Global Climate change week

September 20 - 27 is Global Climate Change Week.
Have a look at some of these videos to find out more about Global Climate Change.

March 8th - International Women's Day

International Women’s Day takes place every year on 8 March to celebrate the achievements of women all over the world. Here is a video with some interesting data:

Click here to learn more about the history of International Women's Day.

Passive Voice

Practice the passive voice with scenes from TV shows.

Present Perfect & TV series

Practice the present perfect with your favourite TV series.

Happy Halloween!!

Every year, on October 31st, people in the USA and the UK celebrate Halloween parties, parades and go trick-or-treating. Learn more about this tradition watching this BBC video.
Video

Great Britain!

Click here to watch the videos!

Find out what's great about Britain and share your opinion! A series of videos from the BBC website that show different aspects of British culture. Enjoy!!

Big Data, Small World

An intertesting TED Talk about data mining by Kirk Borne

Click, baby, Click!!

Tim Berners-Lee: A Magna Carta for the web

Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web 25 years ago. So it's worth a listen when he warns us: There is a battle ahead. Eroding net neutrality, filter bubbles and centralizing corporate control all threaten the web's wide-open spaces. It's up to users to fight for the right to access and openness. The question is, What kind of Internet do we want?

Leonardo DiCaprio demands UN to take climate change seriously

"None of it is hysteria. It's a fact"

English for IT

Here are a couple of videos with some useful vocabulary for IT.

An airline commercial that's gone viral on Youtube: real-time giving

Watch the video and read about it here.

Stephen Hawking's Big Ideas... Made Simple

Stephen Hawking's Big Ideas explained in cartoon form.
Check out this link to read the article.

Meet the TomTato!

A tomato-potato plant, now available in the U.K.

GMO OMG!

How much do you know about GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms)? Here is some interesting information. What do you think? Do we know what we are eating?

Explore more infographics like this one on the web's largest information design community - Visually.

GMOs - Truth and Myths

Organic vs. Genetically Engineered Food:

Explore more infographics like this one on the web's largest information design community - Visually.

Texting While Walking

Should texting while walking be banned?
The filmmaker Casey Neistat explores the hazazards of text messaging while walking in NYC.

50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

New York Times frontpage, August 28, 1963

Today, August 28th, we commemorate the historic March on Washington which occurred 50 years ago. Here are some links with interesting information about the Great March.

Witnesses to History, 50 years later, from The New York Times. People who attended the March share their memories and thoughts.

From NPR.org, "For King's Adviser, Fulfilling The Dream "Cannot Wait"








Watch some parts of the famous speech Dr Martin Luther King Jr delivered at the National Mall, in Washington DC.

Abraham Lincoln

On this day in 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed a measure abolishing slavery in U.S. territories.
Click here to learn more about the 16th president of the United States.
Listen to his famous speech, the Gettysburg Address.

Graduation Speeches

Click here to listen to some graduation speeches from notable speakers, hope our soon-to-be graduates find them inspiring! Congratulations to our 2º Bachillerato students! WELL DONE!!

12 Ads Companies Don't Want You to See

From www.huffingtonpost.com
Click here to see 12 sketchy ads that companies don't want you to see.