Planet Earth

• You are going to work in pairs. With the mate next to you. I am going to share with you some articles.
• Then I am going to share with you some images, if the image is related with your piece of news keep it, if not, share the image with other group in your row.
• When you finish, you have to to do a summary of the piece of news in your notebook using the questions attached.
• I am going to select three teams that will read a loud their summaries.
• We are going to watch a Video about it and answer some questions.

Video Test

PIECE OF NEWS 1 The discovery of a super-Earth-sized planet orbiting a sun-like star brings us closer than ever to finding a twin of our own watery world. Nevertheless, what are the perfect conditions for life? It helps to orbit in on the “habitable zone” around their stars. - not too close and not too far. Too close and the planet is fried (we’re looking at you, Venus). Too far and it’s in deep freeze. But settle comfortably into the habitable zone, and your planet could have liquid water, necessary for all living things on its surface. if you add the correct size to the formula the gravity has enough strong to keep an atmosphere, a layer of gases, that protect from the sun's radiation. 1. Entitle the article: 2. What is closer than ever? 3. What are the perfect conditions for life?

PIECE OF NEWS 2 1. Who was the first men to know how the earth looks like from space? 2. Who was Yuri Gagarin? 3. How do we get images from the earth?

PIECE OF NEWS 3 Humanity's farthest and longest-lived spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2, achieve 40 years of operation and exploration. Each spacecraft carries a Golden Record of Earth sounds, pictures and messages. Since the spacecraft could last billions of years, these circular time capsules could one day be the only traces of human civilization. The Voyagers have set numerous records in their unparalleled journeys. In 2012, Voyager 1, which launched on Sept. 5, 1977, became the only spacecraft to have entered interstellar space (It is far away from our solar system). Voyager 2, launched on Aug. 20, 1977, is the only spacecraft to have flown by all four outer planets -- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Nowadays, the cosmic rays are accelerated the voyager to nearly the speed of light. Team members estimate they will have to turn off the last science instrument by 2030. However, even after the spacecraft go silent, they'll continue on their trajectories at their present speed of more than 30,000 mph (48,280 kilometers per hour), completing an orbit within the Milky Way every 225 million years. 1. Entitle the article. 2. What is the voyager? 3. What is it? (object) 4. When was it launched? 5. What does it carries? 6. What is it speed? 7. Where is it?

Now we are going to complete in your notebooks the scheme about earth.

ACTIVITY 1 SCHEME