AMAJONIA ENGLISH.

martes, 16 de mayo de 2023

Tomato Factories. 5th grade B.

In Santa Amalia we have two great tomato factories: Tomalia and Tomates del Guadiana. Both them process fresh tomatoes, transforming them in concentrated tomato. What happens inside is something amazing: and in this report we are going to know about it:

Tractor pulling a tomato trailer.

Step 1: from the fields to the factory.

Tractors and trucks bring continuously tomato from surrounding fields. Speed is important: once a tomato has been collected, it starts to lose quality and weight. The trailers wait in the factory parking until they are called for unloading.

Step 2:unloading.

Fresh tomatoes are unloaded in big pools, full of water. From there, their travel along the factory starts.

Conveyer belt.

Step 3: washing and sorting.

Tomatoes are driven by a conveyer belt towards the chopping area. At this point they are washed; also rotten and green tomatoes are discarded. Later, they are chopped

Step 4: juice extraction.

Once tomatoes are chopped, it is time to extract the juice. This is done by means of a machine called "screw juicer" (see photo). The idea: to extract the maximum of water for preserving the tomato.

Screw Juicer

Step 5: Sterilization.

Once the tomato paste is almost with no water, is time to sterilizate. The concentrated tomato is heat over 100 Cº, killing all possible bacteria.

Step 6: cooling and aseptic filling.

The final step. Tomato is cooled and then introduced in barrels, protected by a plastic bag. All barrels you can see out of the factory are filled with tomato paste, ready for being exported all over the world.

Farming.

Here I let you some stuff related to farming:

Farming worksheet

The video:

And finally a text:

Actual farming vs grandparent's farming.

jueves, 11 de mayo de 2023

Parts of a tree. 3rd grade A.

A very short activity for learning the parts of a tree. Remember:

Roots = feet.

Trunk = body.

Branches = arms.

Leaves = fingers.

Parts of a tree

And thorn, which is not in the worksheet:

jueves, 4 de mayo de 2023

Trip to Mérida. 3rd grade. The Roman Theathre.

Merida's Roman Theathre

Next Wednesday we will visit Merida's Roman theatre and amphitheathre. Two great constructions from about 2000 years before today. Here we are going to learn something about the theathre.

Merida's Roman Theathre.

Merida's Roman Theathre is one of the best preserved theathres from ancient Roman world. It could hold up 5000 people. There, ancient Greek and Roman dramas were played. Its parts were the following ones:

Stage: where actors played the dramas. It represented the facade of a palace, adorned with marbles, columns and sculptures of Roman gods, godesses and Emperors.

Orchestra: a half circle just in front of the stage, where musicians played their part in the drama.

And then, the spaces for people (spectators)

Lower stand: a space for rich people, the best place for watching the drama.

Medium stand: where normal people (usually men) sat.

Upper stand: a place reserved for women and children.

lunes, 24 de abril de 2023

Strange weapons.

Duck's foot pistol.

Recently we have learnt about the most common weapons: pistols, riffles, guns, cannons... However, there are certain artifacts, classified as weapons, with which you will enjoy because of its weirdness. Here we go with this top 5:

Top 5.- The duck's foot pistol. Looking at the photo you will soon discover why this weapon is so special. It is a pistol with four barrels. When pulling the trigger, you shoot four bullets at the same time. Its name, duck's foot, is due the similarity with the leg of this bird.

Apache revolver.

Top 4.- The apache revolver. People from Wild West developed this weird weapon. It is a knuckleduster (an american fist) with a swichtblade and a tiny revolver without barrel. The revolver was deadly in short distances.

The gun ring.

Top 3.- The gun ring. One step forward we have the gun ring. It is a very tiny revolver attached to a ring. Tipically used by women during the 19th century. It was easy to hide, for example, under a glove. Spy women used to kill their enemies with it.

Top 2.- The axe pistol. Simple, but effective. A combined axe / pistol. When you run out of bullets, you can use it like a normal axe. Very common during the 18th century, when loading a pistol could take more than one minute.

Top 1.- The cuttlery guns. Perhaps the weirdest set of weapons I have found. Not very logical, but... Here they are. A spoon gun, a fork gun and a knife gun. In my opinion, they are at the top of the list of strange weapons.