Macmillan natural and social science prime 1

Contents Level Content Let’s investigate! All about me • Physical characteristics • My eyes • My hair Unit • • • • • • • Places in the school People at school The classroom Good behaviour What we at school School subjects In the playground • What’s in your classroom? • • • • • • • The picnic The five senses I can hear I can taste I can touch I can see My senses help me • What’s in the pots? Smell and find out! • • • • • • • I can move My body My joints My face Feelings Staying healthy Growing up • Can you move with no joints? • • • • • • • Family members My family Helping at home Families are different Where you live? The parts of a house Rooms in a house • Do you help at home? • • • • • • • At the market Fruit and vegetables Healthy food Food that’s good for me Food from plants and animals My meals Healthy habits • Where eggs come from? • • • • • • • Domestic animals Animal babies Wild animals Animal habitats Animals are different How animals move? Living and non-living things • What animals are around your school? My school Unit My senses Unit My body Unit My family Unit Food Unit Animals Content Unit Plants Unit Water and air Unit My neighbourhood Unit 10 Landscapes Unit 11 The Sun Unit 12 Materials Let’s investigate! • • • • • • In the garden What plants need Parts of a plant Plants in my environment We eat different parts of plants The life cycle of a plant • How plants grow? • How plants take in water? • • • • • • • Water is everywhere All living things need water Uses of water Air Wind The weather What’s the weather like? • What’s water like? • • • • • • Places Places in my neighbourhood People who help us Where you live? Transport Road safety • What you want to be? • What’s near your school? • • • • • • Inland and coast Inland and coastal landscapes The island Natural and man-made features of landscapes Coastal animals Safety at the coast • Is Spain an island? • Has Spain got any islands? • What natural and man-made features are near your school? • Is sea water salty? • • • • • • What’s in the sky? Day and night Nocturnal animals Protect yourself in the Sun! The seasons The calendar • • • • • • • • • • • In the kitchen What things are made of Is it waterproof? Properties of materials Transparent and opaque materials Objects made from more than one material Let’s recycle! • Is it waterproof? • Which materials float and which materials sink? What is the Sun? What shape is the Sun? Why we need the Sun? Why we have day and night? Contents Level Content Let’s investigate! What we already know • What you remember? Unit • • • • • • • My joints Our three body parts My skeleton Muscles Internal organs My senses What we can with our senses • What are bones like? • Investigate muscles • Does your heart beat faster when you exercise? • • • • • • • • The shopping list Food groups Health, growth and energy A healthy meal Five a day Stay healthy! Making bread Wheat, eggs and milk • Do you have balanced meals? • • • • • • • In the grasslands Animal habitats What animals eat? Which animals are mammals? All about mammals Birds Bird or mammal? • Which animals are herbivores, carnivores or omnivores? • • • • • • • • Animals that lay eggs Vertebrates and invertebrates Reptiles Amphibians Insects Invertebrates Fish Let’s classify animals! • What’s the life cycle of a frog like? • Investigate invertebrates that live around your school • What is a fish’s body like? • How fish breathe? • How fish move? • • • • • • • Plants and animals Parts of a plant Plants need soil Trees Evergreen and deciduous trees Seeds Life cycle of a plant • Do plants need soil to grow well? • Do plants need warmth to start to grow? • Which fruits have only one seed? Which have many seeds? • • • • • • Water The three forms of water The water cycle Water and land Look after the environment! All about air • Does water change? • Can you make a water cycle? • What can you move with air? The human body Unit Food Unit Animals Unit More animals Unit Plant life Unit Water, land and air Content Unit The Sun Unit The city Unit Materials Unit 10 Forces Unit 11 Electricity Unit 12 Time Let’s investigate! • • • • • • • The planetarium The Sun, the Earth and the moon The moon Day and night Sunrise, midday, sunset Why we have seasons? All about the seasons • Does the moon really change shape? • Investigate day and night • • • • • • • Buildings Public and private buildings Transport Road safety Safety rules Cities and villages People who help us • Do some roads have more traffic? • • • • • • • The new house Materials and their properties Properties of materials Magnetism Bend, twist, stretch, squash Natural and manufactured materials Heating and cooling materials • Which objects are magnetic? • Investigate bending, twisting, stretching and squashing materials • Investigate materials and temperature • Investigate ice and warmth • • • • • Push and pull How forces affect speed and direction Sources of light Shadows Sources of sound • How forces affect objects? • Investigate blowing the ball • Investigate how sound travels • • • • • • • Plug it in! Electrical appliances Electricity is dangerous! Save energy Mains or batteries? Machines Simple and complex machines • Investigate simple machines • • • • • • • The museum Measuring time Max’s busy day Timelines In the past Communication Transport in the past • What was the city like in the past? • Can you make a timeline? Contents Level Content Let’s investigate! Welcome to the Science Club Unit Living things Unit The senses Unit We can move Unit Animals Unit 1–4 Review Unit Plants Unit Habitats • Identifying living things • Life processes of living things • Life processes: People • Life processes: Animals • Reading: The rock pool • Writing: Living and non-living things near me • How plants interact? • • • • • How we use our senses We can see We can hear We can smell We can taste • • • • We can touch The nervous system Reading: A visit to the optician’s Writing: How I use my senses • How does the eye work? • • • • • How we move our body Bones: The skeleton Bones: Different types of bones What bones are made of Joints • • • • Muscles The muscles in our body Reading: The P.E class Writing: What my body needs • What happens if our bones don’t have enough calcium? • • • • Classifying animals Vertebrates Invertebrates How animals reproduce • • • • What animals eat? Animal coverings Reading: Animals in danger Writing: Animals in danger • What you know about insects? • • • • The life cycle of a plant We need plants Reading: A special plant Writing: My favourite tree • What types of leaves are there where you live? • Do seeds need soil to germinate? • Science Club Quiz • Science Challenge • • • • • Classifying plants Parts of plants Plants around us Identifying leaves Flowers • Where living things live • The Arctic region and savannahs • Deserts, tropical rainforests and temperate forests • Water habitats • Interaction in ecosystems • The food chain • Reading: A surprise under the sea • Writing: Protecting ecosystems • How does the food chain work? Content Unit Let’s investigate! • • • • • Where we find water Characteristics of air Wind Weather Freshwater • The water cycle • Reading: The drought • Writing: How I use and save water • Does air have weight? • What’s the wind speed, rainfall and temperature where you are? Landscapes • • • • • Different landscapes Mountain landscapes Flat landscapes Relief maps Rivers • • • • • • Can you make a relief map? Unit 5–8 • Science Club Quiz • Science Challenge Water and air on Earth Unit Review Unit The top layer of Earth Unit 10 Transport and communication Unit 11 Work Unit12 Where we live Unit 9–12 Review Coastal landscapes Coastal landscapes change Protecting coastal landscapes Reading: A trip down the river Writing: My local area • • • • Soil Soil layers Types of soil The soil ecosystem • Rocks and minerals • Reading: An amazing discovery • Writing: The soil where I live • How soil layers form? • • • • • • Transport Land transport Air and sea transport Private and public transport Personal communication Mass communication • • • • • What’s the most common form of transport in your class? • Do advertisements work? • The three job sectors • Primary sector: Arable farming • Primary sector: Livestock farming • Natural resources from the sea • Natural resources from the Earth • • • • • • Places Places change Services in a city Maps Reading: Lost! Writing: Where I live • Science Club Quiz • Science Challenge Computers and the internet Advertisements Reading: The Science Club blog Writing: My transport for the future • Secondary sector: Craft and industry • Tertiary sector: Providing a service • Reading: The Science Club volunteers • Writing: A job description • Which job sector most of your classmates’ families work in? • How can you help people find places in your school? Contents Level Content Let’s investigate! What we already know Unit • • • • • • • • Classifying food Nutrients A healthy, balanced diet The digestive system Teeth The excretory system Reading: Happy Birthday, Professor Eco! Writing: What did you eat yesterday? • How does the digestive system work? • • • • • • • Growing up The circulatory system and the heart The respiratory system and the lungs The reproductive system How we’re born Reading: Yousef’s surprise Writing: Growing up • How does the heart work? • How we breathe? • • • • • • • Mammals Birds Fish and amphibians Invertebrates Reptiles Reading: The invertebrates hunt! Writing: Animals in my environment • Which animals live near you? Plants around us Pollination and fertilisation How plants make their own food Reading: The beehives Writing: Pollination • How does photosynthesis work? Plants • • • • • Units 1–4 • Science Club Quiz • Science Challenge Food and nutrition Unit Our body Unit Animals Unit Review Unit Our planet Unit Energy • • • • • • • • The solar system The Earth’s moon The Earth’s rotation and orbit Our planet The Earth’s year Climate on Earth Reading: The solar eclipse Writing: The climate where I live • Why does the Earth have different seasons? • • • • • • Forms of energy Light Sound Renewable and non-renewable energy Reading: The world of mirrors Writing: How I use energy • Do hot things contain more energy than cold things? • How does light interact with an object? • Why shadows change shape? Content Unit Machines Unit Matter Units 5–8 Review Unit Living together Unit 10 Our country Unit 11 Population Unit 12 History Units 9–12 Review Let’s investigate! • • • • • • We need machines Simple machines Complex machines How a complex machine works Reading: The Science Fair Writing: An important invention • How does a pulley work? • • • • • • • • Matter is all around us Changes in matter Mixtures Properties of materials Natural and manufactured materials The three Rs Reading: The Science Club recycling centre Writing: Materials around me • What chemical change can happen to an apple? • Can you separate the substances in a heterogeneous mixture? • What solids form a homogeneous mixture with water? • Science Club Quiz • Science Challenge • • • • • • • • The school community The area where we live Emergency services Provinces and Autonomous Communities The organisation of Autonomous Communities Autonomous Communities are different Reading: The forest fire Writing: My letter to the Mayor • Find out about your Autonomous Community • • • • • • We live in a democracy The organisation of Spain The geography of Spain Reading a relief map Reading: The volcano Writing: My Autonomous Community • How can you elect a Class President? • • • • • Classifying population Population changes A growing population Reading: A new pupil Writing: Create a class census • How can you classify the population of your household? • • • • • • • • Changing times Prehistory Ancient history The Middle Ages The Modern Age The Contemporary Age Reading: Treasure! Reading: A building from the past • Do you know about these important people in history? • Science Club Quiz • Science Challenge Level Contents Content Let’s investigate! The Science Investigator Unit • • • • • • • What are living things? The life processes of living things Cells How are living things organised? How are living things classified? Reading: The Science Investigators – A bad smell! Writing: Science Investigators’ report – A living thing • Respiration Unit • • • • • • • Plants What are the characteristics of plants? What different parts of plants do? Plant nutrition Flowering plant reproduction Reading: Amazing Science – Seeds Writing: Science Investigators’ report – A plant • Plant interaction • Asexual reproduction Unit • • • • • • • Vertebrates Invertebrates Animal nutrition Animal reproduction What are animal adaptations? Reading: The Science Investigators – A surprise in the garden Writing: Science Investigators’ report – An animal fact file • Animal respiration Unit • • • • • • • • Being healthy The digestive system The excretory system The respiratory system The circulatory system The heart Reading: Amazing Science – Viruses Writing: Science Investigators’ presentation – A famous scientist • Heart rate and exercise Units 1–4 • Science Investigators’ Definitions • Science Investigator’s Challenge Unit • • • • • • • The three states of matter What is matter? What is a physical change? What is a chemical change? Mixtures Reading: The Science Investigators – The three Rs Writing: Science Investigators’ report – Recycling • Chemical change • Mass and volume Unit • • • • • • • • The blue planet The three layers of the Earth What is the atmosphere? What is the geosphere? What are rocks and minerals? What is the hydrosphere? Reading: Amazing Science – Water Writing: Science Investigators’ report – Water I use • How to clean water Living things The Plant Kingdom The Animal Kingdom The human body Review Matter The Earth Content Let’s investigate! Unit • • • • • • • • World climate What can influence climate? Climate zones of Spain Extreme weather and natural disasters Wild weather Climate change Reading: The Science Investigators – The school trip Writing: Science Investigators’ report – A weather forecast • How green are you? Unit • • • • • • Different landscapes Landforms Volcanoes Earthquakes Reading: Amazing Science – National Parks Writing: Science Investigators’ presentation – National Parks • How landforms are made Units 5–8 • Science Investigators’ Definitions • Science Investigator’s Challenge Unit • • • • • • What is population? Our changing population Rural and urban populations Spain’s population Reading: The Science Investigators – E-pal Writing: Science Investigators’ report – Where I live Unit 10 • • • • • • • Economic sectors The primary sector The secondary sector The tertiary sector Tourism Reading: Amazing Science – Volunteering Writing: Science Investigators’ report – Jobs Unit 11 • • • • • • • • Prehistory and ancient history The Palaeolithic period The Neolithic period The ancient civilisations The Ancient World in Spain The Romans in Spain Reading: The Science Investigators – At the history museum Writing: Science Investigators’ report – A visit to a museum Unit 12 • • • • • • • • Medieval civilisations The fall of the Roman Empire Al-Andalus The unification of Spain Medieval society Medieval cities Reading: Amazing Science – Life in medieval times Writing: Science Investigators’ project – A medieval board game Units 9–12 • Science Investigators’ Definitions • Science Investigator’s Challenge Climate and the weather Landscapes Review Population Work Early history The Middle Ages Review • Statistics Level Contents Content Let’s investigate! What we already know Unit • • • • • • • World biomes Interaction in ecosystems Food chains and food webs Ecosystems, the environment and humans Protecting the environment Reading: The Science Investigators – Under the sea Writing: Science Investigators’ report – The ecosystem of La Serra de Tramuntana Unit • • • • • • • • Animal reproduction Human reproductive systems Fertilisation Pregnancy Birth Childhood and adolescence Reading: Amazing Science – Amazing animals Writing: Science Investigators’ report – The Siberian tiger • How strong are birds' eggs? Unit • • • • • • • • The locomotor system The skeleton Joints Muscles The nervous system The nervous system and the senses Reading: The Science Investigators – Alex's amazing brain Writing: Science Investigators’ report – Stay safe when you skate • How fingers move Unit • • • • • • • • Forms of energy Thermal energy Effects of thermal energy Light energy Reflection and refraction Sound energy Reading: Amazing Science – Great discoveries Writing: Science Investigators’ report – Sir Isaac Newton • Light and thermal energy Units 1–4 • Science Investigators’ Definitions • Science Investigator’s Challenge Unit • • • • • • • Transporting electricity Static electricity Current electricity Magnetism Sources of energy Reading: The Science Investigators – Lost on the mountain Writing: Science Investigators’ design – My Eco-house • Electromagnets Unit • • • • • • • • Simple machines Forces Machines and energy Complex machines Technology in our daily lives Computers Reading: Amazing Science – Leonardo’s machines Writing: Science Investigators’ report – Hole punch • Gears Ecosystems Reproduction The human body Energy Review Electricity and magnetism Machines Content Unit • • • • • • • Earth The Earth and the moon Stars, constellations and galaxies Planets in the solar system Asteroids, comets and meteoroids Reading: The Science Investigators – At the space exhibition Writing: Science Investigators’ report – Planet fact file Unit • • • • • • The Spanish territory Relief Coastlines and islands Rivers Reading: Amazing Science – The Wild West Writing: Science Investigators’ report – Amazing landscapes of Spain Units 5–8 • Science Investigators’ Definitions • Science Investigator’s Challenge Unit • • • • • The Spanish Constitution The organisation of Spain Autonomous Communities Reading: The Science Investigators – The class vote Writing: Science Investigators’ manifesto – Science Investigators' party manifesto Unit 10 • • • • • • • Europe The European Union Members of the European Union Work and population in Europe Diversity in the European Union Reading: The Science Investigators – Learning together Writing: Science Investigators’ email – A famous city Unit 11 • • • • • • • • • The age of discovery Spain in 1492 Discovery of the Americas Spain in the 16th century Spain in the 17th century The Golden Age Spain in the 18th century Reading: The Science Investigators – Aztec chocolate Writing: Science Investigators’ recipe – Aztec chocolate drink Unit 12 The Contemporary Age • • • • • • • • Progress Spain in the 19th century Social changes in the 19th century Spain in the early 20th century Spain in the late 20th century A time of peace Reading: The Science Investigators – My oral history project Writing: Science Investigators’ oral presentation – Interview Units 9–12 • Science Investigators’ Definitions • Science Investigator’s Challenge The Earth and the solar system Landscapes Review Democracy in Spain Europe and the EU The Modern Age Review Let’s investigate! • The solar system ... • Inland and coast Inland and coastal landscapes The island Natural and man-made features of landscapes Coastal animals Safety at the coast • Is Spain an island? • Has Spain got any islands?... 5–8 • Science Club Quiz • Science Challenge Water and air on Earth Unit Review Unit The top layer of Earth Unit 10 Transport and communication Unit 11 Work Unit12 Where we live Unit 9? ?12 Review... Water, land and air Content Unit The Sun Unit The city Unit Materials Unit 10 Forces Unit 11 Electricity Unit 12 Time Let’s investigate! • • • • • • • The planetarium The Sun, the Earth and the