SCIENCE DOES MATTER...

The so-called PISA surveys leave Spanish education as a whole in a very bad position compared to the Finns, the Japanese and the Koreans...The so-called evaluators tend to ignore many factors affecting the teaching-learning processes and how hardworking Spanish students can be...

(A morsel of science)

How to remember the seven life processes or Mrs. Energy NRG

MOVEMENT

RESPIRATION

SENSITIVITY

NUTRITION

EXCRETION

REPRODUCTION

GROWTH

The above words are cognates, quite easy to identify for Spanish speakers. 

See if you can match the English terms with their Spanish equivalents:

a)RED BLOOD CELLS                 1)  EGAGRÓPILAS

b) SCAVENGERS                            2)  TENIA

c) BIRD PELLETS                           3)  LEUCOCITOS

d) TADPOLES                                   4) EL CICLO DE LA RANA

e) WHITE BLOOD CELLS             5) HONGOS

f) TAPEWORM                                  6) PUNTO DE EBULLICIÓN

g) TOADSTOOLS                              7) CARROÑEROS

h) BOILING POINT                           8) RENACUAJOS

i) ULTRASOUND                                9) HEMATÍES

j) FOOD CHAIN/WEB                      10) ECOGRAFÍA

k) FROG LIFE CYCLE                    11) RESONANCIA MAGN.

l)  M.R.I.                                                12) CADENA TRÓFICA

Find as much as you can about:

ANISAKIS

BILHARZIA/SCHISTOSOMIASIS

LEISHMANIASIS

ANNELIDS HUMAN PARASITES.

info taken from  FIRST CHILDREN´S ENCYCLOPEDIA D.K.

                 and  JUNIOR ILLUSTRATED SCIENCE DICTIONARY  USBORNE