Updated on April 24, 2024
Wild flowers of the Greek countryside 2022
Follow the link to find an e-book we created with the students of F1 in the year 2021-2022 about spring wild flowers found in Greece.
https://www.storyjumper.com/book/read/133750422
What are the components of each entry?
Updated on April 21, 2024
Virtual water
A person living in Greece consumes more or less 1,668 litres of drinking water per year.
Virtual water, on the other hand, is the water used in the production of goods and services we use. For example, to produce a McDonald's Big Mac takes about 2,400 litres of water, most of which is used to grow the grain that feeds the cattle.
It takes five litres of water to produce one litre of bottled water (four litres required for production of the plastic bottle, plus the one litre of drinking water).
Here are some more examples that will blow your mind off!
2,110 galons = 9,592 litres of water used only to produce a pair of shoes!
How many years of drinking water consumption is equivalent to a new T-shirt and pair of jeans?
Think before you buy! Do you really need them?
More than your life?
Updated on April 21, 2024
Earth Day … to protect Earth’s natural resources for future generations
Here is a video in which climate activists Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot tell us how we should use nature to tackle the climate crisis.
But who is Greta? Follow the link to read about her ...
And here is a quiz to check what you have learnt! https://learningapps.org/watch?v=p901dcc7n20&fbclid=IwAR1iINzjp-sCY5X13NU_dv_XFGXEillLRAts3g10ZShlfVU3UcudzVDnJaI
And a fun closing activity .... https://learningapps.org/watch?v=pc1gbw4bt20&fbclid=IwAR03zgA-ehytVRaHBp5PSwUj3iz642HWXnr0Irj0si5ypslBmPlAMCSV7EE
Updated on April 16, 2024
The invention of the dishwasher
Here is a post on the invention of the dishwasher machine. As you might have guessed, the person who first came up with the idea and the design of a dishwasher was a woman. Her name was Josephine Garis Cochran.
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In 1883, at the age of 45, an unemployed Josephine Cochran decided, “If nobody else is going to invent a dishwashing machine, I’ll do it myself!"
In the end, she managed to showcase her creation in the Machinery Hall exhibit at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, , alongside inventions from Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell and Whitcomb Judson, inventor of the zipper. She won a top prize for how well her device was made and how useful it was. This achievement helped her company a lot.
Instead of sticking with a plan that wasn't working, she changed how she presented her product. This happened because people became more concerned about keeping things clean following the discovery of viruses during the 1890s. Also, it became more expensive to hire workers to wash dishes at hotels and restaurants. More and more Americans started eating out and staying at hotels, which helped her product become popular.
What was the primary breakthrough of her machine?
Updated on April 5, 2024
World Stray Animals Day
Let's have a break away from our digital stories celebrating the World Stray Animals Day!
Every April 4th is World Stray Animals Day, a time to show love, attention and compassion to less fortunate animals.
A feral animal is a domestic species born in the wild, while a stray was abandoned or lost.
To celebrate the day, here is a poem I love, although it doesn't solely refer to stray animals.
Animals
What about our school community?
Updated on March 4, 2024
Major dramatic questions in digital stories about the history of an invention
Speaking out loud through writing … about an invention!
REMEMBER! Major Dramatic Questions can be stated or simply implied!
Here are some examples of explicitly stated Major Dramatic Questions in digital stories about inventions! Study them and think of a Major Dramatic Question for your own story ...
- How did the invention of the printing press revolutionize the dissemination of knowledge and impact literacy rates?
- What were the key challenges faced by inventors like Thomas Edison in developing the light bulb, and how did they overcome them?
- How did the invention of the steam engine transform transportation and industrial production during the Industrial Revolution?
- What societal impacts did the invention of the internet have on communication, commerce, and information sharing?
- What motivated Alexander Graham Bell to invent the telephone, and how did it change human interaction and communication?
- How did the development of the assembly line by Henry Ford revolutionize manufacturing processes and shape modern industry?
- What were the scientific and technological breakthroughs that led to the invention of the airplane, and how did it change the world?
- What cultural and societal impacts did the invention of the television have on entertainment, news dissemination, and communication?
- How did the invention of the transistor pave the way for the digital revolution and the rise of modern electronics?
- What challenges did inventors face in creating the first practical versions of the computer, and how did these machines evolve over time to become ubiquitous in modern society?
Updated on February 29, 2024
Shared documents for the outline of your digital stories
Click on your group's link and create the outline of your stories!
Updated on February 21, 2024
Digital stories about inventions
Here is a collection of digital stories presenting inventions of the modern world! What do you think of them? Do they meet the criteria in the rubric for our digital storytelling projects?
Traffic signals | The windshield wiper | The bicycle |
The Internet | The computer | The bicycle 2 |
Updated on February 12, 2024
Digital stories about innovators
Do you want to get an idea of what your presentation can be like? Here are two digital stories about great innovators of the past, the Wright brothers and the Montgolfiers brothers!
Watch and reflect on the rubrics for digital storytelling that we use in evaluating our digital stories.
http://photodentro.edu.gr/v/item/video/8522/789
http://photodentro.edu.gr/v/item/video/8522/788
Updated on February 17, 2024
Project “Great innovators and inventions of modern times”
Here is a set of websites you can browse in order to decide on and to find information about the invention or the innovator in your digital stories. You can also use the list of the Greatest Engineering Achievements of the National Academy of Science!
I have already typed the key expression "famous inventions" to save you some time but do not hesitate to try using other keywords, as well!
https://www.ducksters.com/biography/scientists/scientists_and_inventors.php
https://www.kiddle.co/s.php?q=famous+inventions#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=famous%20inventions&gsc.page=1
https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=important+inventions&title=Special%3ASearch&ns0=1
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