1º EDUCACIÓN PRIMARIA. NATURAL SCIENCE. UNIT 4: AN ANIMAL WORLD

This unit bring the world of animals to pupils providing them respect and care attitudes. Students will discover how to diferentiate each group of animals whilst learning the main characteristics of each group: fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, birds and insects.


Our main objects are:

1. Learn the main characteristics of dinosaurs.

2. Differentiate between vertebrate (with bones) and invertebrate (without bones) animals.

3. Identify the different types of vertebrate animals: mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and amphibians.

4. Learn the main characteristics of mammals, birds and reptiles.

5. Learn the characteristics of fish and amphibians and establish the difference between them.

6. Encourage respect for and interest in other living things.

MAIN VOCABULARY:
- Dinosaurs: horns, jaw, claws, tail, legs, T-Rex
- Fish: scales, fins, gills, tail, shark, clownfish, sardine.
- Amphibians: moist skin, frog (egg, tapdole) toad, salamander.
- Reptiles: dry skin, scales, lizard, crocodile, turtle, snake.
- Birds: beak, wings, feathers, legs, ostrich, parrot, penguin, swan, eagle.
- Mammals: fur, claws, legs, bear, whale, seal, sea lion...
- Insects: antennae, wings, abdomen, thorax, ladybird, butterfly.
- Vertebrate, invertebrate, bones.
- Viviparous, oviparous,
- Swimn, slithers, walk, fly.

Have a look at these interseting videos!:

 ANIMALS:



BABY SHARK:

 LIFE CYCLE OF A FROG:

LIFE CYCLE OF A BUTTERFLY:

1º EDUCACIÓN PRIMARIA. SOCIAL SCIENCE. UNIT 3: WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE?

En esta unidad, los alumnos/as aprenderán algunas caracteristicas del aire y el agua, así como los principales fenómenos atmosféricos relacionados a estos.

Nuestros principales objetivos son:
- Conocer las principales características del agua y el aire.
- Diferenciar los fenomenos meteorológicos y describir alguas sensaciones que éstos producen en el cuerpo.
- Incorporar vocabulario nuevo relacionado con el tiempo atmosférico.
- Trabajar la sucesión de estaciones del año.
- Conocer algunas acciones humanas que contaminan el aire y el agua.
- Hacer un uso responsable del agua dulce por ser un bien escaso.

VOCABULARIO
- Air, wind, water, steam, ice, liquid water.
- It's Sunny, cloudy, rainy, stormy, windy, snowy, foggy, hot, cold, wet, dry.
- Winter, spring, summer, autumn.

Aquí podeis ver la canción How's the Weather?
 

Y aquí teneis otra canción sobre las estaciones: Seasons

 

2º EDUCACIÓN. NATURAL SCIENCE. UNIT 3: A TRIP AROUD THE HUMAN BODY. PRIMARIA.

In this unit, students will learn about how their body works, its component parts and the function of those parts.

 Our main objects are:
- Identify the five senses (sight hearing taste, touch and smell) and relate them to their organs.
- Know the main bones and muscles of the body, and match the with the musculoskeletal system.
- Know the organs and functions of the respiratory, circulatory and digestive system.
- Know the vital function of living things: nutrition, interaction and reproduction.
- Learn to accept and appreciate their own qualities and those of their classmates.

KEY VOCABULARY
- Vital functions: interaction, nutrition, reprodution.
- The five senses: sight-eyes, hearing-ears, smell-nose, taste-tongue, touch-skin.
- Digestive system: eat-chew, teeth, stomach, intestines.
- Respiratory:  breathe, nose, lungs.
- Circulatory system: blood, heart.
- Muscles: biceps, gluteus, calf muscle, pectorals, abdominals.
- Bones: skull, ribs, spinal column, pelvis, humerus, femur.

Now, look at these videos:
 The disgestive system

 The respiratory system

The 5 senses