Tuesday 19 June 2012
Wednesday 13 June 2012
Monday 9 April 2012
4: The Edible Schoolyard Martin Luther King Junior Middle School
A Delicious Revolution
What we are calling for is a revolution in public education - a Delicious Revolution. When the hearts and minds of our children are captured by a school lunch curriculum, enriched with experience in the garden, sustainability will become the lens through which they see the world.
— Alice Waters
Tuesday 20 March 2012
2: Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world
Wednesday 14 March 2012
Earth Hour 2012
"This Earth Hour 2012: 8.30pm, Saturday 31 March, celebrate your action for the planet with the people of world by switching off your lights for an hour, then go beyond the hour.
From its inception as a single-city initiative -- Sydney, Australia - in 2007, Earth Hour has grown into a global symbol of hope and movement for change. Earth Hour 2011 created history as the world's largest ever voluntary action with people, businesses and governments in 135 countries across every continent coming together to celebrate an unambiguous commitment to the one thing that unites us all -- the planet."
Thursday 8 March 2012
Wednesday 7 March 2012
Thursday 1 March 2012
Wednesday 29 February 2012
6B: See the film... get on the plane
Have you seen any of these films? Did you like it/them?
Which of the three places would you most like to visit?
Monday 27 February 2012
6A: Shopping at the market
What's the 100 mile diet?
Thursday 23 February 2012
5C: WORK
Watch the concert and find those positive qualities that would help you get a job and feel happier.
Wednesday 22 February 2012
Tuesday 21 February 2012
5A Less stuff, more happiness
"We’ve got to cut the extraneous out of our lives, and we’ve got to learn to stem the inflow. We need to think before we buy. Ask ourselves, ‘Is that really going to make me happier? Truly?'" (Graham Hill)
Thursday 16 February 2012
Wednesday 15 February 2012
Tuesday 14 February 2012
Friday 10 February 2012
3 Pronunciation shock
Find four misunderstandings
Thursday 9 February 2012
3C You can get it if you really want
Wednesday 8 February 2012
Tuesday 7 February 2012
3A Modern manners
Using your mobile to make a starry sky ...
Monday 6 February 2012
2 Working as a volunteer
"Helping others brings good feelings to the giver and the receiver of the good deeds. Using your special gifts to help others can be a gift to yourself as you enjoy a self esteem boost for making others’ lives better, and make the world a better place. You feel more worthy of good deeds yourself, your trust in the decency of people is reinforced, and you feel more connected to yourself and to others."
Friday 3 February 2012
2C Race to the sun: HOME
It's too late to be a pessimist. It's time we come together and work as one.
Thursday 2 February 2012
2B Changing your life
If you could only see the beauty and feel inspired to find your passion
Tuesday 31 January 2012
2A Living without money
"Is it possible to feel rich without possessions?
Can you live happily without money?
In the documentary Living Without Money, we meet the German woman Heidemarie Schwermer who made a deliberate choice to live without money 14 years ago."
Monday 30 January 2012
1C Modern British Families
What is the traditional picture of a happy family living in Britain?
Which changes have the past 20 years seen in the lives and structures of families in Britain?
Have the changes been positive or negative?
Vocabulary
1 divorce
2 a huge rise
3 to support
4 childcare facilities
5 raising
6 breadwinners
7 sharp
8 single mothers
9 lack
10 male role model
11 nurseries
12 dealing with
13 mixing with
Friday 27 January 2012
Thursday 26 January 2012
1B Do you like sport?
Passion for sport...
Wednesday 25 January 2012
1A Food: fuel or pleasure?
"Vancouver is celebrated for its rich variety of restaurants and dining opportunities. Explore the city's finer restaurants and tour the UBC Farm, which is where many of these restaurants obtain their fresh, local and organic produce."
1A Food: fuel or pleasure?
"Jose combines egg whites, yolk, chorizo and garlic to make this dish from Madrid."
Tuesday 24 January 2012
Values and principles
Why are we here?
What’s our motivation?
What’s our motivation?
What would happen if you were not afraid of making mistakes in class?
If you really felt that failing is part of the learning process?
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