Lectura en inglés · Noticia escolar · 6.º de Primaria6.º grado de primaria6.º grado · 302 palabras
Big ideas at our science fair
Grandes ideas en nuestra feria de ciencias. Una alumna cuenta en el periódico del colegio cómo fue la feria de ciencias: un horno solar, un filtro de agua y unas semillas que germinan. Comparativos, superlativos, presente perfecto y will.
By Lucía Romero, Class 6B
Last Friday, our school held its third science fair in the gym. Students from Classes 5A, 5B, 6A and 6B presented thirty projects to families, teachers and younger children. It was the biggest science fair that our school has ever had: last year, there were only twenty projects.
The projects were very different. Mateo and Aisha built a solar oven with a cardboard box, black paper and aluminiumaluminum foil. On a sunny morning, their oven melted a piece of chocolate in twenty minutes. Wei tested five kinds of paper to find the strongest one. He hung a small bag from each piece and put coins in it, one by one, until the paper tore. Valentina grew beans in three places: next to a window, in a dark box and in the fridge. The beans next to the window were the greenest and the healthiest, and the ones in the fridge didn't grow at all.
The visitors voted for their favouritefavorite project, and the winner was Omar's water filter. Omar put sand, small stones and cotton woolcotton balls in a plastic bottle. Then he poured muddy water through it, and the water came out much clearer. "It isn't safe to drink," Omar explained, "but it's cleaner than the water I started with."
Our science teacher, MsMs. Ortiz, was very proud. "I have never seen so many good questions at a science fair," she said. "You have all worked like real scientists this year."
What will happen next? The judges have chosen three projects for the city science fair in May: the solar oven, the water filter and the paper test. The students will present them to children from other schools. Valentina's beans are going to stay in our classroom, so we can all watch them grow. Good luck, everyone!
Word bank · Vocabulario
- held (hold)
- celebró (celebrar)
- tore (tear)
- se rasgó (rasgarse)se rompió (romperse)
- solar oven
- horno solar
- cardboard box
- caja de cartón
- aluminiumaluminum foil
- papel de aluminio
- melted (melt)
- derritió (derretir)
- the strongest
- el más resistente
- beans
- judíasfrijoles
- cotton woolcotton balls
- algodónbolitas de algodón
- poured (pour)
- echó (echar), vertió (verter)
- muddy
- con barrocon lodo
- the judges
- el jurado
Activities · Actividades
Read and write T (true) or F (false).
Lee y escribe T (verdadero) o F (falso).
This year's science fair was bigger than last year's.
Verdadero (T) o falso (F)
Ver la respuesta
True (verdadero)
Wei built a solar oven with Aisha.
Verdadero (T) o falso (F)
Ver la respuesta
False (falso)
The beans in the fridge didn't grow.
Verdadero (T) o falso (F)
Ver la respuesta
True (verdadero)
The water from Omar's filter is safe to drink.
Verdadero (T) o falso (F)
Ver la respuesta
False (falso)
Read and circle the correct answer.
Lee y rodea la respuesta correcta.
Which sentence gives the main idea of the whole article?
- a) Our school's science fair was a great success.
- b) Omar's water filter makes water safe to drink.
- c) Valentina keeps all her beans in the fridge.
Ver la respuesta
a) Our school's science fair was a great success.
How many projects were there at the fair this year?
- a) twenty
- b) twelve
- c) thirty
Ver la respuesta
c) thirty
Who chose the projects for the city science fair?
- a) the visitors
- b) the judges
- c) the families
Ver la respuesta
b) the judges
Answer the questions.
Responde a las preguntas.
Where did the science fair take place?
Ver la respuesta
In the gym.
What did Mateo and Aisha's oven melt?
Ver la respuesta
A piece of chocolate.
Which beans were the healthiest?
Ver la respuesta
The beans next to the window.
When is the city science fair?
Ver la respuesta
In May.
Be a school reporter.
Sé periodista del colegio.
Write a short news story (4-5 sentences) about an event at your school. Use the past simple and one superlative.
Respuesta libre (open answer)
Ver un ejemplo
Example: Last Friday, our school had a book swap in the library. Every student brought an old book and took a different one home. The most popular books were adventure stories. I got a book about space. It was the best morning of the week!
What project would you like to present at a science fair? Write two sentences with "will".
Respuesta libre (open answer)
Ver un ejemplo
Example: I will build a small boat with plastic bottles. I think it will be the funniest project in my class.
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