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AL-ANDALUS AND SCIENCE - STUDENT S GUIDE
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO LEARN ABOUT? VISIT PLAN - SCHEDULE
FURTHER INFORMATION
REFERENCES AND WEBSITES VIDEOS
GLOSSARY
Lower Floor 1 Routes of Science and Cities for Wisdom 2 Al-Andalus. Eight centuries of History 3 Sites 4 Al-Andalus & Science. 16 Cultural Routes of El legado andalus 17 The Routes of El legado andalus
Upper Floor 5 Science in Al-Andalus 6 Astronomy and Mathematics 7 Cartography and Navigation 8 Water Systems 9 Mechanics 10 Optics, Physics and Chemistry 11 Agronomy and Botany 12 Medicine and Zoology 13 Architecture 14 Mining and Metal-working 15 Other technologies
SOME DIRECTIONS TO COMPLETE YOUR WOKBOOK --- INSTRUCCIONES BSICAS --Tu cuaderno de actividades -workbook- est organizado en secciones (ttulos) que se corresponden con las diferentes salas que veremos en la Exposicin. Para encontrar las respuestas a las preguntas no tienes ms que localizar la sala en la que trabajar en el plano o por el nombre. Por lo general, las preguntas siguen el siguiente orden: referidas a paneles de informacin general, paneles especficos, contenido de vitrinas y expositores. Para las actividades tipo match o fill in the blanks suele estar indicado con claridad el origen de los textos. El cuaderno de actividades es tanto para rellenar durante la visita como despus de la visita, pues no te dar tiempo de completar todas las actividades: NO LO PIERDAS NI DETERIORES, al final de la unidad didctica se te pedir para evaluarlo. En su momento se te proporcionarn las fuentes de informacin que precises para completar las actividades fuera de la exposicin. Dont worry.... A CONTINUACIN TIENES LA RELACIN DE LAS ACTIVIDADES QUE DEBES CONTESTAR DURANTE LA VISITA A LA EXPOSICIN Y DE LAS QUE VEREMOS EN EL AULA.
1 Routes of Science and Cities for Wisdom: TODAS EN LA VISITA 2 Al-Andalus. Eight centuries of History : TODAS EN LA VISITA, EN ESPECIAL LOS MAPAS 3 Islam, Al-Andalus & Science. Brief Exhibition: TODAS EN LA VISITA. SI CREES QUE LA N 5 TE TOMA DEMASIADO TIEMPO, HAZ ALGUNAS ANOTACIONES CON FRASES SENCILLAS Y CORTAS EN CASTELLANO, LUEGO PUEDES TRADUCIRLAS EN EL AULA. LA N 8 ES MEJOR QUE LA CONTESTES DELANTE DE LA MAQUETA. 4 Cultural Routes of El legado andalus: NO HAY 5 Science in Al-Andalus: TODAS EN LA VISITA 6 Astronomy and Mathematics: TODAS EN LA VISITA, SALVO LA N 16 Y 18 (EN CLASE) 7 Cartography and Navigation: CONTESTA SLO LA N 19, EL RESTO LAS VEREMOS EN CLASE 8 Water Systems: TODAS EN LA VISITA 9 Mechanics, Optics, Physics and Chemistry: LAS VEREMOS EN CLASE 10 Agronomy and Botany: CONTESTA LA N33, 34 Y 35; EL RESTO LAS VEREMOS EN CLASE 11 Medicine and Zoology : LAS VEREMOS EN CLASE
12 Architecture: TODAS EN LA VISITA; (EN LA N 38 ANOTA SLO LOS NOMBRES, LO DEMS PUEDES COMPLETARLO EN EL AULA) 13 Mining and Metal-working: TODAS EN LA VISITA, EN ESPECIAL LAS REFERIDAS AL MAPA Y A LAS MONEDAS
14 Other Technologies:
chess and abacus: TODAS EN LA VISITA do we speak arabic?: TODAS EN LA VISITA weapons: LAS VEREMOS EN CLASE, CON MS DOCUMENTACIN pottery: TODAS EN LA VISITA fabrics: CONTESTA LA N 56, EL RESTO LAS VEREMOS EN CLASE glasswork: LAS VEREMOS EN CLASE writing: TODAS EN LA VISITA music: ANOTA SLO LOS NOMBRES DE LOS INSTRUMENTOS, EL
RESTO LAS VEREMOS EN CLASE
FE DE ERRATAS
Como la mecanografa no es mi fuerte, es posible que encontris errores de escritura o de formato, independientemente del idioma. Por favor, hacedme llegar los que encontris, para corregirlos en el documento original.
** Later, other remarkable city became the centre of the translation world; it was located in Iberian Peninsula. What city are we talking about?
4.- Read carefully the text and look at the maps below; put them in the correct order map A N.......... map B N............ map C N............. map D N...........
4b.- Knowing the background. For every map, please, write: the name of the period, dates for the beginning and the end of every period, who ruled and where they came from, an outstanding fact N1 MAP :
N 2-MAP
N3-MAP
N4-MAP
4c.- Can you explain the two different chronologies (AD. And H.) for each ruling period?
6.- Look at the model representing Granada under the Nasrid rule, some of these buildings have disappeared or changed their function through time, How many people lived in the city in this period? The name Muslims used for the city was....................... The main buildings in the city were....
7.- Read the sentences and write True (T) or False (F). Correct the false sentences Muslims called Arrabal to the city centre Nasrid Granada had more than thirty gates, but only four of them were the finest Public baths or Hammam were similar to Roman hot baths Jews, Christians and Muslims were buried in the same cemetery Almunias were small and poor houses in the city centre Granada had a Maristan, used as hospital, and a Madrasa or Islamic collage Mosque is the Muslim place to worship Alhondiga and Alcaiceria are names used today in Granada 8.- Look at the photograph and try to locate (with arrows) the Albayzin and our School,
9.- Read the text Al-Andalus and Science, which scientific disciplines reached the most underlined development?
10.- Now you are in front of the Pillar of Wisdom , which branches of mechanical and technical knowledge stands out in Al-Andalus?
10b.- Inside the Pillar of Wisdom you can see some achievements from many different sciences, Which one do you think is the most amazing? Why?
Please, take your time to see the mirror book and the relationship between
Geometry and tiles in the Alhambra, or to fill up the tank in the courtyard.
In the ....... Ages the Arabic-Islamic World rediscovered the knowledge and wisdom of ..................... and ......... and of the ......................... This knowledge was transmitted in ...... and came to Europe through Italy and the ............ Peninsula, and through other contacts such as those established through the ........., through trading ................. and travels.
12.- The legacy of classical Greece and Rome came to Al-Andalus by three routes, can you named them?
14.- Why is the Muslim legacy in Astronomy considered the best example of a shared Mediterranean scientific heritage?. List the main astronomical devices used by Muslim astronomers.
16.- Describe the difference between Astrology and Astronomy. Who were the main sponsors of the astronomer? Why?
18.- Where and when did the first astronomical observatories appear in the Islamic world?
20.- Which are the major changes in navigational techniques during the Middle Ages?
21.- How did the Muslim astronomers improve Ptolemy's Mediterranean measurements?
WATER SYSTEMS
23.- What is a clepsidra? What was it used for? Where does the oldest known example come from?
25.-Write some Spanish words coming from the Arabic water system vocabulary
28.- Which are the main Muslin scientific interests on Optics?. Why is Ibn-al-Haytam best known for?
30.- What is the Ibn Frinas' legend? Do you know of any similar story, before or after?
32.- Can you explain the difference between Agriculture and Agronomy?
33.- Read Agronomy and Agriculture. What is the most striking feature of applied Agronomy in Al-Andalus?
34.-Species Cultivated. Country landscapes were greatly enriched with the introduction and acclimatization of new species from different parts of the Islamic world and the improvement and diversification of existing species. Which species were new, and which ones were improved or diversified in Al-Andalus?
35.- In Islamic treatises of Agronomy, many techniques were proposed for the different phases of the agricultural cycle, some of them are used (applied) even today, can you write them?
Solve (unravel) the light of science columns and find out (discover)
some of the most famous Muslim scientist
37.- How were Muslim hospitals called? Where and when did the oldest ones appear? Were was the Muslim hospital located in Granada?
ARCHITECTURE
38.- Here you can see the andalus masons tool-kit. Can you write the name of every tool? Do you think this mason tool-kit is similar to the one used today? Explain your answer.
Cordoba, capital of the .............. Caliphate, becoming the ................ and most ............. ...city in Europe during the Early Middle Ages. The conquerors of Al-Andalus used...........................cities. Cities in Al-Andalus, ancient or newly created, have an..........................and ........................... compact appearance, and were .......................populated cities.
40.- What is the word in Arabic for city? Write the name of important cities in Al-Andalus founded by Roman Empire. 42.- Islamic architecture used construction techniques and forms from different origins, can you write some of these ancient techniques?
42b.- One of this Mediterranean traditional techniques widely developed in Al-Andalus and northern Africa was.................................., and consisted of..................
44.- Match the city elements with the correct statements : City walls Mosque aljama Zoco Alcazaba Sewer system Wells or cisterns Madina Mosque
* Some cities had this when water supply was sufficient * The Islamic city, compound by several elements * The most usual way to get (obtain) water inside the cities * Worship and teaching places, the city structure was based on them * Commercial area; shops and workshops where grouped by activity * Walled enclosures or fortress, where the local power resided * Used to defend the city and mark the its boundaries * The only one or the main mosque in the city
45.- What is plaster technique? What was plaster work used for?
Activity 1: Follow the pattern of Nasrid Polygons and try to complete the grids below:
Activity 2: The Alhambra is a construction where harmony and proportion are very important. Architects looked for this proportion through different geometric techniques such as Pythagorean, Cordobesian and Golden Rectangles.
), Pythagorean (
46b.- What is the word for Royal Mint in Spanish and in Arabic?
46c.- Look at the coins inside the glass showcase: Do you think some of these coins are wrong or odd-looking? Why?
47.-Here you have the main minerals exploited in Al-Anadlus, can you write their names (use the numbers)?
48.- Read Mining and Metal-working. Archaeological findings show us that the main metal-working industry in Al-Andalus was located in different places like.....
49.- Look at the map and read Mining Centres, the main metals and alloys produced in Al Andalus were.......
49b.- And the main mining centres in Al-andalus were located in....
OTHER TECHNOLOGIES
CHESS AND ABACUS
50a.- According to the text, could you confirm the amount of grains of wheat there are on the 32nd square? 50b.- Could you calculate the number of grains it should have on the 64th square? Remember How much is that?
1,000,000 1,000,000,000 1,000,000,000,000 1,000,000,000,000,000 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Million Billion Trillion Quadrillion Quintillion Sextillion
Using the Abacus try to calculate the following operations: 24 + 36 = 783 + 275 + 14 + 5697 = 884 498 = 316 4 = 68 32 =
DO WE SPEAK ARABIC?
52.- Can you find ten Arabic words in our current language? Write them below:
WEAPONS
53.- Can you explain the relationship between gunpowder and Islamic culture? (At school, look for more information, if you needed it).
POTTERY
54..- There must have been a significant amount of .............. in Al-Andalus, judging from the ................., artistic and monumental remains, producing notable .............., pieces and ......... which evolved with great personality, and products to .............. The techniques and features would live on in Mudejar and Moorish pottery and extend across the Peninsula, especially .......................... ware (Teruel, Paterna, Manresa) and .......... ware (Teruel, Calatayud, Paterna, Manises, Barcelona, ............... and more). Al-andalus brought together ............. and ............... ceramic traditions. The most significant innovation in Al-Andalus was ....................
55.- In Al-Andalus, the most famous and prestigious pottery was ................................. We can see two masterpieces in the famous............................vases. 55a.- During Nasrid Emirate, which city got this pottery main production?
FABRICS
56.- The number of Spanish and English words derived from Arabic used to describe fabrics show us that Muslims fabrics were really good and appreciated in the Middle Ages. Write some of these words (Spanish and English):
57.- What kind of materials were used to dye fabrics and garments?
58.-Raw materials for fabrics came from both animals and plants in Islamic textiles. In Al-Andalus the two most important raw materials were.....
GLASSWORK IN AL-ANDALUS
59.- Arabic writers describe glass as one of the most outstanding products of AlAndalus. Named some places renowned for their glasswork in Al-Andalus:
59a.- Read Glasswork Techniques and Shapes. In Al-Andalus, glass vessels were used as....
WRITING
60.- Ancient scribes wrote on a variety of different materials, but the three one most important were ........................................................ and ...................................... 60a.- Did Muslims invent paper?
60b.- How did paper spread across Europe from Samarcanda? Why was this fact so important for European culture?
61.- In Al-Andalus, what place was well-known thanks to handmade paper production?. Why? 61b.- The most famous writer in the Granada Kingdom was ....................... 62.- Most medieval Islamic writing was done with cane pens, what is the Arabic word to cane pens? And the Spanish?
MUSIC
** Can you identify the musical instruments in the showcase / photographs? ** The main musical schools in Al-Andalus have been identified in.......
FURTHER INFORMATION
REFERENCES AND WEBSITES
http://www.alandalusylaciencia.es/visita-al-pabellon/ http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/scienceislam/legacy.php http://www.islamawareness.net/Maths/science_and_math.html
VIDEOS
1001 Inventions and The Library of Secrets - starring Sir Ben Kingsley as Al-Jazari Presentacin de 1001 inventos islmicos que cambian el mundo, en ingls, dificultad mediaalta. En plan pelculita. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZDe9DCx7Wk&feature=related 1001 Inventions: Pioneers of Science and Technology Otra presentacin de la misma exposicin, algunos ejemplos, espectacular. El ingles es muncho ms clarito... y explica las norias. Muy recomendable http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtgkcz87XbA&feature=related Discovering Maths at The Alhambra in Al-Andalusia / 2 bueno como presentacin y fcil de seguir. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8amCqoOye4
[1/7] What the Muslims Did For Us Bastante bien, es una serie seria de la BBC. Diccin impecable y relativamente fcil de entender. Este es el primer captulo, pero te proporciona los enlaces para poder continuar con los otros 7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_49049&v=eYdFdjPUq6s&feature=i v When the Moors (Muslims) Ruled Europe: Documentary (full) Fcil comprensin, interesante, pero a veces cae en tpicos, para ver en partes (dura 1h 42). Del 412 al 1232: muy interesante explicacin de la armona constructiva a partir de series de rectngulos proporcionales. Through interviews with noted scholars, youll see how Moorish advances in mathematics, astronomy, art, and agriculture helped propel the West out of the Dark Ages and into the Renaissance. Conduced by Bettany Hughes (born 1968), an English historian, broadcaster and writer. http://www.youtube.com//watch?v=PM8HnvuKbAo [5/11] When Muslims Ruled in Spain (Astronoma= astrolabio) Del comentado ms arriba, slo la parte dedicada al astrolabio. El ingls resulta fcil de seguir. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sve8x8eQAw&feature=related
IN SPANISH
+x-.Arte Geomtrica en espaol buena introduccin a las cuestiones de matemticas, geometrra y arte islmico. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls53O75VVH8&feature=related +x- 3. la geometria se hace arte (a-b).f4v la geometra en la Alhambra, muy interesante, este es ms bien una introduccin. Espaol. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DP_kH2S0TI&feature=related +x- 3. la geometria se hace arte (b-b).f4v . En espaol. Los 17 grupos cristalogrficos del plano y particin periodica del plano: no os desanimis, es muy fcil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJhR6A_D9Yg +x- 13. matemticas y realidad.avi en espaol interesante aplicacin de los grupos geomrtricos de la alhambra a proyectos de estudiantes de arquitectura http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS_jw5rwvhM
NEW WORD.... ACHIEVEMENT BRICK CARVED CHESS COTTON CRAFTSMAN CRAFTSMANSHIP DEVICE DRAFT ENABLED FABRICS GLASS GRID GUNPOWDER HARBOUR HEGIRA HEIGHT HERITAGE HOUSEWARE LUSTERWARE MEASURE
GLOSSARY
IT SOUNDS LIKE....
ITS MEANING.... logros, avances ladrillo tallado, modelado ajedrez algodn artesano artesana Instrumento, aparato, borrador capacit, permiti tejido Vidrio, cristal cuadricula , rejilla, red plvora puerto HEGIRA altura legado, herencia ajuar domstico cermica de brillo metlico medida
NEW WORD.... MEASUREMENT NOTEWORTHY OVEN PATTERN PILGRIM PILGRIMAGE PORTOLAN CHARTS POTTERY POWDER RANGE RAW MATERIALS SALT SHAPE SILK STERN-POST STILL SUNDIAL TILE TO ACHIEVE TO ALLOY TO COAT TO COVER TO DISPLAY TO DYE TO GRAFT TO LEVEL TO MEASURE TO MELT TO MINT TREATISE VAULT
ITS MEANING.... medicin notable horno patrn (~ modelo) peregrino peregrinacin PORTULANO cermica polvo cordillera / rango (intervalo) materias primas sal forma seda mstil alambique reloj de sol azulejo, baldosa lograr, conseguir alear revestir cubrir, forrar desplegar, exhibir teir, tintar injertar nivelar medir fundir, derretir acuar tratado bveda
IT SOUNDS LIKE....
NEW WORD.... VESSEL WATER SYSTEM WATERWHEEL WEAPONS WISDOM WOODWORK WORSHIP
ITS MEANING.... nave, navo / vasija hidralica noria armas sabidura ebanistera , carpintera culto, adoracin
IT SOUNDS LIKE....
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