3º British: What is a megacity?

Most part of the world’s population live in urban areas. We have studied their characteris but, what happened when the city is constantly increasing its size and population? Find it out!

You (by your own or in pairs) will have to do an online research for answering the questions below, in the visual format you prefer: infography, Prezi, power point, etc. When finish, send it as attached file in PDF format to blogeducativo08@gmail.com (last day, Tuesday 10 November)

This work is mandatory and you will receive a mark. If you fail to do it, do it out of time or just copy&paste from a website, the mark will be 0.

Questions:

1. Definition: what is a Megacity?
2. Name, at least, 3 characteristics of a megacity.
3. What are the main challenges of living in megacities?
4. How can be those challenges solved or, at least, reduced?
5. Where are most megacities located? Why?
6. What cities around the world are considered nowadays megacities? List AND place them on a map.
7. Investigate ONE of them and prepare a complete and detailed research about it. You should include photos and official data.
8. Which other cities around the world are growing the fastest and would probably become megacities? Why?
9. Other cities are experimenting problems linked to the urban sprawl… What is urban sprawl? Why does it happen?
10. Opinion: What do you think it would be the future of urban settlement in Europe? Give rational arguments to support your point of view (about 15-20 lines). 

Useful links for starting:

• LatitudeGeography
• Century Foundation
• Megacities Project
• Megacities: challenges and solutions
• Infography from The Guardian
• Urban dynamics (36 pages...)

Are you ready? 3, 2,1... Go!

3º British: The EU and the refugee crisis

This is a short and mandatory activity for homework. As we are studying migration at class, it seems to be a good moment for debating about the so-called "Syrian refugee crisis"... and it is a doble task:

1. Read the following 4-pages document from the European Commission official website and then write an abstract about it (15-20 lines).

2. Write your opinion about the topic, giving always reasons for supporting your point of view. Do you agree or desagree with the EU policy on this topic? Why? (other 15-20 lines).

The following infography can also offer some extra help (click on it to enlarge its size):

When finish, send the document (pdf format) as attached file to blogeducativo08@gmail.com (last day: Friday, 9 October). 

1º British: Infographic about vikings

During the following days your INDIVIDUAL new task is to create an infographic about the Vikings. But, first of all, what is an infographic?

Infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge intended to present complex information quickly and clearly. They can improve cognition by utilizing graphics to enhance the human visual system’s ability to see patterns and trends. For example: 

There are a wide variety of tools available that allow you to create your own infographic. These free infographic creator tools will allow you to generate an infographic very quickly, without the need for a professional designer, and often in very high quality formats but if you prefer something more familiar to you for starting, you can download this archive with free power point templates.

However, infographics are about more than looking good and attracting lots of views and links. If your infographic does not present data in an engaging way – or your data is not worth learning – you may find that your work/effort is unsuccessful. So before you start designing, do some research.

In your case, each team will create an infographic about vikings!. Besides being visually attractive, your infographic should be informative and complete from an educational point of view. You can start by reading my theoretical notes for class and by visiting the BBC for kids web and the AcademiaPlay video.

When finish, sent the work as an attached file to acarriles@educa.jcyl.es.  The LAST DAY: Sunday 4, October). As usual, this work is mandatory and will be part of the score at the end of the term. If you fail to finish it, do it out of date or just copy&paste from internet, the mark will be a 0 for this work.

Keep calm and good luck! :)