TICK: SCIENCE IN ENGLISH – “MONTJUÏC” PUBLIC SCHOOL

 LET’S START PREPARING OUR TRIP…

Have you ever travelled abroad? What do you need to know to prepare a trip?

Now that you know it, let’s make pairs! Every pair will have to find out information about different aspects of  Sweden.

Group 1: The weather

Let’s find out: 

•  What’s the weather like in winter?
•  And in summer?
• Please, find out today’s temperatures of Sweden and Girona. Let’s compare them!
• Is the weather cold, mild, warm or hot in winter? And in summer?
• Is it snowy weather? Please, find a photo of  Stockholm on the snow.
• What does “freeze” mean? Please, copy and paste a photo of a freezing place in Sweden.

Use:

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-games-weather.htm

http://blachan.com/shahi/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/insomniobuscacolchon/271543299/in/photostream/

http://www.sverigeturism.se/smorgasbord/image/sweden72.gif

Group 2: Currency

• What is the currency in Sweden?
• How much is in euros?

Fill in the gaps:

	SWEDISH currency	EURO
A PACKET OF SWEETS
A LAPTOP
A COMPUTER GAME

• Please, find out a photo of Swedish currency. Copy and paste it.
• How much is a ticket for a bus? And for a train? How much is this in euros?

Use:

 http://www.xe.com/ucc/

http://blachan.com/shahi/

Group 3: The capital and important cities.

• What is the capital of  Sweden? Please, find out a photo of it.
• Do you know any other important cities? Please, find out a picture of them too.
• How many citizens are in Sweden? And in Stockholm?
• What do they speak?

Use:

http://blachan.com/shahi/

http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/26-countriesplaces/391-sweden.html

Group 4: The north of  Sweden.

• What is the “ aurora borealis“? Please, find out a photo. Copy and paste it.
• Where is Kiruna? Please, find out a photo. Copy and paste it.
• Is there any Ice Hotel? Please, find out a photo. Copy and paste it.
• What is the weather like in this zone?

 http://blachan.com/shahi/

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/sweden

http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/26-countriesplaces/391-sweden.html

Group 5: Christmas in Sweden.

• What day is Christmas day in Sweden? Is it the same day as in Catalonia?
• Do they celebrate “TIÓ” festival?
• Is Father Christmas going to Sweden?
• How do they celebrate the Christmas Eve?
• What is Lucia’s festival?
• How do you say “Merry Christmas” in Swedish?

Use:

http://www.santas.net/swedishchristmas.htm

http://www.bry-backmanor.org/holidayfun/sweden.html

 http://blachan.com/shahi/

Are you ready?

Remeber, we are all a whole group! Do it the better you can!

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> These are some hints to find out the name of the country:

• It is a country situated in the north of Europe.

• It has a city called Jönköping

• All the people speak Swedish and English.

And… this is the flag! Where is it from?

To find out where this flag is from click on this link.

And here you are the map!!!!!  ANY IDEA OF THE NAME OF THE COUNTRY?

To find out what is the name of this country, please click on this link below.

LET’S STUDY!

Click on this     to see Unit-1 Definitions.