http://www.janecky.com/olympics/rings.html – what do the Olympic rings signify?
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/olymphlx/answer.htm – interesting facts about the Olympic Medal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Coubertin - encyclopaedia entry about the founder of the International Olympic Committee Pierre de Coubertin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina_Rodnina - encyclopaedia entry about Irina Rodnina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladislav_Tretiak - encyclopaedia entry about Vladislav Tretiak
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Salnikov - encyclopaedia entry about Vladimir Salnikov
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Bubka - encyclopaedia entry about Sergey Bubka
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Korbut - encyclopaedia entry about Olga Korbut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_Olympic_Games - encyclopaedia entry about Youth Olympic Games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_World_Youth_Games - encyclopaedia entry about the 1998 World Youth Games in Moscow
http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/share.html – a free online video from the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz4JjFUcpGs&NR=1 – a video about Olympic Opening Ceremonies
8 класс:
Unit 1. It's a wonderful planet we live on.
Section 1. After rain comes fine weather – Какой климат характерен для англо-говорящих стран и России?Где можно узнать прогноз погоды для Лондона, Москвы и других городов Европы на ближайшие дни? Где найти видео - , аудио – прогноз погоды? Как описывать погоду? Как рассказать ученикам о разнице между шкалами Цельсия и Фаренгейта? Как можно научить их читать символы прогноза погоды? Где найти интерактивные игры и упражнения?
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/cu...ns/climate.html – brief information about climate and weather in Britain
http://www.path2usa.com/usainfo/usa/usa_climate.htm – information about climate of the USA by six climate regions
http://www.studycanada.ca/english/climate.htm – a guide to climate and weather in Canada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Australia - encyclopaedia entry about climate of Australia
http://www.tourism.net.nz/new-zealand/abou...nd-climate.html – full information about New Zealand climate, weather, seasons and temperatures
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Russia - encyclopaedia entry about climate of Russia
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/se/...st_weather.html - weather forecast for London
http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/Europe.htm – weather forecast online for Europe
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/bbcweather/we...ast_media.shtml – links to latest video and audio weather forecast
http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/bl...ups_weather.htm – list of words which are used to describe weather
http://www.go4english.com/qg/read.php?unitid=1027 – online games for describing weather
http://keyofenglish.blogcu.com/describing-...er_8772131.html – here you can find adjectives to describe weather
http://www.theweatherchannelkids.com/weatherED/ - online resources for weather education – weather encyclopaedia, glossary, teacher resources
http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather - interactive activities for children to learn to read weather maps, make weather forecasts and convert temperatures between Fahrenheit and Celsius scales
Section 2. We're a part of the Universe - Где найти интересную иллюстрированную информацию для школьников о Солнечной системе? Что представляет собой планета Земля как одна из планет Солнечной системы? Где посмотреть видео-съемки Земли из космоса? Какие существуют Галактики и где найти дополнительную информацию о них? Где взять дополнительные упражнения на использование определенного артикля?
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm - the Solar system explained for children, including animations and interesting facts about each of the planets
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources...htm#information – information and pictures of the Solar system
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm - NASA’s website dedicated to the exploration of the Solar system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth - encyclopaedia entry about the Earth as a planet in the Solar System
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/earth.html – the educational webpage dedicated to the planet Earth, provides full information about its peculiarities and characteristics
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5041127474937930014 – Earth from space videos
http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/galaxy_worldbook.html – an article about galaxy, contains short information on groups, shapes, the origin and the evolution of galaxies
http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/gal_home.html – full illustrated information about galaxies
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises...rticle_the2.htm – an exercise on the definite article
http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/the_de...article_1.shtml – an exercise on the definite article
http://www.englishexercises.org/buscador/b...ntents=articles – exercises on articles for different levels and ages
Section 3. Who is there? - Где найти онлайн-упражнения на отработку Past Continuous? Как выглядит космическая станция ? Как проходит жизнь на космической станции? Где прочитать интересные истории из жизни космонавтов? Где найти информацию о космическом туризме? Кто был первым космическим туристом? Можно ли им стать?
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs3.htm – an exercise on the Past Simple and Past Continuous Tenses
http://www.englishexercises.org/buscador/b...st+continuous#a - Past Continuous Tense exercises
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/pastpastcont.html – an exercise on Past Simple and Past Continuous
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive - Past Continuous exercises and tests
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_station - encyclopeadia entry about space stations
http://iss.jaxa.jp/kids/en/index.html - International Space Station explained for children
http://www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/SpaceStations.html - space stations and life in space in experiments and projects for children
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/living/index.html - NASA’s website telling about living in space, including interactive games and activities
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsc...lash/index.html - NASA kids’ club: interactive information about living in space
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/08042...ion-sports.html – stories of astronauts on how they spend their spare time in space station
http://www.mexica.net/story.php – a funny story from the life of NASA team
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_tourist - encyclopaedia entry about space tourism
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/s...000/2501015.stm - news report about the first space tourist
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/i...191334720070831 - an article about plans for the first Russian space tourist
Section 4. Exploring Space – Где найти биографии К.Э.Циолковского, С.П. Королева, Ю.А.Гагарина, В.Н.Терешковой, А.Леонова , Н. Армстронга? Как проводятся современные космические исследования? Когда празднуется Space day? Как отмечается День космонавтики в России? Где взять онлайн-упражнения на Present Perfect Simple и Present Perfect Continuous?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Tsiolkovsky - encyclopaedia entry about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Korolyov - encyclopaedia entry about Sergey Korolyov
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin - encyclopaedia entry about Yuri Gagarin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Tereshkova - encyclopaedia entry about Valentina Tereshkova
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Leonov - encyclopaedia entry about Alexey Leonov
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Armstrong - encyclopaedia entry about Neil Armstrong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_exploration - encyclopaedia entry about space explorations
http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-spac...em-exploration/ - brief article about Solar System exploration
http://www.helium.com/items/1408214-robots...n-other-planets – 4 articles on how robots are used in space explorations
http://www.spaceday.org/ - the official Space Day site, all about celebration of Space Day in May
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmonautics_Day - encyclopaedia entry about Cosmonautics Day in Russia
http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/present_perfect.html – free online exercises on the Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous Tenses for different levels
http://www.englishexercises.org/buscador/b...esent+perfect#a – collection of exercises on the Present Perfect Tense
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/prese...inuous/menu.php – theory and exercises on the Present Perfect Simple and Continuous Tenses
Section 5. Is the Earth a dangerous place? - Где найти информацию о землятресениях, ураганах, торнадо, вулканах, наводнениях, засухах? Какие из них были самыми масштабными и разрушительными в истории человечества? Как работают спасатели в разных странах? Какие есть подразделения в этих службах? Существует ли такая служба в России? Какие телефонные номера у различных спасательных служб (пожарная, скорая помощь, полиция , служба спасения) в разных странах? Где найти дополнительные онлайн- упражнения на Past Simple и Past Continuous?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake - encyclopaedia entry about earthquake
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/earthquake1.htm – full information for kids about earthquakes – causes, facts, safety tips
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/...rgest_world.php – the largest earthquakes in the world since 1900
http://extremescience.com/GreatestEarthquake.htm – information about the greatest earthquake ever recorded
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/hurricane1.htm – illustrated information for kids about hurricanes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone - encyclopaedia entry about tropical cyclone (hurricanes)
http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/sit...est_hurricanes/ - the 10 strongest hurricanes
http://www.hurricane.com/hurricane-records.php – hurricane records and facts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado - encyclopaedia entry about tornados
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/tornado.htm - tornados explained for children, with pictures
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/ear...nado/alley.html - Tornado alley and places where tornados frequently occur
http://www.ehow.com/about_5074754_highest-...ind-speeds.html – some information about what are the highest tornado wind speeds
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano - encyclopaedia entry about volcano
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/ - this website brings modern and near real-time volcano information
http://www.scarborough.k12.me.us/wis/teach...t_volcanoes.htm – a list of 10 largest volcanoes
http://www.articlesbase.com/home-security-...ory-485371.html – the top 10 of the most devastating floods in history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood - encyclopaedia entry about floods and their types
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drought - encyclopaedia entry about drought
http://www.drought.unl.edu/kids/impacts/affects.htm – an article on how droughts affect us
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001550F/droughtsworst2.htm – the worst droughts of the 20th century
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_service - encyclopaedia entry about emergency service
http://www.fleetdata.co.uk/emergency_services.html – illustrated information about emergency services in the United Kingdom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_med...e_United_States - encyclopaedia entry about emergency medical services in the USA
http://www.hsus.org/hsus_field/hsus_disaster_center/ - the website of the emergency service Animal Rescue Team, which saves animals in the United States and abroad
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category...ices_by_country – photos and images of emergency services of different countries
http://www.mchs.gov.ru/en/ - information about Russian rescue services
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_tel...e_number#Europe – Emergency telephone numbers in different countries of the world
Section 6. Six Robinsons and their guitar – Где взять онлайн- упражнения на отработку Past Perfect Tense?
http://www.learn-english-today.com/lessons...t_exercise.html – Past Perfect exercises
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/pa...le/exercises?03 - Past Perfect exercises
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastperfect/menu.php - Past Perfect exercises
http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=139096 - Past Perfect exercises
Section 7. “This earth was made for you and me” - Где найти упражнения /тесты на все Past Tenses? Где найти дополнительную информацию о птицах Новой Зеландии, животном мире Австралии, Ниагарском водопаде, the Peak District, о северо-западном регионе России? Где найти пример эссе о своей стране?
http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/engl...17/esl-test.php – a Past Tenses test
http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner...ar/grammar.html – Past Tenses exercises
http://www.eslprintables.com/printable.asp?id=83735 – Present and Past Tenses printable exercises
http://www.nzbirds.com/ - this site offers extensive information about almost all New Zealand's birds
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_of_New_Zealand - encyclopaedia entry about the birds of New Zealand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauna_of_Australia - encyclopaedia entry about the fauna of Australia
http://www.australianfauna.com/ - the site provides full information about the Australian fauna, animal photos, information and much more
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_Falls,_New_York - encyclopaedia entry about the Niagara Falls
http://www.niagara-usa.com/ - the official tourist information site for the Niagara Falls USA, here you will find everything you need to know about this American sight
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_District - encyclopaedia entry about the Peak District
http://www.peakdistrict.org/ - information about living in, learning about and visiting the Peak District National Park
http://www.buyusa.gov/russia/en/overview_nw.html – overviews of St.Petersburg and Russia's Northwest
http://www.justrussia.ru/page.php?56 – illustrated information about “the land of the lakes” - the Northwest of Russia
http://language123.blogspot.com/2009/08/i-...my-country.html – sample essay “I'm proud of my country”
http://www.megaessays.com/viewpaper/10047.html - sample essay “Proud of my country”
Unit 2. The world's best friend is you.
Section 1. The Earth needs a friend, doesn't it? - Где найти образцы запрещающих знаков? Какие основные экологические проблемы существуют во всем мире? Как эти проблемы влияют на развитие человечества? Как научить подростков заботиться об окружающей среде?
http://www.canstockphoto.com/images-photos/prohibit.html – a collection of prohibition signs photos and images
http://www.lenntech.com/environmental-problems.htm — a list of environmental problems and related issues
http://www.essortment.com/all/whataresomeen_rqvf.htm — what are some environmental problems and how we can help
http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/envir...l-Problems.html — an article about the 7 main environmental problems
http://library.thinkquest.org/26026/Enviro...ms_article.html
- information about environmental problems and how they affect humanity