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COVID-19 Advice for the Public (World Health Organization)-Learn and Reflect

Pandemics: The Big Picture

“Pandemics: The Big Picture” από World Economic Forum διατίθεται με άδεια χρήσης CC by-nc-sa-2.0

STEP 1: Load the following link. Read and/or watch the basic measures that WHO (World Health Organization) proposes to protect yourself and others against the new coronavirus. Use an online dictionary to help you with vocabulary.

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public

STEP 2: Take two online quizzes to check your knowledge on coronavirus.

https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/fact-or-fiction-how-much-do-you-actually-know-about-coronavirus-covid-19

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/17/learning/News-Quiz-Coronavirus.html

STEP 3: Answer the following questions.

QUESTIONS: Which basic protective measure from the ones you read in STEP 1 do you find the most difficult to follow? Why? What can you do/have you already done to refine your habits?  Is there any tip you can share to help others follow this protective measure? How can this measure help you and the community? How do you spend your day now that we are all staying at home?

Biology Frenzy

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Are you mad for Biology or do you feel like exploring this field? Here is a list of relevant links to study, play and learn Biology.

A science website for kids from the American Museum of Natural History.

Biochemistry quiz     (you can change the settings and select study-cards, learn, speller etc or even modify the type of quiz questions)

Biology vocabulary quiz  at cram.com

Biology vocabulary quiz at proprofs.com
Play Quiz: The Amazing World of Biology! now!

The Biology Project is an interactive online resource for learning biology, developed at The University of Arizona.

Biology games at reviewgamezone.com

Free Biology worksheets at en.islcollective.com

When Slang Vocabulary Becomes Official

Do you know and use any slang words and phrases? Do you rock your slang vocabulary or does it often deck you?

Browse the following links to find:

Sugar – A Song And Some Food Idioms

I accidentally heard this song in the beginning of the summer as I was browsing the radio stations in my car and it struck me with awe. I absolutely loved its melody and quiet but arresting melancholy. What do you think it is about? Who is the singer talking to? Can you explain these phrases: “I want you to realize when I’m gone” and “There’s sugar on your soul” ?

Find the song lyrics here.

Sugar is loved by everyone. What about sugar and food idioms? Look below for definitions and quizes.

DEFINITIONS

dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sugar-and-spice

idiomconnection.com/food.html

idioms.thefreedictionary.com/sugar

EXERCISES-QUIZES

5minuteenglish.com/mar3.htm

braingle.com/wii/trivia/quiz.php?id=25537

englishclub.com/vocabulary/idioms-food.htm

quizlet.com/23047276/test

 

 

May Day,A Double Celebration-Reads,Interactives,Quizes

May Day is an old festival going back in ancient times, when the time of fertility and the start of summer were celebrated. The name of this month is believed to have come from Maia, the Roman goddess of spring and growth, who was in turn named after the Greek word “μαία”, which means nurse or mother.

Feasts to honor spring gods and flowers and welcome summer were held by the Greeks, the Romans,the Celts, the Medieval England and evolved and spread around the world.  They all somehow referred to the victory of  life over death which the new flowers and greenery symbolised.

This symbolic day was selected to honor the Labor Movement and commemorate the events that took place during the Haymarket Riot in Chicago on May 4, 1886, when laborers campaigned for an eight-hour-long workday.

For further reading about this day follow the links below.

May Day-The Flowers Celebration

May Day, learnenglish.de

May Day, resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk

May Day, wikipedia

May Day history and fun facts for kids and parents,examiner.com

May Day History:The Pittsburgh Press,May 1,1944

Traditions  of May Day :The Spokesman Review, Apr 29,1961

Quizes about flowers (click on the pictures)

Quiz 1

Quiz 2

Quiz 3

Quiz 4

 

May Day-The Labor Day Celebration

Haymarket affair, Wikipedia

May 4th, 1886, examiner.com

The Brief Origins of May Day, iww.org

The Haymarket Affair Digital Collection, chicagohistory.org

This is an interactive image. Click on the marks to reveal more information.
Quiz 1 

Quiz 2 

Quiz 3

Hot Information on Freezing Antarctica-Quiz and Article

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We are fully in winter now and although there have been some cold days here in Greece, no snow has been really seen in most regions of our country, apart from the high altitude ones. I know we would all like to have some “white days”, but until the weather makes us this favour, jump in here to do a quiz and learn amazing facts about the really freezing landscapes of Antarctica.

The whole site offers fascinating information, images and resources for students and teachers:  http://www.discoveringantarctica.org.uk/

photo credit:http://pixabay.com/en/antarctica-snow-ice-icy-men-79827/

Stative or Dynamic? Check on these verbs

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Study this presentation to understand

  1. the difference between stative and dynamic (or action) verbs
  2. how they function.

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Stative Verbs List

like know belong
love realise fit
hate suppose contain
want mean consist
need understand seem
prefer believe depend
agree remember matter
mind recognise see
own appear look (=seem)
sound taste smell
hear astonish deny
disagree please impress
satisfy promise surprise
doubt think (=have an opinion) feel (=have an opinion)
wish imagine concern
dislike be have
deserve involve include
lack measure (=have length etc) possess
owe weigh (=have weight)

If you want to try some exercises, click on the icons     ♥      ♥    ♥    

 

Sources:

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/stat.htm#top

http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentContinuous1H.html