Cross Cultural Eyes 2009

Videoconference

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November 25th
8 am in Brazil
12 am in Finland

Song: Levan´s Polka by Loituma (Finnish Folk Music)

Videoconference

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Our videoconference will be on November 25th at

8 o´clock (in Brazil)

and

12 o´clock (in Finland)

Cold Fronts & Warm Fronts

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Dear friends from Finland,
We usually face cold fronts in São Paulo in summer. Are there warm fronts in Finland in winter?
Students from 6th grade at Escola Móbile

Source: http://www.kidsgeo.com/index.php

Here´s the answer from Finland:

We have warm fronts around the year, in every seasons, but most in autumn and not so much in spring. Cold and warm air mix above the Atlantic and then they move to East or to North-East towards Finland. Moving low-pressure centers bring warm and wet air to Finland. In the winter it means a little warmer weather and snow. Nowadays we have more and more warm fronts and low-pressure centers because of the greenhouse effect. Like now, temperatures haven't dropped to around freezing, so rains don't come as snow.

Written by Aino Olkkonen from the 9th grade

Warming up.... our videoconferece will be next month...

2009-10-20T10:37:00.001-02:00

We are starting to get organized...

Our videoconference will happen on November 25th, 8am (Brazil Time).

We have so many questions to ask...

News from Finland

2009-10-20T10:33:00.001-02:00

Students from Finland are getting ready for winter that will start soon. They want to have a colorful classroom.

From August 24th to 28th in São Paulo

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It´s the end of winter in Brazil. We measured the temperature for five days: from August 24th to August 28th.
Here are some of the pictures that were taken during this week.

What was the weather in São Paulo from August 24th to 28th, 2009?

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Click on the chart above.

What was the weather in Hartola from August 24th to 28th, 2009?

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Click on the chart above.

Let´s learn about Finland!

2009-03-26T15:41:00.008-03:00

On March 26th we had a lecture about Finland.

Here are some of the things we learned:

location

languages spoken

typical food

animals

music

famous cartoon

The Saami

Have a look at the pictures!

Was it warm in São Paulo in March?

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Was it very cold in Hartola in March?

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March 10th, 2009 - Hartola

What was the weather in Hartola from March 9th to 13th?

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Click on the chart above.

What was the weather in São Paulo from March 9th to 13th?

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Click on the chart to below.

Cross Cultural Eyes 2009 - Brazil & Finland

2009-03-15T18:55:00.002-03:00

Once upon a time there were students from two schools located in different places on Planet Earth. They wanted to communicate...

So, a team of educators from Escola Móbile, in São Paulo, Brazil and Kirkonkylä School in Hartola, Finland, decided to work collaboratively in a project with Grade 6 students.

Hope to meet you online!

Amparo, Bel Camargo, Bel Frias, Cláudia , Denise , Elaine , Eliane , Jeane , Paulo and Roberto (Team of Educators from Escola Móbile)

Ilpo Raatikainen (Educator from Finland)

Finland looks beautiful!

2009-03-15T18:35:00.002-03:00

Visit the links below and learn about Finland:

http://www.visitfinland.com/w5/index.nsf/(pages)/index

http://finland.fi/

Kirkonkylä School

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The Moomins

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The Moomins are the central characters in a series of books and a comic strip by Finnish writer Tove Jansson. They are a family of trolls who are white, round and furry.

CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW AND WATCH A CARTOON:

http://seasonsoftheyear2008.blogspot.com/2008/03/moomin.html

Global warming threatens animals in Finland

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Animals from Finland

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Sports in Finland

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Mämmi - a traditional Finnish Easter dessert

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Food from Finland

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Rovaniemi - Capital of Lapland

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Far, far away in the north of Finnish Lapland,there is
a mysterious mountain called Korvatunturi. Santa
Claus and his wife, elves and reindeer live there.

Who are The Saami?

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Indigenous population in Europe
They live in Lapland - North of Finland

Total number of Saami = 75,000
40,000 in Norway
10,000 -25,000 in Sweden
8,000 in Finland
2,000 in Russia.

Visit the links below and learn about The Saami:

http://boreale.konto.itv.se/samieng.htm

http://finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=26473

http://finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=25786

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/sa/Saami

Languages

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What languages do they speak in Finland?

Number of People

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Which city has the most mumber of people? São Paulo or Hartola?

The Climate

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Warm Summers and Cold Winters

Very Cold!!!!

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Do you think it´s very cold?

Hartola looks beautiful!

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http://www.hartola.fi/kielisivut/englanti/

The Capital of Finland is...

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HELSINKI

http://www.helsinki.com/

The flag of Finland

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The flag of Finland (Finnish: Suomen lippu, Swedish: Finlands flagga), also called Siniristilippu ("Blue Cross Flag"), dates from the beginning of the 20th century. It features a blue Nordic cross on a white background. Blue represents lakes and the sky, and white represents snow and the white nights of the Finnish summer.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Finland

Where is Finland? Where is Hartola?

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Welcome to our blog!

2009-03-10T18:09:00.002-03:00

Once upon a time there were students from two schools located in different places on Planet Earth. They wanted to communicate...
So, a team of educators from Escola Móbile, in São Paulo, Brazil and Kirkonkylä School in Hartola, Finland, decided to work collaboratively, in a project with Grade 6 students.

Hope to meet you online!
Amparo, Bel Camargo, Bel Frias, Cláudia , Denise , Elaine , Eliane , Jeane , Paulo and Roberto
(Team of Educators from Escola Móbile)

Ilpo Raatikainen
(Educator from Finland)