viernes, 17 de junio de 2016

Endangered animals (Lynx)



Lynx is a genus of carnivorous mammals of the Felidae family commonly known as lynx.

All species live exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere, in Eurasia and North America (of which appear to originate). The so-called African lynx, living in Africa and much of Central and Western Asia, is actually a feline related sparsely keeping some similarities.

The coat has different colors depending on the species and subspecies that question. Canadian and Eurasian lynx range from brown and beige, developing a longer and grayish in winter coat.

It is not entirely clear phylogenetic status of the four species of being one of the most accepted hypothesis that postulates that the ancestor of the four species would be called Lynx Issiodorensis fossil species first discovered in China

Endangered animals ( Mammoth)

Mammuthus is an extinct genus of mammals, commonly known as mammoths. They existed from about 4.8 million years ago until just 3,700 years ago. Many species have been described, being the most known of all woolly mammoth. They have found mammoth fossils in North America, Eurasia and Africa.

Mammoths were large proboscídeos the same dimensions and in some than modern elephants cases. The largest known species are M.

Mammoths are mainly characterized by their bulging head, proboscis muscular and long curved tusks. The northern species were covered with hair to withstand the cold glaciers of its ecosystem. The tusk mammoth largest on record is a woolly mammoth, whose length reached 5 meters

Most mammoths died out at the end of the last ice age. Still it has not found a definitive explanation for their extinction.

Endangered animals ( Dodo)

Hello I am Pablo, and I talk about endangered animals. I will make three entries, the dodo, the mammoth and lynx.
The dodo is an extinct species of bird columbiformede the raphinae subfamily. It was an endemic flightless bird Mauritius, located in the Indian Ocean. The dodo and other birds of the Indian Ocean, was related to pigeons had stopped flying to become land.
The extinction of the dodo in the late seventeenth century.

By his early extinction, it is difficult to have a precise description of the dodo. Which there are based on the one hand descriptions and old drawings, and on the other hand in the skeletons and remains, one of which is preserved today in its natural position possible.

Its peak was very long (23 cm) and a hook-shaped tip that probably allowed to break the bark of coconuts. His legs were yellow and robust, with a few ruffled feathers on its back. She had very small wings, which together with its great weight and insufficient breastbone to stand made him unable to fly.

The Portuguese discoverers called "dodo" the bird for his clumsiness and the ease with which could be hunted (the dodo evolved without any contact with humans, so did not see them as a threat).

viernes, 20 de mayo de 2016


Grabación:
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/8563345


School: New International School of Japan. Country: Japan.
The New International School of Japan is in Tokyo. It was founded in 2001 to meet the needs of  international residents in Japan. The school helps new children adapt to a new education system.
It is accredited both by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and the Council of International Schools, and it is a member of the Japan Council of International Schools, the Progressive Education Network and the Coalition of Essential Schools. At New International School, the children maintain and develop their social and academic skills, creativity and independence. The students learn bilingually: in English and Japanese. There are two full time teachers for about twenty children. All the students learn to play the violin by ear, physical education includes International Tae Kwon Do, and Mandarin Chinese is offered as an elective subject. The school has got a library, a stage, classrooms and a sports center.  The school began for children from age 3 to Grade 9 and then extended to Grade 12 from August 28, 2014. The students learn the subjects through team-taught multiage classes, a resource-based thematic approach, and a combination of whole group, individual, center-based and project-based activities. On Saturdays there are extra English classes. The school has got a mascot, a logo and a song. Some activities include: the Snow Day, musical performances, the Science Technology Week or the Spring Carnival. The differences between this school and my school are: Our classes are only in Spanish, we haven’t got violin, Tae kwon Do and Mandarin Chinese as subjects. Also we do not have extra classes on Saturdays. Our similarities are: we also have a library and two teachers for each group of twenty students. Other examples include the fact that the way students learn in this school and in mine is similar and we work on projects together with some classmates too. The focus is on the interaction and the solution of problems to acquire new knowledge. I think that the school is interesting because it can help you integrate more than other schools, there are students from all over the world and you can go skiing and learn strange languages, but one thing that I do not like is the tuition fees because they are very expensive and not everyone can afford them. From my point of view it can be fun to be a student there because you can meet many different people and you can learn from them many interesting facts, habits, meals and traditions. Anyway, I prefer my current school because I already know it and I am familiar with the director, the teachers and the other students and it is near my house so it is very easy and comfortable, not like in a big city as Tokyo.