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(Liens vérifiés le 08/10/2009)


 

 


Museums
- Facts
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Glossary
- Flashcards and Cliparts - Listening -
Interactive activities
- Activities to print - Lesson plans - Webquests -
Games
- Stories - Cartoons - Films - Videos - Songs

 


Sites complémentaires :

Magie / Mystères - Espace

 

Museums :

 

  • Museum of unnatural mystery (unmuseum.org)
    "Are there really flying saucers?
    What killed the dinosaurs?
    Is there something ancient and alive in Loch Ness?
    The Museum takes a scientific look at these, and other, questions."


 

Facts :

  • UFO 'sightings' revealed in archive files from 1990s
    "Thousands of UFOs have been spotted in the last 20 years around the UK, according to newly released documents."
    - with a slideshow

    (BBC)



    See Videos

    Strange sightings and close encounters
    "The latest release of once top-secret documents regarding UFO sightings in the UK sees another round of odd sketches, strange sightings and close encounters set free into the public domain."
    (BBC)

  • Royal Society meet to discuss if extra-terrestrials are here on Earth
    "The conference will also address the social implications of the search for alien life. Albert Harrison, from the University of California, Davis, will discuss how human beings might respond to the discovery of extraterrestrial intelligence."

    (timesonline.co.uk)

  • Is there anybody out there?
    "What will aliens look like if we find them?...
    These are just some of the questions that will be discussed at a two-day conference starting today (Monday 25 January) at The Royal Society in London. The discussion meeting The detection of extra-terrestrial life and the consequences for science and society is the first to take place in the Royal Society’s 350th anniversary year.
    Astronomers are now able to detect planets orbiting stars other than the Sun where life may exist, and living generations could see the signatures
    of extra-terrestrial life being detected. "

    (royalsociety.org)

  • Files released on UFO sightings
    "Secret files on UFO sightings have been made available for the first time by the Ministry of Defence."
    + In pictures: The UFO files
    (BBC)

 

  • Call for US to re-open UFO file
    "A group of former pilots and government officials has called on the US government to re-open an investigation into claims of UFO sightings."
    (BBC)

 

  • How UFOs Work (howstuffworks.com)
    - Are UFOs Real or Science Fiction?
    - Is the Government Hiding Something?
    - Abducted by Aliens?
    - Close Encounters Throughout History
    - How Crop Circles Work... (howstuffworks)

 

Glossary :

 

Flashcards et Cliparts :

  • Flashcards : Ghosts, trolls and aliens everywhere in the house. (bogglesworldesl.com)

 

 

Listening :

  • Listening Quizzes (about.com) :

    -
    Do you believe in UFOs?
    "You will hear
    John and Sue talking about UFOs and whether or not they believe in them... Choose the correct answer from the multiple choice answers."

    -
    John's UFO Sighting
    "You will hear John who is reporting a UFO he has seen.
    Write down the answers to the questions and then click on the arrow to see if you have answered correctly."

 

INTERACTIVE activities :

 

 

Activities TO PRINT :

 

 

Lesson plans :

  • The daily routines of monsters, zombies, ghosts and aliens - a lesson plan (onestopenglish.com)
    "Aim:
    - Practise third person -s
    - Practise talking and writing about routines
    - Practise saying and writing common action verbs
    - Practise making questions about days, times and routines
    - Make a poster"

 

Webquests :

 

Games :

  • Alien Language - interactive game
    + spelling, grammar and sentence construction.
    "The aliens are on a mission to collect creatures from around the galaxy. Blast off and learn the parts of the body with them."

    There are four main activities:
    - The Transporter
    - The Body Museum
    - The Hospital
    - Who Wants to be a Winner
    + A visual dictionary, with pronunciation

    (alienlanguage.co.uk)

 

Stories :

  • UFO Story - with activities
    (link2english.com)

  • "Oh and Ah" is a free online e-story you can listen to. (fonetiks.org)

 

 

 

Cartoons :

 

 

Films :

  • Film Review : E.T. (texte + symboles) - (symbolworld.org)

 

  • E.T. (Ac. Nancy-Metz)

 

Videos :

  • UFOs: more top secret files released - with a VIDEO
    "The Ministry of Defence have released more of its intriguing files on UFO sightings, including a flying Toblerone and an object hovering over former Conservative leader Michael Howard's house."

    (telegraph.co.uk)



    See Facts

 

 

Songs :

  • The Beatles - 'Across the Universe'
    "Words are flying out like
    endless rain into a paper cup
    They slither while they pass
    They slip away across the universe
    Pools of sorrow waves of joy
    are drifting thorough my open mind
    Possessing and caressing me"

    (lyrics007.com)


    NASA Beams Beatles' 'Across the Universe' Into Space

    "The transmission was aimed at the North Star, Polaris, which is located 431 light years away from Earth."
    "I see that this is the beginning of the new age in which we will communicate with billions of planets across the universe," she (Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono) said." 

    Listen to the song and watch the video.
    (nasa.gov)