Social Science Learning Lab is a collective work, conceived, designed and created by the Primary Educational department at Santillana, under the supervision of Teresa Grence.

WRITERS Nieves Carcelén Natalia Gómez María More

ILLUSTRATIONS Quino Marín MárquezRoger Zanni

SCIENCE CONSULTANT Raquel Macarrón

EDITORS Sara J. ChecaVirginia R. Mitchell

EXECUTIVE EDITOR Peter Barton

BILINGUAL PROJECT COORDINATION Margarita España

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Contents

Where do you live? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1 Our town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 Wind and rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Learning Lab game . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

3 Landscapes change . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

4 Looking at maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Learning Lab game . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

5 Our Universe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

6 Our country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Learning Lab game . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Cut-outs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Skull mask Dragon paipai Flower badge

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1 Talk about your home and your school. What can you see in each place?

2 Write the correct words.

Where do you live?

What can you see in your home?

Home Both School

blackboard housebed bin door desk

In my home I can see a kitchen with a fridge.

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3 Describe the place where you live. What type of landscape is it?

4 Draw the Sun, the Moon and the planet we live on.

Is there a river where you live?

Yes, there is a river and a bridge where I live.

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Our townWhat is the name of our town?

Observe

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What can you see in the town?

I can see houses.

Let's go to town

Let’s rap!1 Look at the photos. What can you see in the town? Talk to a partner.

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4 Draw our town. Include lots of buildings!

2 A house is a building. Look at the picture and point to the house. What other buildings do you know?

3 Tick (✓) the buildings.

Final taskMake a road safety map

Think about it

What buildings do you know?

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Key words• flat• house• school

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Where can we go in our town?

Think about it1 Listen and number the places. Colour the buildings.

There are lots of places in our town.

restaurant

supermarket

hospital

swimming pool

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What can we do in our town?

Think about it2 Look at the pictures. Where can you do these things?

3 Complete the to-do list with the correct words.

4 What do you do in our town? Tell a partner.

There are lots of things to do in our town.

What do you do in our town? I play in the park.

hospital

supermarket

restaurant

swimming pool

To-do listMonday: I play in the park.

Tuesday: I buy food at the .

Wednesday: I eat at a .

Thursday: I go to the  .

Friday: I swim at the .

Saturday: I stay at home.

Sunday: I go to the museum.

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How do you go to school?

1 Complete and label the pictures.

In our town we go to school by different means of transport.

car bike bus

Abi goes to school by bike.

Jeff goes to school by bus.

Kim walks to school.

Kelle goes to school by car.

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Land, air or sea?

2 Listen. Label air, land or sea.

Cars, buses and bikes go on the land. They use roads. Other forms of transport go in the air or on the sea.

car plane train

land air sea

bike boat bus

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Key words• air• land• sea• water

Where do we cross the road?

There are lots of streets in our town. Cars, buses, bikes and people use the streets.

Cars and buses drive on the road.

People walk on the pavement.

Traffic lights tell us when we can cross the road.

To cross the road, we use the pedestrian crossing.

1 Look at the picture. Draw a car and a person in the correct places.

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How do we cross the road?

We use the pedestrian crossing to cross the road. It is important to look at the lights before you walk.

Think about it2 Which behaviour is good? Which behaviour is bad?

Use your stickers.

We wait. We walk.

✓ ✖

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What is that sign?

Mini Lab

Bus and train behaviour book

1.   Travel on a bus or train. Draw the signs you see on pieces of paper.

2.  Share the signs with your class. What do the signs mean?3.  Staple the pieces of paper together to make a book.

You need• coloured pencils• stapler• white paper

Signs help us to keep safe.

pedestrian crossing

stop here no entry

1 Complete the sentences with can or cannot.

You ride your bike here.

You cros∫ the road here.

You walk here.

no bikes

no parking

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Towns of the world

There a lot of towns in the world. Some towns are very special.

Where can we go in our town?

2 Why is our town special? Talk to a partner.

• What is the name of our town?

• Where is our town?

• Where can we go in our town?

• What can we do in our town?

Think about it

We can go to the swimming pool.

You can windsurf in Dahab.

Whistler is in the mountains.

Portree has colourful buildings.Ávila has big walls.

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Check your progressVocabulary1 Complete with your stickers.

Concepts2 Complete.

3 Complete and colour the signs.

no bikesstop here

wait      pavement      walk      pedestrian

car bus plane train

• People walk on the .• We cros∫ the road at the crossing.• We when the light i∫ red.• We when the light i∫ green.

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My progress

How is my work?

4 Label the places.

Apply what you know5 Complete.

land air sea

MEANS OF TRANSPORT

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Road safety map contract1. Circle.

• We help / do not help each other.

• We share / do not share materials.

• We complete / do not complete the task.

2. Sign.

Partner A: 

Partner B: 

Make a road safety map1 Draw a street in your town. Include the signs,

pavements and crossings.

2 Work with a partner. Complete the contract.

Final task

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Task steps3 Follow the instructions to make

your road safety map.

You need• crayons• paper• plasticine• toothpicks

4 Join your road safety map with other groups.

Use toy cars and play figures to show the part of the street that people use and the part of the street that cars use.

•  Partner A draws a map on the cardboard. Include the pavement, roads and pedestrian crossings.

•  Partner B creates signs using plasticine and toothpicks. Place the signs on the map.

•  Both partners decorate the map. Add labels.

Present your road safety map to your class

• Describe your model.

• Point to the pedestrian crossings.

• Explain the meaning of the road signs.

Show and tell

Good luck!

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Name the planets of the Solar System.

Name the months of summer.

What are the movements of

the Earth?

Finish

1 Help the astronaut to go home.

Draw a rocket and use it as a counter.

2 In turns, move the counter to the next place.

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Name the parts of the day.

Name the phases of the Moon.

Name the provinces of Aragón.

What countries are on the Iberian

Peninsula?

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What is rotation?

How many autonomous communities are in Spain?

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Which is the capital city of Spain?

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What do you do in La Feria de Abril?

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Name a city with a high population.

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What is the name of this archipelago?

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3 Answer the question and go to the next place.

Learning Lab game

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Cut-outs

Cut-out

1st November is Day of the Dead in Mexico. People paint their faces. Make a skull mask!

•  Tie a piece of elastic to both sides and wear your mask!

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