This is for my former student, Mr Chelsea. Congratulations!
Chelsea 2-1 Everton
Month: May 2009
Uzbekistan and the Aral Sea
We studied this topic in one of my classes a few days ago.
Twenty years ago Muynak was an island in the Aral Sea. It was the centre of the Soviet Union fishing industry. Now it is in the middle of a desert of salt.
A man-made disaster
The water which used to feed the Aral Sea is now used for cotton fields. The Aral Sea was once the 4th largest inland sea in the world, now it is just a lake.
Can humans fly?
Last week I asked the question ‘Can chickens fly?‘, and of course the answer is ‘yes’, but it’s hard work for them, so they often prefer to walk.
And then I saw this photo.
Have you ever eaten kangaroo?
Kangaroo meat is said to be very healthy, plus the methane gas from kangaroos is much less then that from cows. But many Australians do not like to eat their national symbol.
Australia map
In one of my classes we studied some things about Australia and I made a photocopy of a map of Australia for each student. The original map was in colour, but of course the photocopy was black and white, or rather grey and grey, and was not so easy to see.
So here is the full colour map, and if you click your cursor over the map you can see a nice big image with no grey!
Hover and click for larger image
Beautiful butterfly
I found this great photo of a butterfly, but I have no idea what kind of butterfly it is.
If anyone knows please tell me.
Can chickens fly?
I thought that nearly every bird can fly. The only birds that cannot fly are really big ones like ostriches and emus, and others that don’t need to fly like kiwis, and of course penguins.
But I always thought that chickens can fly.
So why don’t the chickens fly over the river?
Rarotonga
Rarotonga is the main island in the Cook Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, with a population of about 14,000. The capital city of the Cook Islands, Avarua, is on Rarotonga, but it is the beaches and ocean which attract many tourists.
I have never seen such a colour as the ocean in the photo above. I guess it’s a mixture of the turquoise water and the yellow sand below.
Lightning strikes the CN Tower
The CN Tower in Toronto, Canada is over 500m high and is one of the tallest structures in the world.
It gets hit by lightning about 50 times a year. The power in the lightning must be huge. I wonder if this power could be used?
Moorea lagoon
A lagoon is formed by a coral reef around a coral island (atoll)
This is the coral reef of Moorea, near Tahiti (which you can see in the background), in the Pacific Ocean.
Click the photo to see a nice big picture.
There is another picture of Moorea here, which gives you another view of its beauty.
Penguins and more penguins
I thought Tokyo was crowded until I saw this photo, which was taken in Antarctica.
Chameleon tongue
Is your tongue longer than your body? I hope not.
Maybe you don’t eat so many flies like this chameleon below.
Mantis
This mantis looks like it’s posing for a photo. Maybe that’s its house in the background.
O2
Following a very strange O-shaped structure that is very near to Shimizu station, I found another similar structure in Aino, very near to Ecopa.
Is there some deep meaning to the letter O?
