sábado, 26 de marzo de 2022

Reading Bear

Reading Bear, a project of WatchKnowLearn.org, is the first free program online to teach beginning readers vocabulary and concepts while systematically introducing all the main phonetic patterns of written English.

Reading Bear and WatchKnowLearn are free, ad-free, non-profit projects of the St. Charles Place Education Foundation.

https://www.readingbear.org/

#WorldTheatreDay on 27 March

World Theatre Day (WTD) is an international observance celebrated since 1962 on 27 March. It was initiated by the International Theatre Institute (ITI). This day celebrates the essence, and importance of theatre arts, their significant role in entertainment, and their impact on life. 

This year, World Theatre Day celebration will focus on the young, the next generation, the emerging artists, who have been a strong special focus of ITI in the recent past. 

Webpage

https://www.world-theatre-day.org/index.html 

sábado, 19 de marzo de 2022

Power Thesaurus @PowerThesaurus

Comprehensive online thesaurus built by users for students and writers, and based upon regular visitor’s participation and constant work of their editorial department for more than 10 years. The synonymic and other associations are suggested, rated and used by its visitors.

On App Store:

https://apps.apple.com/app/power-thesaurus/id967211375

On Google Play:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.powerthesaurus.powerthesaurus 

Webpage:

https://www.powerthesaurus.org/ 

Ludwig by @LudwigGuru

Ludwig is the a sentence search engine that helps you write better English and feel more confident about it by giving you contextualized examples taken from reliable sources. 

On Google Play:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ludwig.ludwig&pcampaignid=pcampaignidMKT-Other-global-all-co-prtnr-py-PartBadge-Mar2515-1 

On YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0WwUD27J1NxEVopX0Ijo3g

Webpage:

https://ludwig.guru/

sábado, 12 de marzo de 2022

Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements, in Pictures and Words

Periodic Table of the Elements for elementary, middle, and high schools students on an interactive web page by Keith Enevoldsen. 

It includes the element's name, symbol, and atomic number. Each element box has a drawing of one of the element's main human uses or natural occurrences. The table is color-coded to show the chemical groupings. Small symbols pack in additional information: solid/liquid/gas, color of element, common in the human body, common in the earth's crust, magnetic metals, noble metals, radioactive, and rare or never found in nature. It offers textual descriptions and information about atomic structure, chemical bonding and radioactivity. (source Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements, in Pictures and Words).

Find it on:

https://elements.wlonk.com/ElementsTable.htm 

You can also download a PDF version on:

https://elements.wlonk.com/Elements_Pics+Words_11x17.pdf 

Free School on YouTube

YouTube channel with videos that expose children to famous art, classical music, literature, and natural science in an age-appropriate and kid-accessible way.

Find it on:

https://www.youtube.com/c/FreeSchool/featured 

Here you have an example:

viernes, 4 de marzo de 2022

International Women’s Day on Breaking News English

Educational resource for working on International Women's Day. It can be downloaded in different formats (.doc and .pdf)

It includes a text, warm-up questions, pre-reading ideas, reading and discussion activities, homework and solutions to the proposed questions.

Find them here:

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/0503/050309-women.html

International Women's Day 2022 #BreakTheBias videos

International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality.

To support this celebration people and groups across the world develop IWD videos that amplify the commitment to helping build a gender equal world.

On this webpage you can check out hundreds of videos from past years and submit one of your own:

https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Videos