Patron St – Eusebio Kino National Day – 25th May Known for – Diverse landscape and The Tango National Emblem –Coat of Arms with the Sun of May Capital – Buenos Aires Around The World Wednesday 24th June – Argentina Patron St – Eusebio Kino National Day – 25th May Known for – Diverse landscape and The Tango National Emblem –Coat of Arms with the Sun of May Capital – Buenos Aires Quick Facts • Argentina is the 2nd largest country in South America and the 8th largest country in the world. • Argentina borders the Andes mountain range to the west. • The national sport of Argentina is Pato a game played on horseback. It takes aspects from polo and basketball. The word Pato is Spanish for ‘duck’ as early games used a live duck inside a basket instead of a ball. • Argentina shares a land border with 5 countries including Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia and Paraguay. • Argentina, like many other countries is considered a nation of immigrants. More than 6.6 million people immigrated to Argentina during thw late 19th and early 20th centuries, the majority of them from Spain and Italy. • One of the worlds true scenic wonders, Iguazu Falls is located in Argentina on its border with Brazil and is composed of some 275 waterfalls, forming a semicircle of 1.9 miles of waterfalls. • Argentina borders the Andes mountain range to the west, the highest point is Mount Aconcagua 6,962 m (22,841 ft) located in the Mendoza province. Patron St – Eusebio Kino National Day – 25th May Known for – Diverse landscape and The Tango National Emblem –Coat of Arms with the Sun of May Capital – Buenos Aires Key Phrases in Spanish English Spanish Hello Hola Good Morning! Buenos días Languages Spoken Goodbye Adiós • Spanish is the only official Please Por favor language spoken in this Thank you Gracias country My name is Mi nombre es • Other languages that might be heard include: Italian, What is your name? ¿Cómo te llamas? German, English and French Do you speak English? Hablas inglés Yes Sí No No Patron St – Eusebio Kino National Day – 25th May Known for – Diverse landscape and The Tango National Emblem –Coat of Arms with the Sun of May Capital – Buenos Aires Around The World Wednesday 24th June – Argentina Science Patron St – Eusebio Kino National Day – 25th May Known for – Diverse landscape and The Tango National Emblem –Coat of Arms with the Sun of May What makes science, science? Capital – Buenos Aires • Science is the pursuit and application of knowledge and understanding of the natural and social world following a systematic methodology based on evidence. • “Because ‘science’ denotes such a very wide range of activities a definition of it needs to be general; it certainly needs to cover investigation of the social as well as natural worlds; it needs the words “systematic” and “evidence”; and it needs to be simple and short. The definition succeeds in all these respects admirably, and I applaud it therefore.” A C Grayling commending the definition in the Guardian, March 2009 Patron St – Eusebio Kino National Day – 25th May Known for – Diverse landscape and The Tango National Emblem –Coat of Arms with the Sun of May Capital – Buenos Aires Argentina has three Nobel Prize recipients in the Sciences, Bernardo Houssay César Milstein Luis Leloir. You need to carry out research about the scientists and find out the following information 1. What was it they were successful for? 2. How did it have an impact? 3. Give some examples of their work they carried out. Top 10 places to visit in Argentina https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlEqJfuAKkM 3mins Patron St – Eusebio Kino National Day – 25th May Known for – Diverse landscape and The Tango National Emblem –Coat of Arms with the Sun of May Capital – Buenos Aires Around The World Wednesday 24th June – Argentina English Patron St – Eusebio Kino National Day – 25th May Known for – Diverse landscape and The Tango Diego Maradona National Emblem –Coat of Arms with the Sun of May Capital – Buenos Aires Maradona is Argentina’s most famous footballer. Although he is now a retired footballer he still makes todays headlines however it is on the pitch that he left an indelible mark on Argentine football. It was his heroics in the 1986 World Cup, including that unforgettable second goal against England, mean he has earned a place in the nation's history as possibly their greatest-ever player, while he also earned idol status at Napoli for his role in the Italian club's transformation into Scudetto winners in the late 1980s. Patron St – Eusebio Kino National Day – 25th May Known for – Diverse landscape and The Tango National Emblem –Coat of Arms with the Sun of May Capital – Buenos Aires Footballer and Manager Patron St – Eusebio Kino National Day – 25th May Known for – Diverse landscape and The Tango National Emblem –Coat of Arms with the Sun of May Lionel Messi Capital – Buenos Aires Lionel Messi has rewritten the history books, as well as redefining what it means to be a truly world-class footballer with his unique talents on the ball. It is likely that we will never see a player of his abilities again. For Argentina, however, the failure to lift a major trophy continues to hang over Messi's head. Patron St – Eusebio Kino National Day – 25th May Known for – Diverse landscape and The Tango National Emblem –Coat of Arms with the Sun of May Capital – Buenos Aires Maradona vs Messi Maradona and Messi have been compared throughout the footballing world and with everything that Messi does the Argentinians and the world will always compare him to the legend that is Maradona. Maradona has always had close competition with Messi for the greatest Argentine footballer. They are both legends in their own right but it is Maradona’s World Cup success that puts him ahead of his former charge in the Albiceleste (The Argentina national football team). Patron St – Eusebio Kino National Day – 25th May Known for – Diverse landscape and The Tango Maradona vs Messi National Emblem –Coat of Arms with the Sun of May Capital – Buenos Aires Who is the best? It is now your turn to decide which footballer should take the number 1 legendary status. You need to carry out some research and write a newspaper article that identifies the facts and truths about their performances as footballers. Ideas to think about…… • Which football academy did they start at? • What age did they start playing football? • How old were they when they made their debut to the National team? • Have they suffered from any major injuries that impacted on their career? • Have they done anything within their career which has impacted on their success? Patron St – Eusebio Kino National Day – 25th May Known for – Diverse landscape and The Tango National Emblem –Coat of Arms with the Sun of May Capital – Buenos Aires Support with writing a newspaper article 1. Keep important information near the top of the report 2. Check your spelling and facts 3. Get quotes from sources – this will make the report more credible and interesting, you could make up an interview. 4. Make the headline relevant and catchy 5. Make the first paragraph short and snappy with the outline of the topic. 6. Keep each sentence short ad punchy 7. Make sure you answer 6 questions – Who? What? Where? Why? When? and How? Patron St – Eusebio Kino National Day – 25th May Known for – Diverse landscape and The Tango National Emblem –Coat of Arms with the Sun of May Capital – Buenos Aires Around The World Wednesday 24th June – Argentina Maths Patron St – Eusebio Kino National Day – 25th May Known for – Diverse landscape and The Tango National Emblem –Coat of Arms with the Sun of May Capital – Buenos Aires Football Statistics As discovered through the English work Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona are both world class footballers from Argentina. But which one of them comes out on top when you look at their overall statistics? In their careers together they played a total of 1351 games. Patron St – Eusebio Kino National Day – 25th May Known for – Diverse landscape and The Tango National Emblem –Coat of Arms with the Sun of May Capital – Buenos Aires Averages How do you work out the average of something? It is easy to calculate: • add up all the numbers Average • then divide by how many numbers there are. For example: If there were 5 students and who all had a different number of sweets, to work out the average you would need to add all their sweets together and divide by 5. 6 + 13 + 9 + 4 + 18 =50 5= 10 Patron St – Eusebio Kino National Day – 25th May Known for – Diverse landscape and The Tango National Emblem –Coat of Arms with the Sun of May Capital – Buenos Aires Lionel Messi Messi has played a total of 730 games. In these games he has scored a total of 621 goals. Can you work out what his average scoring count is for the number of games he has played with the number of goals he has scored. Patron St – Eusebio Kino National Day – 25th May Known for – Diverse landscape and The Tango National Emblem –Coat of Arms with the Sun of May Capital – Buenos Aires The working out Messi played 730 games and scored 621 goals. So in order to work out the average you will need to divide the number of goals by the number of games 621 divided by 730 = 0.85. This means that throughout his career he has scored less than 1 goal per game. However by the time he has played 3 games he would have scored 2 goals.