Climates summary

EQUATORIAL CLIMATE: It's located in the Equator, five degrees north and five degrees south exactly. There's not a dry season or a wet season, but anyhow, some months can be drier than others. Temperatures are high and constant, with an annual range of 2ºC approximately, as the sun is always at a high angle in the sky. Furthermore, the climate stays wet during the whole year, with an average rainfall of 2000/2500 mm. Winds in this climate, are light and variable. The most important characteristic of this climate is it's daily pattern, what means that, once the sun rises, the heat starts evaporating all the moisture from the rain from the previous day. By midday temperatures can reach 33ºC, so air goes up and starts creating clouds with the moisture it brings. In the afternoon, this clouds are turned into "Cumulonimbus", and they precipitate in long thunderstorms. When the night reaches, rain had stopped. This cycle occurs every day, and that's why it's called "daily pattern".


TROPICAL (INTERIOR) CONTINENTAL CLIMATE: The tropical continental climate, also named tropical interior climate, is located inside the continent, away from coasts, between five and fifteen degrees north and south of the Equator. Unlike the Equatorial climate, this one has a big change between the cool and dry season and the hot and wet season. In the first one mentioned before, the sun is overhead to the opposite hemisphere, causing temperature to decrease and the incoming winds take away all the moisture left by the other season. Nevertheless, in the hot and wet season, as the sun points directly to the land, the temperatures increase, producing high precipitations. Both seasons are a result of the sun positioning. Anyway, the average temperature is 31ºC.


MONSOON CLIMATE: Monsoon means "seasons" which refers to the two main seasons in this climates: the south-west monsoon and the north-east monsoon. The south-west monsoon is located in the north of the Himalayas, where it is completely hot because the sun hits directly this region. As a consequence, air goes up and a region of low pressure is created.When moisture reach the mountains, the air goes up and it gets higher, it cools and it precipitates. However, the north-east monsoon is created when the sun heats to the south instead of heating in the north. In this way, an area of high pressure is formed at the north of the Himalayas, so winds try to "escape. This winds come from the land, and as a result, they are dry, what means that they don't produce rainfalls. This two seasons are determined by the reversal in the wind direction. Furthermore, this climate is located in South-east region of Asia.


HOT DESERT CLIMATE: Hot deserts are located on the west side of the continents between five and thirty degrees north and south from the Equator. This climates have a high evapotranspiration, which is the evaporated water from plants, animals, land and oceans. In addition, this regions have high temperatures when the sun hits them directly, and lower temperatures when the sun is in the opposite hemisphere. Whatsmore, coastal areas are cooler because of the influence of the sea and the offshore currents. While the inland temperatures can reach 50ºC during the day, during the night temperatures are extremely cold, because there aren't clouds to retain the heat. Moreover, deserts have scarce precipitation of approximately 250/300 mm for two reasons: Cold winds come from the sea with no or little moisture, and the winds come from the lands, so they don't bring any moisture either, or if not, winds have to cross mountain ranges, creating rain shadows.


COLD CLIMATES: The cold climates can be found in the northern hemisphere, poleward side, 60ºC north of the Equator. In this climate, winters are incredibly cold, with almost no day-light and short summers with long hours of day-light which create high temperatures. Precipitation in this regions, they aren't heavy because, as the air is freezing, it can't retain moisture and as these regions are far away from the sea, winds don't carry moist. Because of this precipitation, rain fall as snow or sometimes, even as hail.

Dándole amor a la vida

En la clase de SADO (salud y adolescencia) estamos trabajando las donaciones de órganos, y que mejor manera de informarse de esto que entrando a la pagina del I.N.C.U.C.A.I. (Instituto Nacional Central Unico Coordinador de Ablación e Implante), donde veríamos cuadros de los órganos en espera de órganos y demás.
Al entrar en dicha página, en una sección de la misma se encuentra un link que nos llevará hacia una tabla que se actualiza a cada hora sobre la lista de órganos en espera que se encuentran. En el eje horizontal se presentan los tipos de trasplantes que se pueden realizar, mientras que en el eje vertical se puede ver las provincias en las cuales se llevan a cabo dichos trasplantes. En este cuadro se ven reflejado la cantidad de todo tipo de órganos en espera, también el porcentaje correspondiente al total de la fila respecto del total general, la tasa de prevalencia y el total de órganos y tejidos en espera.

Las donaciones pueden ser:

RN: renales

RP: renopancreáticas
H: hepáticas
HR: hepatorrenales
HP: hepatopancreáticas
HI: hepatointestinales
CH: cardiohepáticas
C: cardíacas
CP: cardiopulmonares
CRR: cardiorrenales
PUL: pulmonares
PAN: pancreáticas
PI: pancreointestitinales
IN: intestinales
COR: de córneas
ESC: de escleras

También hemos hecho un glosario sobre los términos más relacionados a la donación de órganos. 

Look before you leap

Look before you leap

In language class we creates a story that you have to think before you do something.

Use: a- 7 connectors

b- 4 examples of direct speech

c- 3 similes

d- 1 metaphor

e- 2 examples of past perfect

I can’t believe I had bought this game, it was as bad as drugs! However, the seller told me:

-’’It’s totally worth it, it is a bestseller in Europe!’’

Therefore, I bought it. When I got home, I was absolutely amazed. Firstly, I turned

on my console, secondly, I put the CD on it. The beginning was incredible, shots and police sirens  were heard loudly. But the gameplay itself sucked! You began at war, you shot someone, but no one shot me back, it was as if I was Rambo, nevertheless, I kept on playing. The story wasn’t bad, but the game was horrible, it was full of errors, for example, I had shot an enemy three times with a shotgun as a maniac, and he didn’t die! My friends told me:

-”Man, this game is terrible, it’s so unreal”

-This mistake of the nature is bestseller in Europe? Really?

Finally, I made up my decision, I was going to return that terrible game. To be honest, I expected more from a game like that. I went to the shop and the man told me:

-”It’s a pity, such an amazing game to be returned”

A frightening experience

1) Read the exam tips on pages 95 to 104 from the book and organise the information in spider webs. This will help you study the characteristics of Narrative writing. Remember you 'll have to include them in your piece of wrting.



The package has arrived in  Timothy's house, the brightest and charming boy in Manchester, even though he was a little bit arrogant and stubborn. He was pale when he opened the box he entered to his house and later, he started yelling "Its finally here!!". Consequently his mother asked: "Has your Go-pro arrived?
- "Yes, and I'll go to give it a try!" Timothy said:
-"Fine, but return before midnight" answered his mother. Timothy immediately called his best friends Harry and John to go try the new camera: "Wait U in the park guys >-<"  he tested them. Once there, Timothy told them his idea.
- "Hey, we'll try this slice of future at Maxwells house"
-"What? Are you insane?" Harry exclaimed.
-"Come on, don't be coward lets go"
A desolate, spooky and goolmy house was in front of their eyes
- "I'm horrified" shouted john
- "Shut up and follow me" said Timothy with a frustrated tone
They surrounded the house first, then they jumped the fence.
- "Great, now turn the bloody camera on" said Harry violently.
Timothy did so, and afterwards, he entered through the window.
- "You know the owner of this house is dead, right?" John said
- "I know, and no one cares" Timmy answered in an indifferent way.
The house from the inside looked frightful, it was very cold and creepy. Besides, the lights turned on by themselves, however that didn't stop the attractive boy. After that, his friends entered.
- "What is this place?" asked John
Suddenly, a big piano fell off the stairs suspiciously. Absolutely frightened, they started tip-toeing and whispering with a quaint look in their faces. Out of the blue, a fearful man with a devilish shotgun started shouting in an exsasperated way and immediately started shooting. One shot hit Harry in his toe, who started hobbling his way out, while his friends ran away in a selfish act. Finally, once they where all outside, John and Timothy called an ambulance to take Harry, who was devastated. Timmy felt guilty for his friend's injury.

Ponerse en el lado de la vida

En la clase de Salud y Adolescencia estamos tratando el tema de un proyecto llamado "Donar es amar", que nos concientiza para propagar la donación de órganos. La profesora nos mostró un video llamado "En el lado de la vida", y un fragmento del texto de Fernando Savater "Ponte en su lugar" que pondré a continuación para que reflexionaramos un poco sobre el tema.

"¿en qué consiste tratar a las personas como a personas, es decir, humanamente? Respuesta: consiste en que intentes ponerte en su lugar. Reconocer a alguien como semejante implica sobre todo la posibilidad de comprenderle desde dentro, de adoptar por un momento su propio punto de vista. Es algo que sólo de una manera muy novelesca y dudosa puedo pretender con un murciélago o con un geranio, pero que en cambio se impone con los seres capaces de manejar símbolos como yo mismo. A fin de cuentas, siempre que hablamos con alguien lo que hacemos es establecer un terreno en el que quien ahora es «yo» sabe que se convertirá en «tú» y viceversa. Si no admitiésemos que existe algo fundamentalmente igual entre nosotros (la posibilidad de ser para otro lo que otro es para mí) no podríamos cruzar ni palabra. Allí donde hay cruce, hay también reconocimiento de que en cierto modo pertenecemos a lo de enfrente y lo de enfrente nos pertenece... Y eso aunque yo sea joven y el otro viejo, aunque yo sea hombre y el otro mujer, aunque yo sea blanco y el otro negro, aunque yo sea tonto y el otro listo, aunque yo esté sano y el otro enfermo, aunque yo sea rico y el otro pobre. « Soy humano -dijo un antiguo poeta latino- y nada de lo que es humano puede parecerme ajeno.» Es decir: tener conciencia de mi humanidad consiste en darme cuenta de que, pese a todas las muy reales diferencias entre los individuos, estoy también en cierto modo dentro de cada uno de mis semejantes. Para empezar, como palabra... "


El video trata sobre una mujer que pierde a su hija después de que ésta tenga un accidente de tránsito. Una vez fallecida en el hospital, luego de llantos de desconsuelo, se encuentra con una madre con su hija en grave estado, que se encontraba necesitando un trasplante. Aquí podemos relacionar el video con el texto de Savater, ya que la madre de la fallecida logró ponerse en el lugar de la madre que estaba sufriendo por su hija. El título del video, "En el lado de la vida" se relaciona completamente con el contenido del mismo, ya que vemos como la madre de la fallecida dona los órganos de su hija para salvar a una mujer, y así dejarla en el lado de la vida, en lugar de la muerte. Y en el texto "Ponte en su lugar" se ve reflejado eso mismo, al decir que hay que comprender a los demás y no pensar en uno mismo. Hay dos tipos de actos en la donación, el acto médico y el acto social. El acto médico refiere al traspaso de órganos que hace el cirujano y el acto social refiere a la voluntad que cada uno tiene sobre donar para así poder ayudar a una persona que realmente los necesite.

Las células

La célula, por muy pequeña que parezca, es una materia demasiado compleja. Abajo, hay una imagen de un cuadro hecho con Cacoo que explica puntualmente sus propiedades.

El hombre y sus necesidades

En esta entrada voy a hablar sobre las necesidades básicas del hombre. Todos sabemos las necesidades que tenemos nosotros los humanos, como por ejemplo, el alimento, la bebida y el abrigo, que consta no sólo de la vestimenta, sino que también de la vivienda y de qué esta hecha. Se dice que cuando un hombre consigue todas sus necesidades, está "satisfecho", y esa satisfacción se encuentra principalmente en el ambiente, donde el hombre se adapta y utiliza recursos naturales que lo ayudan a mantener su salud. A excepción las necesidades anteriormente mencionadas, hay otras necesidades que no muchos saben que lo son, como la libertad, la seguridad, la comunicación, la educación, la justicia, el afecto, etc.. Una cosa que la gente tiene que tener en cuenta es que las debe satisfacer frecuentemente, la satisfacción tiene que ser adecuada, como la cantidad del satisfactor, la calidad del satisfactor y el tiempo disponible de satisfacción (ej.: no se puede comer en 10 minutos de manera correcta porque no se puede hacer la digestión correctamente).