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1Bach- AES- Drama project- Oral interaction

 ENGLISH DEPARTMENTSPEAKING-ORAL INTERACTION- SHORT FILMS

1. Every student at the Arts group (1ºAES) can take part as part of a group or team. From 2 up to 5 people maximum.

2. The competition consists of making a short film in English, free topic to choose and content, as long as it is respectful.

3. The films can be interviews, scenes from plays/films, roleplays, parodies of adverts, songs…

4. The films must be handed over in a digital format (flash memory, cloud or weblink) to your English teacher.

5. The films will be judged by the teacher and watched by rest of the class in order to choose the best production.

6. The quality, originality, sense of humour, production, etc will be considered but remember that English is the key point to be assessed.

7.    Remember the deadline is February 28^th 2015. Good Luck and GO FOR IT…

Science & Tecnology Bach-Project for 2nd term- App maker in English, please

 

APP MAKER- CREATING YOUR OWN APPS FOR THE ENGLISH CLASSROOM.

AppsGeyser

AppsGeyser is a free online platform that lets you convert your web content into a custom Android app available to download at Google Play or through the AppsGeyser online platform. It works in a very simple way, and there are only 3 short steps to take.  AppGeyser is the fastest growing do-it-yourself app builder currently available. It is extremely simple to use and you need no programming knowledge, and all distribution is free. The service is free to use.

TASK:

1. You have to create your own APP game in English so that it can be used in any mobile or device and checked by the rest of students.

2. Choose the game you want to create from the provided templates.

• http://www.appsgeyser.com/create/quiz/
• http://www.appsgeyser.com/create/quiz4Pix/
• http://www.appsgeyser.com/create/quizGame/

3. All the information (questions, answers, media, hints, etc) MUST be written in English, as the result will be presented in English as well. At least 5 questions ( or more) have to be included.

4. Remember to write a title for you app, a short description and to log in to publish the final product

5. Finally, copy and paste the QR code in a word document to be printed and handed in or sent to your teacher by email. (If the app does not work on your device, download it and hand it in a pendrive/flash memory, so that it can be installed via email in other samrtphones)

Deadline: February 20th 2015.

Good luck and do your best to practise English.

Physical apperance

What do you look like?

Ethics and health

MPs say yes to three-person babies

MPs have voted in favour of the creation of babies with DNA from two women and one man, in a historic move.

The UK is now set to become the first country to introduce laws to allow the creation of babies from three people.

In a free vote in the Commons, 382 MPs were in favour and 128 against the technique that stops genetic diseases being passed from mother to child.

During the debate, ministers said the technique was "light at the end of a dark tunnel" for families.

A further vote is required in the House of Lords. It everything goes ahead then the first such baby could be born next year.

Proponents said the backing was "good news for progressive medicine" but critics say they will continue to fight against the technique that they say raises too many ethical and safety concerns.

Estimates suggest 150 three-person babies could be born each year.

Prime Minister David Cameron said: "We're not playing god here, we're just making sure that two parents who want a healthy baby can have one."

Life-saving

The method, which was developed in Newcastle, should help women like Sharon Bernardi, from Sunderland, who lost all seven of her childrento mitochondrial disease.

Ms Bernadi said was "overwhelmed" by the decision.

Defective mitochondria are passed down only from the mother. They can lead to brain damage, muscle wasting, heart failure and blindness.

The technique uses a modified version of IVF to combine the DNA of the two parents with the healthy mitochondria of a donor woman.

It results in babies with 0.1% of their DNA from the second woman and is a permanent change that would be passed down through the generations.

1) Two eggs are fertilised with sperm, creating an embryo from the intended parents and another from the donors 2) The pronuclei, which contain genetic information, are removed from both embryos but only the parents' are kept 3) A healthy embryo is created by adding the parents' pronuclei to the donor embryo, which is finally implanted into the womb

1) Eggs from a mother with damaged mitochondria and a donor with healthy mitochondria are collected 2) The majority of the genetic material is removed from both eggs 3) The mother's genetic material is inserted into the donor egg, which can be fertilised by sperm.

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