Sample Lesson
See It in Your Language
Pick a language and press play. A science teacher explains photosynthesis, and each line appears in English with your language underneath, the way students see it on the board.
Today we're finding out how a plant makes its own food.
Hoy vamos a descubrir cómo una planta fabrica su propio alimento.
It's called photosynthesis, and it happens in the leaves.
Se llama photosynthesis (fotosíntesis) y ocurre en las hojas.
Leaves look green because they're full of chlorophyll.
Las hojas se ven verdes porque están llenas de chlorophyll (clorofila).
Chlorophyll catches the energy in sunlight.
La chlorophyll (clorofila) atrapa la energía de la luz del sol.
The leaf also takes in carbon dioxide from the air through tiny holes.
La hoja también absorbe carbon dioxide (dióxido de carbono) del aire por unos agujeros diminutos.
Water travels up from the roots to the same leaf.
El agua sube desde las raíces hasta esa misma hoja.
With the sun's energy, the leaf turns carbon dioxide and water into glucose.
Con la energía del sol, la hoja convierte el carbon dioxide (dióxido de carbono) y el agua en glucose (glucosa).
Glucose is a kind of sugar, and the plant uses it to grow.
La glucose (glucosa) es un tipo de azúcar, y la planta la usa para crecer.
The leftover oxygen goes back into the air, and we breathe it in.
El oxígeno que sobra vuelve al aire, y nosotros lo respiramos.
So, in your notebooks: what three things does photosynthesis need?
Entonces, en sus cuadernos: ¿qué tres cosas necesita la photosynthesis (fotosíntesis)?
What You Are Seeing
MAMAKO captions the teacher in English as they speak, and the teacher’s own laptop translates each line, so no caption text leaves it to be translated. The lesson’s key terms stay in English with the student’s word in brackets, so students learn the subject’s English words while they follow in their own language. After class, MAMAKO writes a short recap with the day’s words, and it reaches the class only when the teacher shares it.