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The Jungle Book
D) Draw.

activities for The Jungle Book on
pages 15 to 18 in our September issue. September 2018
Level: A1 Age: Young Learners/Teenagers/Adults
Planet Earth
F) Look at the following fact file. The information is mixed up, correct it.
FACT FILE
NAME: 40,000 different species, including medicinal plants, trees and fruit plants.
LOCATION: 2.5 million species of insects, 205 million species of birds; other animals include: anaconda, monkeys,
jaguar, sloth, piranhas and alligators.
CLIMATE: South America. Including in Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Guyana, Bolivia, Suriname and
French Guiana.
ANIMALS: Amazon Forest.
PLANTS: it’s the biggest rainforest in the world.
OTHER RELEVANT FACTS: hot, humid and damp.
Now, choose a place you like (o a region) and complete the fact file.
NAME: ____________________________________________________________________________________
LOCATION: ________________________________________________________________________________
CLIMATE: __________________________________________________________________________________
ANIMALS: __________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
PLANTS: __________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
OTHER RELEVANT FACTS:______________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
G) Quiz.
1) In this city, it rains a lot.
• Mawsynram, India.
• London, England.
• Sao Paulo, Brazil.
2) The South Pole is very cold. The lowest temperature ever recorded was ...
• -45C.
• -150C.
• -94C.
3) The most spoken language in the world is...

• Hindi.
• Mandarin.
• English.
4) The longest river in the African continent is...

• The Rhin.
• The Amazon.
• The Nile.

activities for Planet Earth on page 22
in our September issue. September 2018
September 2018 in our September issue.
activities for Planet Earth on page 22
Key: B) Continents: America, Antarctica, Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe; Oceans: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern, Arctic; C) 1) larger, 2)
hotter/smaller, 3) colder, 4) smaller/hotter; D) 1) Asia, 2) Australia, 3) Africa, 4) Antarctica; F) NAME: Amazon Forest, LOCATION: South
America. Including Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Guyana, Bolivia, Suriname and French Guiana. CLIMATE: hot, humid and
damp. ANIMALS: 2.5 million species of insects, 205 million species of birds; other animals include: anaconda, monkeys, jaguar, sloth,
piranhas and alligators. PLANTS: 40,000 different species, including medicinal plants, trees and fruit plants OTHER RELEVANT FACTS: it’s the
biggest rainforest in the world. G) 1) Mawsynram, India, 2) -94C, 3) Mandarin, 4) The Nile; H) oceans, savannah, Argentina, Antarctica,
hot.
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R H: In Africa, the weather is ...
T: The coldest continent on Earth.
A R: Iguazú Falls are in Brazil and in ...
A: Serengeti is a ...
E E: There are 5 on our planet.
Clues:
H) Crossword.
Planet Earth
Age: Young Learners/Teenagers/Adults Level: A1
Level: A1+ Age: Young Learners/Teenagers
Places
G) Complete this travel guide with the titles below.
Night Life
Where can I sleep?
Transport
What are the touristic attractions?
Where is it?
1) ___________
Puerto Madryn is a city in the province of Chubut in Argentine Patagonia.
2) ____________
• You can visit the Punta Lama sea lion reserve. It is near the city. You can go by car.
• Don't miss the natural science museum! This whimsical collection of taxidermied animals, shells, skeletons, and
engravings examines humankind's relationship with the sea.
• Go to the beach! It has a great view. Sometimes you can see whales.
• Walk the city. It's not dangerous.
• Rent a bike and see the city.
3) _______________
There are hostels and international hotels. If you go in summer, you can stay at the camping sitesThey are not
expensive.
4) _______________
El Tehuelche Airport is located 10 km northwest of the city centre. Commercial flights from Buenos Aires, Ushuaia,
and other Argentinian cities are available. You can also travel by car or bus.
5) ______________
There are bars, pubs and discos. There is also a small cinema and a shopping center.
H) Look at the notes you made for activity E and make a travel guide about the place you chose.
What are the touristic attractions? 3) Where can I sleep? 4) Transport, 5) Night Life;
e) fish, f ) canoe, g) happy; F) 1) there are, 2) there is, 3)There are, 4) there are, 5) There is, 6) there is; 7) There aren’t; G) 1) Where is it? 2)
parrot, waterfall; C) 1) there are, 2) there is, 3) there are, 4) there is, 5) there isn’t; D) 4) a) rainforest, b) river, c) monkeys, snakes, d) swim,
Key: A) 1) The bench; Key: B) City: chemist’s, hospital, park, monument, dog, theatre, Country/wilderness: valley, snake, monkey, dog,

activities for Places on pages 24 to 25
in our September issue. September 2018
Level: A2+/B1 Age: Teenagers
Around the World in 17 (Correct) Answers

SOUTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA
7) Which is the continent’s largest 8) Which capital city is crossed by the 9) Which is the highest mountain on
rainforest? Equator? the continent?
a) The Misiones rainforest a) Brasilia a) Aconcagua
b) The Amazon rainforest b) Quito b) Osorno
c) The Bolivian Yungas c) Asunción c) Illimani
d) The Orinoco Delta d) Bogotá d) Ausangate
SOUTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA

10) This is the 4th most populated 11) Which of the following capitals is a 12) Which country takes its name from
country in the world: coastal city? a Venezuelan politician?
a) Argentina a) Montevideo a) Suriname
b) Venezuela b) La Paz b) Argentina
c) Peru c) Brasilia c) Bolivia
d) Brazil d) Quito d) Peru
AFRICA AFRICA AFRICA

1) Africa has the fastest land animal in 2) Which of the following country’s 3) Which of the following diseases is a
the world. Which is it? official language is Portuguese? continental concern?
a) The Antelope a) Angola a) Mad Cow Disease
b) The Cheetah b) Cameroon b) Scarlet Fever
c) The Chimpanzee c) Ethiopia c) Poliomyelitis
d) The Lion d) Eritrea d) HIV/AIDS

4) The political segregation process 5) Where are the most renowned 6) Which is the largest desert on the
known as Apartheid was pyramids situated in? continent?
institutionalised in this country. a) Tunisia a) the Nubian Desert
a) Libya b) Egypt b) the Kalahari Desert
b) Egypt c) Morocco c) the Namib Desert
c) South Africa d) Sudan d) the Sahara Desert
d) Nigeria

7) According to some theories, it has 8) Which of the following countries did 9) One of the following animals is only
been proven that West Africa was
not have colonies in Africa? found in Africa:
prehistorically connected to which
continent? a) Greece a) Tiger
a) Europe b) Spain b) Giraffe
b) South America c) France c) Rabbit
c) Oceania d) Belgium d) Jaguar
d) Antarctica

activities for Around the World in 17
(Correct) Answers on pages 26 to 28 September 2018
in our September issue. Find extra resources at www.ediba.com

10) In which of the following decades 11) What is the name of the sea that 12) Which country is also the largest
of the 20th century did the majority of
separates North Africa from South island in the continent?
African countries become
independent? Europe? a) Equatorial Guinea
a) 1960s a) the Caspian Sea b) Madagascar
b) 1970s b) the Black Sea c) Mauritius
c) 1980s c) the Aegean Sea d) Cape Verde
d) 1990s d) the Mediterranean Sea
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND
THE CARIBBEAN THE CARIBBEAN THE CARIBBEAN
1) Which is the capital city of the 2) In which country is there a canal 3) Which is the largest country on the
United States? that connects the Pacific and Atlantic
continent?
oceans?
a) Los Angeles a) Canada
a) Costa Rica
b) New York b) Mexico
b) Mexico
c) San Francisco c) Cuba
c) Panama
d) Washington, DC d) the United States
d) Guatemala
4) The Dominican Republic is located on the 5) The United Nations has its 6) The first island where Columbus
Island of Hispaniola. Which other country is headquarters situated in this city. landed is now part of this country.
also located on this island?
a) Ottawa a) Cuba
a) Haiti
b) New York b) Puerto Rico
b) Cuba
c) Philadelphia c) The Bahamas
c) Puerto Rico
d) La Habana d) Jamaica
d) Trinidad and Tobago
7) Which Caribbean country wants to 8) Which is the most populated city? 9) Which of these natural phenomena
be a state of the United States? a) New York is the most common in the Caribbean?
a) Cayman Islands b) Los Angeles a) Fog
b) Puerto Rico c) Toronto b) Earthquakes
c) Barbados d) Mexico City c) Hurricanes
d) The Bahamas d) Volcano eruptions
10) The four most popular sports in the 11) Which is the other language besides 12) In which of the following countries
United States are American football, English that is considered official in Spanish is not the official language?
basketball, baseball and…? Canada?
a) Jamaica
a) Ice hockey a) Spanish
b) Guatemala
b) Golf b) Italian
c) Dominican Republic
c) Boxing c) German
d) French d) Panama
d) Volleyball


ASIA ASIA ASIA
1) Which country did the United States 2) What is the name of the mountain 3) The majority of the people in the
attack during the Gulf War? range where Mount Everest is located? Middle East countries practise this
a) Vietnam a) Eastern Ghats religion
b) Afghanistan b) Himalaya a) Christianity
c) Japan c) Caucasus b) Judaism
d) Iraq d) the Hindu Kush c) Islam
d) Hinduism
ASIA ASIA ASIA

4) Which peninsula is divided in two by 5) Which was the region where 6) Which was the nationality of the
two politically rival countries? Russian exiles and prisoners were political leader Mahatma Gandhi?
a) Indochina sent?
a) Indian
b) Korea a) Gobi Desert
b) Pakistani
c) Deccan b) Uzbekistan
c) Indonesian
d) Qatar c) China
d) Nepalese
d) Siberia
ASIA ASIA ASIA

7) Which of the following countries 8) Which natural compound is key to 9) Which is the most populated
was named honouring a Spanish king? the economic development of the country on the continent?
a) Bangladesh Middle East countries?
a) China
b) Thailand a) Gold
b) Japan
c) Philippines B) Uranium
c) Saudi Arabia
d) Singapur c) Petroleum
d) India
d) Silver
ASIA ASIA ASIA

10) During World War II, the United 11) Mecca, the most important city for 12) The three most important
States dropped two atomic bombs the Islamic religion, is located in this monotheistic religions consider it a holy
country. city.
over this country.
a) Iran a) Bethlehem
a) China
b) Saudi Arabia b) Jerusalem
b) Russia
c) Iraq c) Kolkata
c) Vietnam
d) Pakistan d) Baghdad
d) Japan


The Teacher's Magazine N° 216 WEBLINKS
In this downloadable page, with all the links available in the articles published in this issue, you will have the URLs at a
click of the mouse, so as not to copy them on your browser.
Global Culture Corner: International Day of Sign Languages

Page 2
Links
https://wfdeaf.org/news/un-23-sept-as-international-day-of-sign-languages/
https://www.british-sign.co.uk/lesson-plan-dont-talk/
https://www.diverseabilitymagazine.com/2017/12/united-nations-international-day-sign-languages/
http://manosquehablan.com.ar/alfabetos/argentina/
An Awful Storm
Pages 4 a 7
Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK5FeuGF9_E,
http://pirates.wikia.com/wiki/Spyglass?file=Spyglass.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QwwhTu5N-I,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_zAZxElano,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iauX0FKnm9k.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_-uxBlRGs
Transport
Pages 8 a 11
Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxBfqd639BE
https://www.unicef.org/crcartoons/
The Jungle Book

Pages 15-18
Links
http://bit.ly/edibathejunglebook
WEBLINKS
Seesaw www.ediba.com.
Pages 19
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https://web.seesaw.me
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The Earth: Home For Colours And Shapes

Pages 20-21
Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQwuog7_wmg
http://www.ecology.com/ecology-kids/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabet_Sahtouris
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_erosion
https://www.kidsplayandcreate.com/teach-kids-abou-recycling-recycling-facts-for-kids/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2dJzLHT7po
Places
Pages 24-25
Links
https://vimeo.com/36702747
Gender Education: In a Heartbeat

Pages 29-30
Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2REkk9SCRn0
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/video/a-heartbeat-full-animated-short-film-1070771
https://whoaskedyoublog.wordpress.com/2017/05/22/interview-with-the-creators-of-in-a-heartbeat/
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles/in-a-heartbeat;
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/aug/04/in-a-heartbeat-short-film-youtube;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Heartbeat_(film)
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