars can easily be seen from Earth with the naked eye.

    Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere.

    I knew Mars was a planet and that no one lives there and Mars is the fourth planet of the Sun

    Vehicle called a “rover” which is controlled by scientists back on Earth.
    It is about the size of a car and has six wheels that allow it to travel across the planet’s surface and climb over sand and rocks.

    KIA

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  4. Mars can easily be seen from Earth with the naked eye.
    Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere.
    I knew that Mars ir the fourth planet from the Sun.
    I knew that we can see Mars with the naked eye and Curiosity is a motorized vehicle called a “rover” which is controlled by scientists back on Earth.


    -by Meda

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  5. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere,


    Mars can easily be seen from Earth with the naked eye.

    JACOB

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  6. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere,Mars can easily be seen from Earth with the naked eye.
    I didnt know the planet was the smallest
    I knew nothing!!
    by Tomi Martinez

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  7. Mars can easily be seen from Earth with the naked eye.
    Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere.
    I knew that Mars was a plantet in the Solar Sistem and that it was the fourth planet from the
    Sun.
    Curiosity is a motorized vehicle called a rover wich is controled by scientists back on Earth,its about the size of a car and has six wheels.It desighned to be able to drive over the planets surface,rocks and sand.

    By:Abbie

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  8. Can we see Mars from the Earth without a telescope?
    Mars can easily be seen from Earth with the naked eye.

    Does Mars have an atmosphere?
    Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere.

    What did you know about Mars before you read this


    What did you learn about Mars and the rover, Curiosity, after reading the article?

    -Camila Ortiz.

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  9. Can we see Mars from the Earth without a telescope?Mars can easily be seen from Earth with the naked eye.
    Does Mars have an atmosphere?




    Andrea Díaz

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  10. The following people tried to post on year 6B blog:

    Mars can easily be seen from Earth with the naked eye. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere ionut

    Mars can easily be seen from earth with the naked eye. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, I knew: It was a red planet I learned: It had two moons -Nando

    Mars can easily be seen from Earth with the naked eye. In 2005, radar data revealed the presence of large quantities of water ice at the poles i lerned that mars has a very thin atmosphere and that you can see mars with a neked eye and that mars is 3,0 reaches away from us and i lerend that mars used to have life still brobaly douse not only 1 planet can have life on it if so they shuld have reanmed earth the lonely pleanet made by JAKE.HOLLOWAY.

    Mars can easily be seen from Earth with the naked eye. In 2005, radar data revealed the presence of large quantities of water ice at the poles i lerned that mars has a very thin atmosphere and that you can see mars with a neked eye and that mars is 3,0 reaches away from us and i lerend that mars used to have life still brobaly douse not only 1 planet can have life on it if so they shuld have reanmed earth the lonely pleanet made by JAKE.HOLLOWAY.

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    1. Jake Holloway: watch your spelling! You could've used the online dictionary I provided you with.

      Ionut: finish the activity from home.

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  11. Good job, class! Now that we know how this works, next time we'll go faster and make the most of the session.

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