People on the move

We've been talking about means of transport. You can find and exhaustive list if you have a look at this article.


It even lists the "jetpack". Do you know what it is? So, look at the photo. Would you like to come to school by jetpack?


How about this to come to school? The cycleskate.
You can see it in the Multimedia Fair of Inventions, there you can find some new inventions related to transport, (By the way, this is an Italian website, and some of you speak Italian, don’t you?) Anyway, there you can read and see a photo of the clycleskate, a mixture of a scooter and a skate.

And for those who love taxis. Would you try the “rickshaw”? It’s also called the "bugbug", pedicab, velotaxi, or trishaw and it’s very common in Asia.

Speaking about Asia, have a look at two photos below, they were taken in China. The first one could be a typical night image of Buenos Aires (two-wheeled version here). Notice the contrast with the magnetic train (not here in BA). Both means of transport coexist in the same place.

Heavy transport:

Originally uploaded by spectergeneral.


Magnetic Levitation Transport or Maglev (500 to 580 km/h):

Originally uploaded by bridgepix.

Guggenheim Museum

Do you remember Jerry and Sue in New York? They went to the Guggenheim Museum and they thought it was incredible.
Originally uploaded by max_pack.

The museum really has an incredible collection and you can see some of its paintings online.

You can choose works sorted by artist, title of work, date, movement, medium, or concept. You can even read short biographies.

Originally uploaded by missdju.

My favourite painters in the online collection: Chagall, Kandinsky and Miró.

Have a look at some of them. Do you have a favourite painter?

Listen to this article

Time Capsules 2

E2

Yesterday my students discussed what to include in their time capsules. Some of them faced this dilemma:

They don’t like some of the things that are typical of contemporary culture. The question is WHAT TO DO.

To leave them out or not, that’s the question.

Time Capsules

E2

Do you know what a time capsule is?

It is a container filled with objects that people think are typical of contemporary culture. The capsule is buried so that people can discover it in the distant future.

A group of my students is thinking which objects describe their time.

I’d like other students to share their ideas. What objects would you include in a time capsule?

To get some inspiration you can visit an on line exhibition of Andy Warhol’s Time Capsule 21, one of the over 600 cardboard boxes he filled with objects from his daily life.

If you hate pop art, you can tour The New York Times Capsule, an exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History that explored different concepts of time and the history of time capsules.

Originally uploaded by jek in the box.

A salad I love

NEFE

A specialty for hot summer days

These are the ingredients:

• Some grated raw beetroot
• Some pieces of green apple
• Dressing: some unflavoured yogurt, fresh thyme, salt and pepper

What’s your favourite salad?