Nervous System

In this video you have a great summary of what we have studied about the NERVOUS SYSTEM:

If you have ever wondered how your brain and nervous system work in this video you have the answers:

http://kidshealth.org/kid/closet/movies/NSmovie.html?tracking=59983_F

Read more about the nervous system here:
http://www.ducksters.com/science/nervous_system.php

Do you want to learn more about this? Check this site:
http://www.factmonster.com/dk/science/encyclopedia/nervous-system.html


We receive information from what happens around us through our SENSES. Here you have some links to review the information about them:

Your eyes see, but how does vision happen? Find out how the eyes and brain work together in this eye video: http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/eyes-movie.html?tracking=59983_B

How much do you know about your eyes? Find out with this quiz:
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/EYEquiz.html

How do you hear? Watch this ear video to step  inside the ear:
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/ears-movie.html?tracking=59983_B

You couldn't live without the skin you're in. Find out what's going on under the surface in the skin video: 

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/skin-movie.html?tracking=59983_H

UNIT 3 (English 5th grade)

In Unit 3 we have been working on COMPARATIVES and SUPERLATIVES.

We use comparative adjectives with than to compare one person or thing with another.          Short adjectives (have one or two syllables): loud     ------>  louder than pretty   ------>  prettier than           Long adjectives (more than two syllables): interesting    ----->  more interesting than We use superlative adjectives to compare one person or thing with a group of other people or things.         Short adjectives (have one or two syllables): loud    ----->     the loudest pretty  ----->    the prettiest          Long adjectives (more than two syllables): interesting   ----->    the most interesting

Here you have some useful links for practising:

GAMES: 

•   http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-games/comparatives-and-superlatives

•  http://www.eslgamesplus.com/comparatives-superlatives-wild-zoo-animals-vocabulary-grammar-interactive-monkey-fun-activity/

ONLINE EXERCISES: 

•  http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3109

•  http://www.learnenglish-online.com/grammar/tests/superlativecomparative.html

• http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/45.html

AS… AS… and NOT AS… AS…

If two people or things are equal we use as… as… When they are not equal, we say not as… as…

• This band is as loud as the last band! (Both bands are equally loud).
• London is not as big as Cairo. (Cairo is bigger). 

We have also studied how to use TOO and ENOUGH.

We can use enough before nouns or after adjectives. It shows that something is as much as we need.

• There is enough cake for everyone.
• It smells good enough to eat!

We can use too before adjectives. It shows that something is more than enough.

• That hat is too big for you!

ONLINE EXERCISES: 

• http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/45.html

• http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3110

• http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/239.html

Musculoskeletal system

In unit 3 we are learning about the bones and muscles in our body.

BONES:

If you want to know more about your bones you can watch this video:
http://kidshealth.org/kid/closet/movies/SSmovie.html?tracking=59983_I

Or you can read (and listen to) this article:
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/bones.HTML

How much have you learnt? Check out with this quiz:
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/SSquiz.html

You can also paly a game:
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/movinggrowing.html

MUSCLES: 

Read about your muscles here:
http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/muscles.html

If you've ever wondered how your muscles work, this video has the answer:
http://kidshealth.org/kid/closet/movies/MSmovie.html?tracking=59983_G