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ANTONIO MEUCCI and the ELECTROPHONE

In 1834 Meucci constructed a kind of acoustic telephone as a way to communicate between the stage and control room at the theatre Teatro della Pergola in Florence. This telephone is constructed on the model of pipe-telephones on ships and is still working.

Fran Padilla, 2nd B

Antonio Meucci was born in Florence in April 13th of 1808 and he was died on October 18 of 1889.
Antonio Meucci was an Italian inventor who developed a form of a voice communication apparatus in 1857.
He studied chemical and machanical engineering at the Florence Academy of Fiem Arts and later worked at the teatro della Pergola in Florence as a stage technician, assisting Artemio Canovetti.
Antonio Meucci was the real inventor of the telephone. However, some scholars outside of Italy do not recognize the claims that Meucci's device had any bearing on the development of the telephone.

Andrea Ascanio, 2nd A

GAUSS and WEBBER and the TELEGRAPH

The telegraph was invented by Gauss and Webber (they wERE two scientists). A telegraph is a machine for transmitting and receiving messages over long distances. To communicate the telegraph operator Morse code is used.

Morse code uses a standardized sequence of short and long elements to represent the letters, numerals, punctuation and special characters of a given message. Originally created for Samuel Finley Breeze Morse.

Soledad Sosa 2 nd A

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL and the TELEPHONE

Alexander Graham Bell (3rd March 1847 - August 1922) was an eminent scientist, inventor and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone. Graham bell was inventor, scientist and professor in Boston University.
Alexander was the first to patent the telephone, an ''apparatus for transmitting vocal other sounds telegraphically'', often experimenting with many primitive sound transmitters and receivers.

Cristina González and Jordi Corrales, 2nd A

WILHELM SCHICKARD and the CALCULATOR

The German polymath Wilhelm Schickard built the first digital mechanical calculator in 1623. Wilhelm Schickard was born in Herrenberg and he was educated at the University of Tübingen, receiving his first degree, B.A. in 1609 and M.A. in 1611.

German polymath Wilhelm Schickard built the first digital mechanical calculator in 1623.

Wilhelm Schickard was born in Herrenberg and educated at the University of Tübingen.

Alberto Martínez and Edu Ruíz, 2nd A

A calculator is a device for performing mathematical calculations, distinguished from a computer by having a limited problem solving ability and an interface optimized for interactive calculation rather than programming.
Modern electronic calculators are generally small, digital, (often pocket-sized) and usually inexpensive.














The first calculators were abacus and were often constructed as a wooden frame with beads sliding on wires. Abacuses were in use centuries before the adoption of the written Arabic Numerals system and are still used by some merchants, fishermen and clerks in China and elsewhere.

Raúl Vaquera, 2nd B

EDDIE MARTIN and the AEROPLANE

A fixed-wing aircraft is a heavier-than-air craft whose lift is generated not by wing motion relative to the aircraft, but by forward motion through the air. The term is used to distinguish from rotary-wing aircraft or ornithopters, where the movement of the wing surfaces relative to the aircraft generates lift. In the United States and Canada, the term airplane is used; in the rest of the English-speaking countries (including Ireland and Commonwealth nations), the term aeroplane is more common. These terms refer to any fixed wing aircraft powered by propellers or jet engines. The word derives from the Greek αέρας (aéras-) ("air") and -plane. The spelling "aeroplane" is the older of the two, dating back to the mid-late 19th century. Some fixed-wing aircraft may be remotely or robot controlled.
Leonardo de Vinci did the first plane and the first people that fly with a plane were Jean- François Pilâtre de Rocier and François Laurent D'Arlandes.

Laura Pérez, 2nd B

Paul Julius Gottlieb Nipkow and the TELEVISION
Television, or TV, is a system for sending moving pictures and sound from one place to another. It is one of the most important and popular forms of communication. TV programmes provide news, information and entertainment to people all over the world. It was invented in 1920.

Javi Dorado and Kevin Aroca, 2nd B

The inventor was Paul Julius Gottlieb Nipkow. Television (TV) is a Widely used telecommunication
medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromic ("black and white") or color,usually accompanied by sound. "Television may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmisson. The word is derived from mixed Latin and Greek roots,
meaning "far sight".

Brenda Amate, 2nd A

KONRAD ZUSE and the COMPUTER

Konrad Zuse was born in Berlin in 1910 Berlin. He was a German civil engineer and computer pioneer.
His greatest invention was the world's first program - controlled touring- complete computer , the Z3 in 1941. The program was strode on a punched tape.

Pavy Wally, 2nd A

My computer is grey, it is very big and there are many folders. In the computer there are many photos, videos, pictures and activities for entertainment. In my computer also there are many projects of my school and there is a web cam.

Mariem Sabbar, 2nd A

Today, with computer you can do many things, for example: watching the films, listening to music, downloading the TV programes, your favourite music, etc...
In the computer you can save information by many different things on the Internet and do the works for school with computer you can send your friends e-mails, and write with your friends or family.
Finally in the future with computer you can do more things that now you can't do, but in the future yes.

Andrea Ascanio, 2nd A

DIGITAL CAMERA

A digital camera is a machine to take photographs. It's small, it has a lens. It has a button to do the photographs and has another button to augment the vision of the digital camera. Digital camera has a small screen to see the photo.

Edu Ruíz, 2nd A

READINGS FROM THE LIBRARY

Rowena AKINYEMI: Love or Money? Oxford Bookworms Library. Crime and Mystery.

I like this book. It's very interesting because when you read it, you can find the killer. The genre is mystery. This book is about a murder in a rich family.

I like this book because you can look at the clues to discover the mystery.
I liked listening the book in the CD and I learnt new vocabulary, for example tablets, upstairs, downstairs, clues...

Laura Medina, 2nd B

DEAN; Michael: A Ghost In Love. Oxford

This story is about a ghost. It´s a play and there are two plays about a ghost. The first play is about 17 th century and the second play i more modern.

Diego Taddia, 2nd A

NEIGER, Nicholas: The Mysterious Circles.

The book '' The Mysterious Circles '' is interesting and amazing, but finally is complicated...
It is about two kids friends that believe in UFOs and there are people that don't believe in the UFOs and they do all the possible because people believe in them.

Esther Ramos, 2nd A

LEATHER, Sue: Bad Love Cruïlla. Cambridge Reading Club.

This book is interesting. I recommend this book to everybody.
Jack Daly is a very good doctor. He is famous at the hospital. One week later Dr. Daly is dead and flick line of the Denver Police Departament is looking for his killer.

Brenda Amate, 2nd A

Dave COUPER: George Sees Stars. Storylines 1.

The book is about George. He is the manager of the Happy Holiday Hotel.

He is very excited because a famous TV star is going to stay in his hotel.

But George makes terrible mistakes..

The book is very funny, I like it, but it's too much easy.

Christina Martínez, 2nd B

HART, Julie: The Face in the Mirror. Burlington

It is about a girl with her family that go to a new house, and in the house there is a mirror with a face... and the girl wants to know who is it. This book is fantastic.

Laia Sevilla, 2nd B

AVON, Gary: The Vampire. Richmond Readers.

The book is short, it has fifteen pages with exercises. The book is about a vampire dog that it is in London. It's a black Belgian Sheepdog. It's the Count Dracula's dog and he knows another dog but it is a female and he bits her and his owner. Also it is about people in London with dogs.

Edu Ruíz, 2nd A

DOYLE, Arthur Conan: Sherlock Holmes and the Duke's Son. Oxford, 2002.

This book talks about a Sherlock Holmes investigation.

I like it because I learnt new words and I thought about who was the murder. It was difficult but I understood looking for at the dictionary.

Laura Pérez, 2nd B

VERNE, Jules: Journey to the Centre of the Earth.

Burlington Books, 2000.

In this book there are things that be afraid, for example when people of the book travel to the centre of the Earth and put on tunnels that have got water and other tunnels that have got fire and it's hot.

Andrea Ascanio, 2nd A

Tim VICARY: The Elephant Man. Oxford University Press.

This book tells the story about a doctor from the London Hospital that one day met a man that was born with an ugly and deformed body, so he's called "elephant man". This man was dirty and sad, because he lived badly. He was exhibited like "the elephant man" and people laugh of him.
But the doctor, with the help of "The Times" newspaper got a home in the hospital for the elephant man. Also, he had a lot of friends, went to the country and met very important people.

I like this story because is an interesting and a tragic story, because in the end he dead, but in his three last years he was very happy and, even, he met the England Queen!

Alba Jiménez, 2nd B

TWAIN,Mark: Tom Sawyer. Burlington Books, 2001.

I liked this book because it's very funny, interesting and there are many adventures.It is about a boy that is lost in the forest with his friends, he's called Tom Sawyer.

Rocío Álvaro, 2nd A

ANIMAL DESCRIPTIONS

A Collie is a dog, it is big like a German Shepherd. Before, on the TV there was a soap opera where the character was a Collie called "Lassie".
These animals eat, like other dogs, dogs food, and live in a house like a domestic animal or a pet. I see in the town and on the TV.

Alba Jiménez, 2nd B

My favourite animal is a dog. It is smaller than a horse , its name
is "Kira", it likes the bread. Kira lives in my house , I see Kira every day.

Anna Garcia, 2nd B

My favourite animal is the dog, because it's very beautiful and very sweet . I have got one dog, her name is "Chinina", she is 8 years old. It is a Chiwawa, it's colour brown and black.

But I also like cats and horses, they are amazing. I like dogs, cats and horses, they are fantastic animals.

Cristina González, 2nd A

My favourite animals are the dogs and the horses but I prefer the dogs because I can play with them and many other things. It is smaller than a person. Its name is "Elsa". It likes people food and the dogs food. It lives in my house. I see it every day because it is my pet. I walk with it every day for one hour, it is tired.

Laura Pérez, 2nd B

My favourite animal is my dog, Yuki. It's a female, its race is Boxer. Yuki is baby, but is big, and it is the queen in my house. It's light brown, black and white, and it's very beautiful. I walk with my dog in the mornings, before I go to school. Yuki likes sleeping on the sofa, but my mother doesn't like it.

Sole Sosa, 2nd A

My favourite animal is the dog.
The name of my dog is XIRA.
It is small and it likes meat. It is 4 years old
and I have it with only 9 months. XIRA is very beautiful!!

Laia Sevilla, 2nd B

My favourite animal is the cat. It is small. The food that is likes is cat food. It lives in the houses or in the street.. I see it every day. I have one cat, its name is "Armani" and it is a Radgooll cat. It has got blue eyes and white and grey long hair.

Christina Martínez, 2nd B

My favourite animal is the horse, it is very big. Horses like carrots and other foods. The horses live in the farm, stables and there are wild horses living in the forest, and the typical colours are white, brown and black.

Mariam Sabbar, 2nd A

It is a horse, It's very big. Its food is bail and carrots. It lives in the stables or free.

Rocío Álvaro, 2nd A

Horse is one of my favourite animals. I like riding on horseback, yes it's big, her name is Luna, She likes straw and water for food. She lives in a big home with blocks or looker in the summer.
Also before I had one small parrot his name was '' Paco '' .
It was colour yellow and it had big black eyes, but it died because it didn't eat.

Esther Ramos, 2nd A

My favourite animal is the snake. This animal is long . Snakes eat insects and other different things.

Pavy Wally, 2nd A

My pet is a rabbit.It's a male, it's medium and its name is Plunchy. Its favourite food is carrots and lettuce. It's white and black. It is the king of my house. The rabbit is my favourite animal.

Laura Medina, 2nd B