1. Back in January, a project in Africa was announced to launch the continent s first.

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1 ARBETSBLAD PRODUCENT: CHRISTINE DEMSTEADER PEDAGOG: NINA OLIVIER PROJEKTLEDARE: MIA BISANDER BESTÄLLNINGSNUMMER: /RA17 NEWSREEL Questions Africa s moon mission 1. Back in January, a project in Africa was announced to launch the continent s first. 2. Africa2moon was started to inspire young people to become more interested..? a) Space, planets and stars b) science, engineering and maths c) communication, future and science 3. The goal with the project is that something can be shown in African classrooms. What?. 4. What do some say Africa should concentrate on instead? a) Poverty and disease b) Famine and war c) Economics and society A record-breaking science lesson 5. Where did the world s biggest science lesson take place? a) In London, UK b) In Belfast, Northern Ireland c) In New York, USA 6. How many pupils participated in the lesson? a) 1549 b) 135 c) (7)

2 7. Where did the lesson take place and how many experiments did they do? The world s best teacher 8. Nancie Atwell was chosen to be the world s best teacher. What does she teach and where is she from?.. 9. What does she say she learned about school? How to make it a place of..? a) Happiness and wisdom b) Teaching and understanding c) Friendship and safety 10. What did she do with the prize money? a) She bought a new house b) She donated it to the school c) She bought gifts to all her pupils Australia s Eurovision adventure 11. What contest was Australia invited to this year? The 12. Why was Australia invited to it? a) Because they begged to participate b) Because so many fans of the event live there c) They were chosen randomly 13. In what place did Australia come? 14. Will they join again next year? YES /NO 2(7)

3 One Direction departure 15. Why did fans of One Direction go into a frenzy? a) Because one member decided to leave the band b) Because they invited fans to a party c) Because they decided to split the band 16. How many people follow the band s Facebook page? a) Over 38 million b) 3.8 million c) Around 8 million 17. What will happen with the band in 2016 a) They will go on a tour b) They will record a new album c) They will take a break Paid to poo in India 18. In Gujarat, children started to get paid to use. 19. There is a problem in India with people? a) Not knowing how to use toilets b) going to the toilet outside c) having diseases that spread through toilets 20. How will they get children to use the toilets? They will. 21. Which organ has released a song called Take the poo to the loo? a) the U.N. b) the UNICEF c) the WHO 3(7)

4 Reaching out to refugees 22. From which country do many of the refugees in Europe come? 23. From what are they fleeing? a) Civil war and violence b) Hunger and famine c) Oppression and torture 24. How many children have fled from Syria? a) 4 million b) 6 million c) 2 million 25. Which country outside Europe says they re willing to let refugees come there?. Cars + children = no smoking 26. It became illegal in England and Wales for people to smoke in a car when..? a) children are passengers b) children are driving c) children play in cars 27. The aim of the law is what? a) To stop increasing allergies in the country b) To prevent children from being exposed to passive smoking c) To prevent children from starting to smoke later in life 28. How much is the fine for? After the Paris attacks 29. How many people died in the Paris attacks? 4(7)

5 Swedes best English speakers 30. Swedes are the best speakers of English in the world. 31. How many countries participated in the survey? a) 17 b) 7 c) Why do Scandinavian countries score well in these surveys? Translation time pupils took part in the lesson, which was part of a Science Festival in the city. 2. Given that the country is over 10,000 kilometres away from Europe, should Australia have been able to compete? Grammar grill Make five grammar questions of your own. Then swap questions with the friend sitting closest to you and answer each other s questions. 10-minute discussion In January, Africa decided to launch a space mission. This mission got some critique since people thought Africa has more urgent matters to attend to. What do you think? Do you agree or not? Support your arguments! Nancie Atwell was chosen to be the best teacher of the year. She chose to donate the prize money of 1 million dollars to her school. Would you have done the same? Explain why or why not! Children in India will get paid to use the public toilets since many don t have toilets at home. Do you think this is a good idea? Why/why not? 5(7)

6 The big debate The refugee situation in Europe is becoming a big humanitarian crisis. What do you think should be done and why? Answers Africa s moon mission 1. space mission 2. b) science, engineering and maths 3. pictures direct from space 4. a) poverty and disease A record-breaking science lesson 5. b) Belfast, Northern Ireland 6. c) In a sports arena..two The world s best teacher 8. English.the U.S 9. a) happiness and wisdom 10. b) she donated it to the school Australia s Eurovision adventure 11. The Eurovision song contest 12. b) Because so many fans of the event live there 13. Fifth 14. Yes One Direction departure 15. a) Because one member decided to leave the band 16. a) Over 38 million 17. c) They will take a break Paid to poo in India 18. public toilets 19. b) going to the toilet outside 20. pay them (one rupee per day) 21. the UNICEF Reaching out to refugees 22. Syria 23. a) Civil war and violence 6(7)

7 24. 2 million 25. Australia Cars + children = no smoking 26. a) children are passengers 27. b) to prevent children from being exposed to passive smoking After the Paris attacks Swedes best English speakers 30. non-native 31. c) Because English is a compulsory subject in school Translation time elever deltog på lektionen, som var en del av stadens vetenskapsfestival. 34. Skulle Australien få ha deltagit när landet nu ligger kilometer från Europa? 7(7)