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Mobility to Espoo - Day 1

  • Day 1 - MONDAY 8th March

    1. Welcome to Finland!

    Introduction: video about Jean Sibelius, the most famous Finnish composer.

    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5zg_af9b8c) 9 min 36 sec

     

    First videos - GET TO KNOW FINLAND:

    1. Students could watch a video about the Helsinki Vantaa airport. Go to YouTube and search with the words: Helsinki Vantaa airport.   

    (https://youtu.be/OpeFYR3G1ns) 5 min 45 sec

    How do airplanes land at Helsinki Vantaa airport?

    (https://youtu.be/jJNeBc4n_48) 16 min 49 sec

    2. When you ”are in Finland” watch another video in YouTube: “HSL Finnish Flirt: Finally good flirt from Finland” (by local train from airport to Helsinki centrum).

    (https://youtu.be/K39lRniGxmA) 7 min 13 sec

    3. Take a stroll in Helsinki: “BEST THINGS TO DO IN HELSINKI” (Honest Guide)      

    (https://youtu.be/K-m2hAenDBg) 6 min 34 sec

    Helsinki Vacation Travel Guide

    (https://youtu.be/mPs_lCNRNDU) 8 min 3 sec

    4. To know something more about Northern Finland - Lapland

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuqzPuputRA 22 min 30 sec

     

    ACTIVITIES

    *Finnish flag – Colour the Finnish flag.

    *Where is Finland? -  Look at the map of Europe. Which are the neighboring countries?

    *Do you know anything about Finland? 

    Make a list of all the things you know. The name of the capital? Other big cities? 

    What are the official languages? The population? ...

     

    2. Welcome to Leppävaaran lukio!

    1. video of the school (by Annika, Sanna and Blue)

    (https://youtu.be/9tzWPwUoRLw) 7 min 42 sec

    2. Visit the school’s website: www.leppavaaranlukio.fi

    a new video about our high school

    a short video about our sport - sports coaching line / service

     

    3. Sports in Finland

    Finnish people are crazy about sports. (Almost) every sport. We do and exercise many kinds of sports.

    1. Pesäpallo, Finnish baseball.  Our national sport and game.

    (https://youtu.be/1qtfXtZNT0I) 3 min 3 sec

    2. Ice Hockey, jääkiekko, is a really famous sport in Finland. Really good players will continue NHL (Usa and Canada).

    (https://youtu.be/pmzhr0z0E8A) 10 min 43 sec

    3. Synchro ice skating: We are really the best in the world!

    (https://youtu.be/mAoQKWZF2P8) 5 min 2 sec

     

    4. Wilderness in the city in Espoo and forests in Finland

    https://youtu.be/-zJq7tZvWso 1 min 4 sec

    Here we have real facts about Finns and the forests. Nature and forest - green gold – VIHREÄ KULTA. Really important for Finns, also now during the covid -19 -time.

    https://youtu.be/N76_JQB41EQ 25 min 30 sec
     

    5. SAUNA CULTURE in Finland

    Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2020

    There are many kinds of saunas. Every Finn can be a sauna - specialist. Everyone takes a Sauna in his/her own way.  (And some Finns even don't like sauna). 

    You can also reach your own FLOW in the sauna.

    https://youtu.be/qY__OOcv--M 9 min 58 sec

     

    * THINK: What is your good, easy, state of mind – your FLOW?

    • remember it and keep it. 
    • It can change during your life. It is important to have it, especially if you have difficulties, bad or sad times in your life.

     

    6. The Moomins

    Do you know them? Watch the trailer-video

    https://youtu.be/tiHlxjb1qSM 1 min 18 sec

     

    ACTIVITIES:

    *FIND OUT who the characters of MOOMIN are (MOOMIN VALLEY).

    *FIND and LISTEN to one story of the Moomin (on YouTube).

     

    7. Waiting for tomorrow...

    City of Rovaniemi. People are standing on the frozen lake. 

    https://youtu.be/bsYZgPxChUM 1 min 31 sec

     

    *WATCH, ENJOY, RELAX (tomorrow more about Northern Lights)

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    Today is the 8th of March

    Let's think about some women who "have made history", no matter if it is that of a country, a small village, their family, themselves...

    Why do you think they are important? 

    Share your ideas in the Tricider below, adding pros and cons, voting your partners' ideas... 

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  • Put here your answers to the activities of the day

    Make a list of all the things you know about Finland. The name of the capital? Other big cities?

    Finland has got a lot of lakes, more than 180.000
    The capital is Helsinki but there are other important cities: Espoo, Turku, Tampere, Rovaniemi
    Santa Claus lives in Lapland, in Rovaniemi
    Aurora

    Where is Finland? - Look at the map of Europe. Which are the neighboring countries?

    Finland is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. The borders are with Sweden to the west, Russia to the east, Norway to the north, the Gulf of Bothnia to the west, and the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea across Estonia to the south.
    MargheritaR

    What are the official languages? The population? ...

    The two main official languages of Finland are Finnish and Swedish.
    5,518 million of people.

    Merche Bañeres (Aldaia)

    Basic information about Finland

    • Finnish flag: yellow, blue
    • Where is Finland? – In the north of europe.
    Neighbours: Sweden, Norway, Russia
    • Facts about Finland: There live 5.000.000 people, they have their own language, there are many lakes and forest, it is a very clean country, the capital is Helsinki, it’s very cold there

    Last addition to Finnish cultural heritage: SAUNA!

    It is an integral part of the lives of the majority of the Finnish population. In a sauna, people cleanse their bodies and minds and embrace a sense of inner peace. It is actually a state of mind rather than a ritual of cleanliness.
    KimberlyR

    The Moomins!

    They are the central characters in a series of books and a comic strip by Swedish-speaking Finnish illustrator Tove Jansson. They are a family of white, round fairy tale characters with large snouts that make them resemble hippopotamuses.
    Sara C.

    Curiosities about Finland (Carol, Aldaya)

    - It was the happiest country in the world
    - Helsinki is the capital
    - You can see the Northern Lights in every season, except in the summer.
    - I knew that Finland was the first European country to give women the right to vote
    - There is a Republic with a parliament to the Government
    - Räikkönen, nicknamed "The Iceman", is a Finnish racing driver
    - Finland offers one of the best school's education in the world

    FINLAND IS SO MAGICAL

    Carol, Spain

    Infographic about FINLAND

    We created a small infographic about Finland with interesting facts about the country.

    Made by Adrián Albiñana and Gema Saura (Aldaia, Spain)

    *Finnish flag – Colour the Finnish flag.

    This is the flag of Finland

    Sofía Obregón Marzo- IES Salvador Gadea -4B

    Finnish flag: color the Finnish flag.

    This is the finland flag.

    Raquel Montaraz Tolosa. 4ºA Salvador Gadea

    *Where is Finland? - Look at the map of Europe. Which are the neighboring countries?

    Finland is a Nordic country that is a member of the European Union and is located in Northern Europe. It has borders to the west with Sweden, to the east with Russia and to the north with Norway and shares a maritime border with Estonia.

    Sofía Obregón Marzo - IES Salvador Gadea - 4B

    Finnish flag – Colour the Finnish flag

    This is the finnish flag coloured
    jaime bayarri 4C

    Finland & The Moomins

    This an infographic about Finland and the Moomins
    By Aitana Valcayo ( Aldaia, Spain)

    Where is Finland? - Look at the map of Europe. Which are the neighboring countries?

    Finland is located in northern Europe, in the Baltic Sea region and Finland borders four countries: to the east with Russia, to the north with Norway, to the west with Sweden and to the south with Estonia
    By Natalia Verdú (Aldaia, Spain)

    The Finnish flag

    The blue color of the flag symbolizes the lakes and the sky; and the white color represents the snow and the sky of the summer nights.
    By Natalia Verdú (Aldaia, Spain)

    Finnish flag – Colour the Finnish flag.

    Sea-blue Nordic cross on white field, rectangular Coat of Arms of Finland (colours gold and silver on red), swallow-tailed, Cross of Liberty in canton (colors gold on blue)

    *Where is Finland? - Look at the map of Europe. Which are the neighboring countries?

    Finland is in the north of europe between Norway, Russia and Sweden

    Do you know anything about Finland?

    It's known as "The land of a thousand lakes"
    It's one of the countries where more coffee is consumed in the world.
    It has 70 days where the sun does not set.
    There are 200 nights of Northern Lights.
    It has the best educational system in the world.
    It's the home of Santa Claus.
    There are more than 3 million saunas.
    The official languages of Finland are Finnish and Swedish.
    The name of the capital is Helsinki.

    NORTHERN LIGHTS

    The northern lights is something I have even dreamed to see since I was a child. It's like something magical to see those colourfull lights on the dark sky of the night. I like the cold either, so I know one day I will be there, just admiring those lights in a cold night. I'd love to travel to Finland and know how does people live there. I would be so inspiring and interesting. I hope all of you, finnish students, do value all those exceptional thing you do have in your country.

    Welcome to Finland

    Helsinki is a Finland's city wich is located in Baltic sea.There are many of churchs ,museums, and parks. It's a city in beachfront. The language people's is Finnish. The temperature is -16°C.There also is a calm lycee name's Leppävaaran Lukio whose principal is Ismo Kjäldman, in this we have a baby-foot, billiard, tennis table. There are sports team like ice hockey and ice skating.

    Finnish flag

    Finnish flag uses the Nordic cross just like the other Nordic countries. The blue color symbolizes the lakes and the sky; and the white color represents the snow and the sky of the summer nights.
    Made by Paula Valero (1BAC2)

    Finland -Espoo

    We didn't know much about Finland, so we did some research about it. It's a great country! Jéssica & Diogo - Madeira

    Finland

    Before I started writing this, I did a search about Finland and I found incredible things that I didn’t know. Finland is the 17th safest country in the world, violent crime is incredibly rare so that’s one of the reasons why it would be one of my top travel destinations. There are thousands of lakes that I would love to see and take some pictures, I would also like to live the experience of relaxing in one of its saunas and visit its restaurants to enjoy authentic Finnish food. Osiris & Beatriz - Madeira