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Social Science

TEACHER’S RESOURCE BOOK

Social Science 2 is a collective work, conceived, designed and created by the Primary Education department at Santillana, under the supervision

of Teresa Grence Ruiz

TEACHER’S RESOURCE BOOK

Nombre Fecha

Contents Introduction III Worksheets Reinforcement 6

Extension 26

Assessment 46

Investigate 66

Science songs 76

Answer keys 82

Social Science 2 Teacher’s Resource Book provides a wide variety of photocopiable worksheets designed to broaden and reinforce the concepts covered in the Social Science 2 Student’s Book and Social Science 2 Teacher’s Book

The worksheets allow a flexible approach in the classroom Students in the same class can be given different worksheets according to their level: stronger students can expand on the material learnt in class, and students needing more support can use the worksheets to revise when necessary Students can also work together to complete the tasks Teachers with more contact hours can use the photocopiable materials as and when they need to They can be used for revision purposes, for extension practice, as progress tests, for assessment or for homework There are five categories of worksheets:

Reinforcement, Extension, Assessment, Investigate and Science songs Answer keys are provided at the back of the book

Reinforcement and Extension

worksheets

The Reinforcement and Extension

worksheets are a flexible tool which can be

used after the relevant sections of the

Student’s Book

Depending on the level of the students, they

can complete the worksheets with or without

consulting their Student’s Book, in the

classroom or at home.

There are ten double-page Reinforcement

worksheets They are designed to provide

additional support for students in need of

further practice.

There are ten double-page Extension

worksheets They can be used for fast

finishers or to further expand on the material

covered in class.

There are ten double-page Assessment worksheets per unit These worksheets can be given to students once the unit has been completed, to evaluate progress

or as a revision test.

Assessment worksheets

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REINFORCEMENT REINFORCEMENT

Where we live Where we live Where we live

1 What are their jobs? Match.

sports teachers street cleaners

taxi driver police officers

2 Read the rules for the public swimming pool Then, write the numbers.

3 What do good neighbours do? Colour.

help each other shout at each other respect the rules

1 Read and match Then, write city or village.

2 Read the definitions and write.

Head of the local council Members of the local council The building where the local council works

3 Who organizes the public services in a local council? Tick ( ✓ ).

Many people live here The buildings are tall and the streets are wide There is a lot

of traffic.

The Splash POOL RULES

1 Wear pool shoes.

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EXTENSION

Where we live Where we live

EXTENSION

Andrea loves her neighbourhood!

She likes it because there are many trees and a park near her house

There is a playground in the park where she plays with her friends.

There are many different shops to buy things, too Andrea loves shopping!

Her neighbourhood is very clean

Andrea always throws her rubbish

in the bin.

It is a very quiet neighbourhood

There is little traffic, and it is safe to walk down the street There are also buses that go to the city centre.

But most of all, Andrea loves her neighbourhood because she knows most of her neighbours They say hello to her when she walks by.

1 Read and answer the questions.

What is there near Andrea’s house?

Who does she play with in the park?

Is there a lot of traffic in her neighbourhood?

Where does she put the rubbish?

What do her neighbours say to her?

1 Complete each text with the correct words.

small buildings tall buildings many inhabitantsnarrow streets few inhabitants wide streets

T™ổ plaâổ w™eđổ I li√ả ifi

ồ citƠ ∫±cauòổ t™eđổ ađổ

T™ổ plaâổ w™eđổ I li√ả ifi

ồ villa@ổ ∫±cauòổ t™eđổ ađổ

.

2 Read and circle the correct words.

A local council / town hall is the local government of a village or a city

It is made up of the firefighters / councillors and the school teacher / mayor The police / local council organizes the public services The local library /

town hall is the building where the local council works It is usually

in the main square of the town.

Where we live Where we live

ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT

1 What do they do? Match.

2 Where do local councillors work? Colour.

3 Are you a good neighbour? Tick ( ✓ ).

I use the rubbish bins.

I shout in the streets.

I respect traffic signs.

I look after public spaces.

I play football on the pavement.

1 Write sentences about villages and cities Use the words in brackets.

3 Write T (true) or F (false).

Every village and city has got a local council

Police officers organize public services

The local council is made up of the councillors and the mayor

The members of the local council work in the town hall

I take care of plants

in parks.

I keep the city clean.

My work is to keep

the city safe.

public workers

mayor and councillors

They do jobs for the community

They organize public services.

local council town hall police station library

Worksheets

Science songs worksheets

There are four Science songs worksheets to complement the songs recorded on the Class Audio CD The songs can

be used with these worksheets or played as background music while students work in class.

Answer keys

They are provided at the back of this Teacher’s Resource Book.

Investigate worksheets

The ten Investigate worksheets provide additional opportunities

for students to carry out simple investigative tasks either in the

What do you celebrate?

Do you eat special foods?

are there sports activities?

1 Listen to the song and number.

Open the door.

Think of your neighbours.

Smile at your neighbours.

Play with your friends.

Say please and thank you.

Share your toys.

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WHERE WE LIVE Page 6

1 Read and match Then, write city or

village (Ss match the first text to the picture of the village and the second text to the picture of the city.) pictures, top to bottom:

city; village.

2 Read the definitions and write.

Head of the local council → mayor.

Members of the local council → councillors.

The building where the local council works → town hall.

3 Who organizes the public services in

a local council? Tick (✓).

The councillors and the mayor.

Page 7

1 What are their jobs? Match.

clockwise, from top left: police officers;

taxi driver; street cleaners; sports teachers.

2 Read the rules for the public swimming pool Then, write the numbers.

clockwise, from top left: 1; 3; 2; 4.

3 What do good neighbours do?

Colour.

(Ss colour help each other and respect

the rules.)

JOBS Page 8

1 Classify the raw materials and the manufactured products.

raw materials → gold; cotton; wood.

manufactured products → bracelet;

thread; table.

2 Read and complete the sentences.

A farmer grows plants.

A miner gets rocks and minerals from the ground.

An animal farmer raises animals.

A fisherman catches fish and seafood.

primary sector → woodcutter; fisherman

Model Answer (M.A.): farmer.

secondary sector → baker; carpenter

M.A.: sculptor.

services → doctor; shop assistant

M.A.: street cleaner.

TRAVEL AND COMMUNICATION Page 10

1 Classify these types of transport.

public → bus; plane; ship.

individual → motorcycle; car; bicycle.

REINFORCEMENT

Answer keys

Where we live

1 Read and match Then, write city or village.

2 Read the definitions and write

Head of the local council

Members of the local council

The building where the

local council works

3 Who organizes the public services in a local council? Tick (✓)

The neighbours

The councillors and the mayor

The police

The gardeners

A few people live here The

buildings are small, the streets

are not very wide and there is

little traffic

Many people live here The

buildings are tall and the

streets are wide There is a lot

of traffic

2 Read the rules for the public swimming pool Then, write the numbers.

3 What do good neighbours do? Colour

Name Date

Jobs

REINFORCEMENT

1 Classify the raw materials and the manufactured products

bracelet gold cotton thread wood tableraw materials

manufactured

products

2 Read and complete the sentences

farmer fisherman animal farmer miner

Name Date

Jobs

REINFORCEMENT

1 Circle the workers who make manufactured products

2 Read and write the numbers

1 Shops are small They often sell one type of product

2 Supermarkets are large They sell many different products

3 Shopping centres are large buildings with many shops

3 Classify the jobs Then, add one more to each sector

baker doctor woodcutter shop assistant carpenter fisherman

primary sector

secondary sector

services

Travel and communication

1 Classify these types of transport

public

individual

2 Complete the sentences

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W™e> ∑ả ađổ i> ồ cađ, ∑ả mus† alwayfi fas†e>

Travel and communication

1 Why do we use different types of communication? Tick (✓)

To get information

To travel from one place to another

To stay in touch with other people

To be entertained

To get rocks and minerals from the ground

2 Use the colour key to circle the types of communication

3 Write the names of the devices

Water and air

1 What is the state of the water in each picture? Write

2 Read and complete

heated gaseous cooled solid

3 Match

Sea waterWater in rivers and lakes

is fresh water

is salty

4 What water can we drink? Tick (✓)

Water and air

1 Look and complete the water cycle

rain evaporates clouds move sea

4 T™æ rai> gø±fi into ri√±rfi T™æ ri√±rfi flow into

2 Write T (true) or F (false).

Oxygen is one of the gases in air

Wind is moving air

Not all living things need oxygen to breathe

Air has a fixed shape

2 What are these weather instruments? Match and write.

Circle the instrument that helps us measure the amount of rain

3 What do these weather symbols mean? Write

The weather

1 Read and complete the text

2 What is climate? Read and tick (✓)

The state of the atmosphere at a particular time and place

The weather in a particular place over a long period of time

3 What is the climate like in these areas? Read and write the number

Landscapes

1 Look and write

2 Use the colour key to circle the words

valley village road plateau farm lighthouse river cape hill bridge

3 Read and write high land or low land.

T™æ coas† ifi lan∂ >ea® t™æ ßeå

wit™ ∫±ac™efi o£ san∂ an∂

wit™ rock¥ cli‡‡fi.

3 What are rivers like in these landscapes? Match

rivers here are wide and carry a lot of water The course is full of meanders

here, the rivers meet the sea at the mouth

In the mountains

On the plains

On the coast

2 Label the picture.

night Earth day Sun

3 Why is there day and night? Tick (✓)

Because the Earth moves around the Sun

Because the Earth spins round like a top

The Universe

1 Look and answer

How long does the Earth take

to spin round?

How long does the Earth take to move around the Sun?

2 Label the planets in the solar system

Venus Mercury Earth Neptune Jupiter Mars Uranus Saturn

3 Write the names of the phases of the moon

SOUTH AMERICA

OCEANIA

PACIFIC

OCEAN

INDIAN OCEAN

ATLANTIC OCEAN

W

and a globe show the oceans and the continents shows parts of a city or a village.

2 Tick (✓) the true statements about minerals and rocks

Rocks are made up of minerals

All minerals are hard and shiny

Rocks make up the continents and islands

Rocks are the solid part of the Earth

3 Which compass point shows the direction of the rising Sun? Colour

North

4 Read and match

A compass

A compass rose

shows the compass points

shows the direction of the setting Sun shows us which direction we are facing

on the Earth

2 Read and tick (✓) the correct options.

What do we measure with a calendar?

3 Read and complete the sentences with the words day, week or year.

4 Write the months of the year that are missing

October

In the first picture, the village is very small There isn’t a castle.

Now, put the pictures in order Write 1, 2 and 3.

3 Read and match

places where we can see old objects important buildings or sculptures old customs that people practise over time

Traditions

Monuments

Museums

Our country

1 Write the names of the Spanish territories

Ceuta Iberian Peninsula Canary Islands Melilla Balearic Islands

2 What are the borders of Spain? Complete the sentences

3 Which continent is Spain in? Colour

Our country

1 Read and write T (true) or F (false) Then, correct the false sentence.

Spain is divided into 17 autonomous communities

Each autonomous community has only one province

There are two autonomous cities

The capital of Spain is Madrid

2 Write about where you live

Write the name and province of your city or village

Which autonomous community is it in?

What is the capital city of your autonomous community?

3 Which is the Spanish city with the highest population? Colour

Barcelona

4 Match the word immigrants to the correct definition.

People who come to live and work in a country

People visiting a country for their holidays

Name Date

Where we live

EXTENSION

Andrea loves her neighbourhood!

She likes it because there are many

trees and a park near her house

There is a playground in the park

where she plays with her friends

There are many different shops to buy

things, too Andrea loves shopping!

Her neighbourhood is very clean

Andrea always throws her rubbish

in the bin

It is a very quiet neighbourhood

There is little traffic, and it is safe to

walk down the street There are also

buses that go to the city centre

But most of all, Andrea loves her

neighbourhood because she knows

most of her neighbours They say

hello to her when she walks by

1 Read and answer the questions

What is there near Andrea’s house?

Who does she play with in the park?

Is there a lot of traffic in her neighbourhood?

Where does she put the rubbish?

What do her neighbours say to her?

ồ citƠ ∫±cauòổ t™eđổ ađổ

.

ồ villa@ổ ∫±cauòổ t™eđổ ađổ

.

2 Read and circle the correct words

A local council / town hall is the local government of a village or a city

It is made up of the firefighters / councillors and the school teacher / mayor The police / local council organizes the public services The local library /

town hall is the building where the local council works It is usually

in the main square of the town

Name Date

EXTENSION

Jobs

2 Read the text again and answer the questions

Where does sugar in sweets come from?

What is sugar mixed with to make sweets?

A sweet story

Do you like sweets? Do you know that the sugar in sweets

comes from sugar beet?

Let’s see how sweets are made!

First, a farmer grows sugar beet and sells

it to a sugar factory

The sugar beet travels in a big lorry When

it arrives at the sugar factory, a factory

worker grinds it to extract all the sugar

The sugar manufacturer sells the sugar to

another factory There, the sugar is mixed

with different fruit flavours Sweets are

made with the new mixture

Finally, the sweets travel in a big lorry

to a sweet shop The shop assistant puts

them in huge jars and places them in the

window for everyone to see, and buy!

1 Circle Use the key

SUGAR

2 Read and write the correct number

craft workersfactory workers

Name Date

EXTENSION

Travel and communication

Unusual means of transport

Bangkok is a large city in Thailand People

get around on the same means of transport

as in other big cities: buses, taxis, trains

and underground

Bangkok has a large river and many canals Many people travel around the city on the river There are ferries, express boats and water-taxis A water-taxi is like a bus It stops along the river and canals to pick up passengers

A samlor is a type of taxi It is a tricycle with

a seat at the back to carry people

A tuk-tuk is a small taxi It looks like a cross

between a motorcycle and a van The name

comes from the noise the tuk-tuk makes

1 Read the definitions and match

A small taxi which looks like a cross between a motorcycle

2 How are samlors and tuk-tuks different? How are they similar? Write

different

similar

Travel and communication

1 Read and draw

A type of communication that…

A type of communication that…

uses sound

2 Read and complete the text

accidents signs rules lights elderly transport disabled

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Vehic¬efi an∂ πe∂estrianfi mus† ®esπec† traffi©

B<ußefi, trainfi an∂ t™æ un∂ergroun∂

o> publi© transpor†, ∑¶ mus† ®esπec† t™æ ßeatfi

Name Date

EXTENSION

Water and air

Geysers and icebergs

Geysers are jets of hot water and steam coming

out from underneath the ground Most of

them are found in volcanic areas like Iceland,

or Yellowstone Park in the United States

Groundwater in such areas reaches very high

temperatures and erupts at high speed

Icebergs are huge chunks of ice floating in the

ocean What you see is just the tip of the iceberg!

The biggest part is hidden under the water

Icebergs can be very dangerous for ships

The Titanic, a famous ship, sank in 1912 after

colliding with an iceberg

1 Answer the questions

Where can you find geysers?

Why can icebergs be dangerous for ships?

What do geysers and icebergs have in common? Tick (✓)

2 Colour the characteristics of icebergs in blue and of geysers in red

Water and air

1 What is water like? Tick (✓) Then, complete the sentence

2 Read the clues and match

3 Read and correct the sentences

Groundwater collects in the sea

The clouds release water as vapour

Sea water is sweet

Oxygen is the only gas in air

Air is in the sky

The weather

Mountains in the mist

Have you ever been to the Canary Islands? The

climate there is hot and it rains very little In

spite of this, there are beautiful green forests on

some of the islands

Winds from the east, called trade winds, bring

clouds from the sea The clouds reach the

mountains of the Canary Islands These clouds don’t release rain but they produce a thick mist that covers the plains and the valleys The trees, the plants and the ground get very wet The drops of water collect on leaves and fall to the ground They form little streams that water the plants And that’s how it is possible to find a big forest in a place with little rain

1 Read and answer the questions

What is the climate like in the Canary Islands?

What are trade winds?

What happens when the clouds reach the mountains?

What do the drops of water form? Tick (✓)

2 Unscramble the words related to weather Write

The weather

1 Choose the correct words and complete the text

snow gale precipitation rain gauge weather vane

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THE WEATHER TODAY

It is sunny and hot in Seville It is stormy in Barcelona It is very cloudy

in Madrid It is raining in A Coruña and Bilbao

Landscapes

A crater lake

My friend John sent me a postcard from the Philippines

He is visiting his grandparents there

The postcard is a picture of Taal Lake This is a big

lake in Luzon, one of the Philippine Islands

In the middle of Taal Lake, there is a volcano! It is known

as Volcano Island Inside its crater there is another lake,

and in the middle, another island, called Vulcan Point

This is the most amazing landscape that I have ever seen!

I wish I could fly to the Philippines and visit it!

1 Write T (true) or F (false) Then, correct the false sentences.

The postcard is a picture of Baikal Lake

Taal Lake is in Taipur, one of the Philippine Islands

The island in Taal Lake is a volcano

The island inside the volcano crater is called Vulcan Point

2 What is an island? Tick (✓)

A piece of land that is completely surrounded by water

A piece of land that sticks out into the sea

3 What is a lake? Tick (✓)

A body of fresh water or salt water surrounded by land

A piece of land completely surrounded by water

2 Read about the different types of landscapes and write the numbers

1 This is a flat landscape Sometimes there are low hills There are also farms and crops Villages and towns are connected by roads and railways

2 This land is near the sea There are beaches, cliffs and capes There are also man-made features like ports and lighthouses

3 This is a high land area There are mountains, valleys and plateaus The

roads are winding and narrow, with tunnels

The Universe

Europa: Jupiter’s moon

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar

system It is much bigger than the Earth

It has got 67 moons

One of the moons of Jupiter is called

Europa Europa is not like the Earth’s

Moon It is much smaller It hasn’t got

many craters, nor many mountains

Europa looks white because it is covered

with a thick layer of ice The surface has

got reddish lines and patches These are

deep cracks in the ice

Underneath the ice, there is an ocean This

ocean covers the entire surface of Europa That is why we call it

the watery moon!

1 Read the text Then, match

Jupiter Moon Europa Earth

2 Write T (true) or F (false).

Europa is smaller than the Earth

Jupiter is much bigger than the Earth

The Earth has got three satellites and Jupiter has got thirteen

A thick layer of ice covers Jupiter’s surface

Planets

Satellites