ORAL EXAM MATERIALS - Senior b (a.l.)

 Topics

1. Future You at https://news.mit.edu/2024/ai-simulation-gives-people-glimpse-potential-future-self-1001
2. Sensory face mask (up to "Fig. 1: System overview" included) at https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/a-conformable-sensory-face-mask-for-decoding-biological-and-environmental-signals/
3. Sound-supressing silk at https://news.mit.edu/2024/sound-suppressing-silk-can-create-quiet-spaces-0507
4. Wearable technology at https://news.umich.edu/researchers-from-u-m-msu-ou-team-up-to-develop-wearable-pollution-measuring-technology/
5. Converting Co2 at https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-engineers-make-converting-co2-into-products-more-practical-1113
6. Reversing hair loss at https://news.mit.edu/2024/new-treatment-could-reverse-hair-loss-caused-autoimmune-skin-disease-0509
7. Nanotechnology at http://news.mit.edu/2018/shrink-any-object-nanoscale-1213
8. Social cyberdefense at http://news.mit.edu/2019/cyber-negotiations-cyberterrorists-0305
9. Robotic muscle at http://news.mit.edu/2019/spider-silk-humidity-robotic-muscle-0301
10. 6. AI writers at https://mitpress.mit.edu/when-a-robot-writes-a-book/
11. AI at https://builtin.com/artificial-intelligence/artificial-intelligence-future

ORAL EXAM MATERIALS - Senior c (a.l.)

THE UK: 

I. The Norman Conquest

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/ztyr9j6/articles/z3s9j6f
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/why-should-I-care-about-1066/z7ff2sg
  
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfBZuo2Jcwc
  
• (Up to 2:55) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owf5Uq4oFps
  

II. The English back to "English"

• https://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2013/12/english-vs-french-hundred-years-war-and.html

• (Up to MIDDLE ENGLISH, A PERIOD OF GREAT CHANGE, included) https://blocs.mesvilaweb.cat/subirats/the-norman-conquest-the-influence-of-french-on-the-english-language-loans-and-calques/

THE USA:

(info at https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/)

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      III George Washington and Thomas Jefferson

 

      IV Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt

ORAL EXAM MATERIALS - Year: 4a (a.l.)

Links:

1. People and robots at TEXT 
2. Tattoos at TEXT
3. Ways in which robots will impact sports TEXT
4. Sophia the robot at LINK - LINK 2 - LINK 3

ORAL EXAM MATERIALS - Year: 3c (e.l.)

Booklet at:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TSJpmQtYQLe_oboiSxFFYglg9qXqUSNa/view

Full book at:

Full book

 

WELCOME,

 STUDENTS!

2022

Reading material for Senior Year a, b (A.L.)

ICT groups (5 A  and B) A.L.

Select 3 of these topics for your oral test 

•         AI: intro at https://www.umb.edu/ethics/ai

•         Sophia the robot at https://www.hansonrobotics.com/sophia/        

            Sophia at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhU9hOo5Cuc      
            TV show at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg_tJvCA8zw     

            Hilarious talk at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml9v3wHLuWI

•     Nanotechnology at http://news.mit.edu/2018/shrink-any-object-nanoscale-1213

•     Social cyberdefense at http://news.mit.edu/2019/cyber-negotiations-cyberterrorists-0305

•     Robotic muscle at http://news.mit.edu/2019/spider-silk-humidity-robotic-muscle-0301

•     Efficient chips at http://news.mit.edu/2019/securing-internet-things-in-quantum-age-0301

Reading material - 3 b (e.l.)

Social media poster and a good citizen quiz at

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading/elementary-a2-reading/online-safety-poster

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading/elementary-a2-reading/are-you-good-digital-citizen

Reading material 4b (e.l.)

Flexible screens at

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/science-uk/flexible-screen-technology

Senior C (A.L.) reading material

Social Science group (5 C) A.L.

**The Norman Conquest

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/ztyr9j6/articles/z3s9j6f

https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/medieval-england/1066-2/

 ** 1066

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/why-should-I-care-about-1066/z7ff2sg

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/history-ks3-ks4-1066/zm3m382 (each frame)

**ONE of these well-known American Presidents (at https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/)

-          George Washington

-          Thomas Jefferson

-          Abraham Lincoln

-          Theodore Roosevelt

** Mockery video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8N7BSsU5oo

(lyrics at: https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/119636/)