lunes, 29 de agosto de 2011

FECHAS Y TEMAS BIMESTRALES III PERIODO

FECHAS Y TEMAS DE EVALUACIÓN
 TERCER BIMESTRE 2011
GRADO TERCERO

FECHAS
·       Septiembre 5: inglés
·       Septiembre 6: sociales
·       Septiembre 7: Ciencias
·       Septiembre 8: Español
·       Septiembre 9: Matemáticas
·       No hay evaluación bimestral de Cívica y Religión


TEMAS
Math
·       Addition.
·        Subtraction
·        Multiplication
·       Division
·       Prime and Composite Numbers
·       Divisibility
·       Fraction (Introduction)

Social studies (geography, history and democracy)
·       First and Second term Topics.
·       Landforms
·       Natural regions
·       Colombian departments
·       Spain before the conquest
·       Future conquistadors of America
·       Afrocolombianidad
·       Nuestra identidad
·       Símbolos Patrios Nacionales

English
·       First, Second, and Third Term topics
·       Illnesses and Health care
·       Must / Mustn’t for suggestions
·       Can / Can’t for possibilities
·       Want to and country activities
·       Adjectives

Science
·       Matter
·       Properties of matter
·       States of matter and changes (physical- chemical)
·       Mixture and combinations
·       Energy
·       Energy sources
·       Transformation of energy
·       First and second term topics

martes, 23 de agosto de 2011

NORTE DE SANTANDER DEPARTMENT

                                           
North Santander (in Spanish, Norte de Santander) is a department of Colombia. It is in the north of the country, bordering Venezuela. Its capital is Cúcuta, one of the major cities of Colombia.
North Santander Department is bordered by Venezuela to the east and north, by Santander Department and Boyacá Department to the south, and by South Santander Department and Cesar Department to the east.
The official Department name in Spanish is "Departamento de Norte de Santander" (North Santander Department) in honor to the Colombian military and political leader Francisco de Paula Santander.
It has 40 municipalities like Tibú, Pamplona, Teorema, etc.
The principal activities in NORTH SANTANDER are: agriculture, industry (shoes) and crude oil production.

NARIÑO DEPARTMENT

                                               Bandera de Nariño (Colombia)       Escudo de Nariño (Colombia)
NARIÑO is located at the southwestern of Colombia, in the Andean Region, bounded by the Pacific Ocean at the west, Ecuador at the south, Cauca at the north and Putumayo at the East.
Its name (NARIÑO) is in honor to Antonio Nariño, who translated the Man’s Right in Colombia.
Nariño has 64 municipalities like Ipiales, Tumaco, Barbacoas, etc. Its capital is San Juan de Pasto.
One of the most important cultural traditions is the Carnival of blacks and Whites.
The economy is based almost exclusively on agriculture (wheat, barley, beans, and potatoes). Bananas are cultivated in the Pacific lowlands and are exported from the port of Tumaco.

BOYACA DEPARTMENT

                                          

Boyaca is centrally located within Colombia. It borders to the north with the Department of Santander, to the northeast with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Norte de Santander Department, to the east with the Departments of Arauca and Casanare; to the South, Boyacá borders with the Department of Cundinamarca and to the west with the Department of Antioquia. Its capital is Tunja.
Boyaca has 123 municipalities like: Paipa, Sogamoso, Aquitania, etc. At the begining this department was populated by the Chibcha community. Tunja was founded by the Captain Gonzalo Suárez Rendón. Two of the most decisive battles were the Battle of Boyacá and the Vargas Swamp Battle (1819) won by the patriot forces against the royalists.
Agriculture, cattle raising, services, industry, oil production, emerald, coal, iron, and limestone mining. The economy is also strong in terms of handicrafts and tourism.

martes, 16 de agosto de 2011

VALLE DEL CAUCA DEPARTMENT

VALLE DEL CAUCA
 
It is in the western side of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean.
At the north of this department is located Chocó and Risaralda; at the East Tolima and Quindio; at the South Cauca; and at the west Chocó and the Pacific Ocean.
Its capital is Santiago de Cali, which was founded by Sebastian de Belarcazar. Valle del Cauca  has 42 municipalities.
One of the most important municipalities are: Cali, Cartago, Buga, Versalles, Palmira, Yumbo, Buenaventura, etc. The economy of  Valle del Cauca is mainly centered on agriculture. In its valley it has sugar cane, cotton, soy, and sorghum crops and Coffee crops in the mountains. The department is known for its sugar industry, which provides sugar to the markets of the rest of the country and nearby countries. The sugar is obtained from the large sugar cane plantations, which were introduced to the department by Sebastián de Belalcázar. The port at Buenaventura is Colombia's main port on the Pacific coast.

miércoles, 10 de agosto de 2011

MIXTURES AND COMBINATIONS

PURE SUBSTANCE:
A pure substance is a kind of matter that cannot be separated into other kinds of matter by any physical or chemical process. It has the same color, taste, texture and composition. Also it is made out of a same particle.
Example: water  
Mixtures: are combination of two or more substances where each substance retains its individual physical properties. There are two classes of mixtures: homogeneous and heterogeneous. Homogeneous mixtures have a constant composition whereas heterogeneous mixtures do not. Another name for a homogeneous mixture is a solution.
                          FRUIT COCKTAIL

martes, 9 de agosto de 2011

DIVISIÓN AMERICANA

En el siguiente link encontrarán los pasos para aprender a dividir, siguiendo el modelo americano.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OpsFZqH2ew

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHANGES

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHANGES
A physical change in a substance doesn't change what the substance is. In a chemical change where there is a chemical reaction, a new substance is formed and energy is either given off or absorbed.
For example, if a piece of paper is cut up into small pieces it still is paper. This would be a physical change in the shape and size of the paper. If the same piece of paper is burned, it is broken up into different substances that are not paper.
Physical changes can be reversed, chemical changes cannot be reversed with the substance changed back without extraordinary means, if at all. For example, a cup of water can be frozen when cooled and then can be returned to a liquid form when heated.



lunes, 8 de agosto de 2011

HUILA AND TOLIMA DEPARTMENT

HUILA 
      
It is located at the South of the Andean Region. At the north of this department is located Cundinamarca and Tolima; at the west Cauca and Tolima; at the East Meta and Caqueta; at the South Caqueta and Cauca.
Its capital is NEIVA. Huila has 30 municipalities. In 1612, Diego Ospina founded Neiva.
The Cordillera Oriental is born in this place.
Colombia's second highest peak, the Nevado del Huila volcano, is located in Huila department.
The Magdalena River (also called Yuma River) is Colombia's largest river, It rises in Huila department.
The principal activities in Huila are: agriculture, cattle farming and mining.

TOLIMA
   

It is located in the Andean Region, in the center West of Colombia. At the north of this department is located Caldas; at the East Cundinamarca; at the South Huila and Cauca; and at the west Quindío, Risaralda and Valle del Cauca.
Its capital is Ibague, which was founded by Andrés López Galarza in 1550. TOLIMA  has 47 municipalities.
The Tolima department includes three distinct regions: a mountainous region, occupied by the Cordillera Central; a plain, that corresponds to the valleys of the rivers Magdalena and Saldaña; and the region to the southeast which forms the western slope of the Cordillera Oriental.
The economy of the Tolima is based on agriculture.
TOLIMA receive this name in honor to an indigenous priestess called Yulima.

jueves, 4 de agosto de 2011

THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS

THE CATHOLIC MONARCHS

It is the collective title used in history for Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand of Aragon. This title was given to them by the Pope Alexander VI in 1496 for defending Catholic dogmas within their realms.
The Queen Isabella and the king Ferdinand were second cousins and they decided to get married in 1469.
                                                                      

lunes, 1 de agosto de 2011

CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME DEPARTMENTS

ANTIOQUIA
    
ANTIOQUIA is located at the Northwest of Colombia. At the north it limits with The Caribbean Sea, the department of Córdoba and Bolivar; at the East with Bolivar, Santander, Boyacá; at the South with Caldas and Risaralda; at the West with Chocó.
It is a mountainous region which is crossed by hills, its main attraction.  The principal activities are agriculture, mining industry, and textile.
Medellín is the capital of the region, the second biggest city of the country.  It is considered the city of the eternal spring.
This is the first coffee and banana producing to export. It is built by 125 municipalities.
Medellín was created by Miguel de Aguinaba in 1675. In 1886 the department of ANTIOQUIA was created.
ANTIOQUIA is a place where culture is present in every traditional aspect like the famous parade of Silleteros.


SANTANDER
   
SANTANDER is located at the Northeast of Colombia. At the North it limists with Cesar and Norte de Santander; at the South with Boyacá; at the West with Magdalena River, and at the East with Boyacá and Norte de Santander.
It is built by 87 municipalities. The principal activities are: agriculture, cattle farming, poultry farming, mining and oil exploitation.
The capital of SANTANDER is Bucaramanga. This city is also known as “The Beautiful City”.
This department was founded by Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada in 1537. The name of this department is in honor to the hero Francisco de Paula Santander.