Slovakia - Dino Park in Bratslava


DinoPark is a very convenient destination for school trips, but it is also an interesting target for the lessons of biology. Pupils and students will see here not only paleontologically authentic models; they can also learn some facts about different species of dinosaurs, about the evolution of life on Earth, continents movements etc. All information is offered in an entertaining and attractive form. You can also buy some refreshment in DinoCafé and DinoGril. Small kids can play at the playground and Paleontological playground for children



Viktorka Konfederáková, pupil

Sintra: A little paradise in Portugal

Sintra is a town in the Grande Lisboa subregion of Portugal.

Foto: Wikipedia

Owing to its 19th century Romantic architecture and landscapes, becoming a major tourist centre, visited by many day-trippers who travel from the urbanized suburbs and capital of Lisbon.

Foto: Wikipedia

In addition to the Sintra Mountains and Sintra-Cascais Nature Park, the parishes of the town of Sintra are dotted by royal retreats, estates, castles and buildings from the 8th-9th century, in addition to many buildings completed between the 15th and 19th century, including the Castelo dos Mouros, the Pena National Palace and the Sintra National Palace, resulting in its classification by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1995.

Toon Doo

ToonDoo: http://www.toondoo.com

Toon Doo is a free open application that allows anyone to create a comic strip. All it takes to sign up is a username and password.

At ToonDoo you can create your own strip cartoons and, using a collection of strip cartoons, turn them into cartoon books. To get started, you simply choose a single, double, or triple panel. You can import images, but Toondoo offers a wide range of characters, text bubbles, backgrounds, etc.

Toon Doo can be used in any classroom at any level and it is easy for students and teachers to create.

Demo:

Boleslawiec





Turkey - Ayvalık

Ayvalık is a seaside town on the northwestern Aegean coast of Turkey. It is a district of the Balıkesir Province.

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Today, Ayvalık and the numerous islets encircling the bay area are popular holiday resorts. The most important and the biggest of these islets is Cunda Island (Alibey Island) that is connected to Lale Adasi, and thence to the mainland, by a bridge built in the late 1960s. This is the first and currently the oldest surviving bridge in Turkey that connects lands separated by a strait.




Ankara-Turkey

Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul.

Centrally located in Anatolia, Ankara is an important commercial and industrial city. It is the center of the Turkish Government, and houses all foreign embassies. It is an important crossroads of trade, strategically located at the centre of Turkey's highway and railway networks, and serves as the marketing centre for the surrounding agricultural area.


Anıtkabir, Atatürk's mausoleum.

The city was famous for its long-haired Angora goat and its prized wool (mohair), a unique breed of cat (Angora cat), white rabbits and their prized wool (Angora wool), pears, honey, and the region's muscat grapes.


Foto: Wikipedia

Turkey - Istanbul

Istanbul, historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople, is the largest city of Turkey.

Foto: Wikipedia

Istanbul is a megacity, the cultural, economic, and financial center of Turkey. Located in the northwest of the country, it lies on the Bosphorus strait and encompasses the natural harbour known as the Golden Horn.

Istanbul was named a joint European Capital of Culture for 2010 and the European Capital of Sports for 2012. The historic areas of the city were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985.


Blogger

Blogger: http://www.blogger.com

Free weblog publishing tool from Google, for sharing text, photos and video.
Blogger is a blog-publishing service that allows private or multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries. The blogs are hosted by Google at a subdomain of blogspot.com.

Our blogs about places we have visited.

Paris – Hania’s Blog.


Ola’s Blog – Wienna


Kliczkow – Magda’s Blog.


Daria’s Blog – Toruń


Gdansk – Ola’s Blog.


Disneyland – Aneta’s Blog.




Blogs of Slovak pupils:

Viki K:

Vaneska:

Natanael:

Viki D:

Viktorko:

Anička:


Mirka:

Matúško:


France - Strasbourg

Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament.


Strasbourg is the seat of several European institutions, such as the Council of Europe with its European Court of Human Rights, as well as the European Parliament and the European Ombudsman of the European Union.


Strasbourg's historic city centre, the Grande Île (Grand Island), was classified a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1988, the first time such an honour was placed on an entire city centre.


The city is chiefly known for its sandstone Gothic Cathedral with its famous astronomical clock, and for its medieval cityscape of Rhineland black and white timber-framed buildings, particularly in the Petite-France district and squares surrounding the cathedral, where the renowned Maison Kammerzell stands out.


Strasbourg Cathedral or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Strasbourg, France. At 142 metres (466 feet), it was the world's tallest building from 1647 to 1874, when it was surpassed by St. Nikolai's Church, Hamburg. Today it is the sixth-tallest church in the world.


Petite-France located on the Grande Île (Main Island), where the river Ill splits up into a number of canals and cascades through a small area of medieval half-timbered houses and baroque sandstone buildings.



How to play

Single click (do not drag) the square horizontally or vertically adjacent to the empty square to move the pieces till you get the following image.


VisioBot

VisioBot: http://www.visiobot.com

VisioBot.com - a tool to create movies.
To make your movie, you have to go through 3 steps:
STEP 1
Add photos, texts, clips, and choose an order of their projection.
STEP 2
Choose a soundtrack from VisioBot base or add your own one.
STEP 3
Set parameters for your movie such as: a title and movie description, speed of slideshow, etc.
The last thing you have to do is to press GENERUJ button. The system will generate your movie clip in 2-3 seconds. You will be able to see it on Moje Filmy section.