2 Natural Science
Natural Science 2 Learning Lab is a collective work,
conceived, designed and created by the Primary
Education department at Santillana, under the
supervision of Teresa Grence.
WRITERS
Laura Díaz
Elen Evans
Fiona Elvin
Ronald H. Green
Alejandro de las Heras
Gemma Murillo
Jenny Rohd-Thomsen
SCIENCE CONSULTANT
Belén Garrido
ILLUSTRATIONS
Silvia Ortega
Manuel Porta
EDITOR
Michele C. Guerrini
PROOFREADERS
Soo Hamilton
Virginia R. Mitchell
DIGITAL EDITOR
Marcos Blanco
MANAGING EDITOR
Sheila Tourle
BILINGUAL PROJECT COORDINATION
Margarita España
Contents
Be a scientist!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1 My body. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Food and health. . . . . . . . . . . 20
Learning Lab game. . . . . . 34
3 Animals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4 Plants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Learning Lab game. . . . . . . 64
5 Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
6 Machines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Learning Lab game. . . . . . 96
Cut-outs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Food pyramid
Animal finger puppets
Paper spinners
Be a scientist!
Scientists ask questions
Who? When?
What? Where?
Why? How many?
Observe
1 What questions can you ask about these animals?
A B C
2 Choose one of the animals. Write two questions.
What ?
Where ?
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Scientists find answers
3 Can you find the answers to your questions? Write A, B or C.
It is a baboon. It is a squirrel. It is a dog.
It lives in the It lives in the It lives with
jungle. wood. people.
It is a cat. It is a rabbit.
It lives with It lives in the
people. wood.
Think about it
4 Which ones are wild animals?
Scientists make reports
Name: hippopotamus.
Habitat: lakes and rivers.
Facts:
The hippopotamus likes water.
It eats grass.
It can be dangerous.
Do not go near a hippo!
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1 My body
What do you know about the body?
A B C
D E
Observe
1 Look at the photos. Tell your partner.
smell flowers eat an ice cream feel a dog’s fur
listen to music watch TV
Let’s rap!
What do you use to smell flowers? What do I use?
My nose.
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What are some parts of your body?
head arm fingers
A B C
leg hand thumb foot toes
Think about it
2 Point and say. Tell your partner.
Is this my head? Yes or no?
Yes.
Final task
Are these my fingers? Yes or no? Make a poster about
No. protecting your body.
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What is your body made up of?
head upper limbs arm bone skull
spine ribs
trunk
lower limbs pelvis leg bone
Your body is made up of bones and muscles.
Bones form your skeleton and muscles help you to move.
1 Listen and say the part of the body.
Observe
2 Touch and say. Tell your partner.
head upper limbs lower limbs trunk
Touch your upper limbs. What bones are there?
My arm bones.
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1
Compare
3 Draw the missing bones. Write. Then, tell your partner.
arm bone leg bone pelvis ribs skull spine
A B
What's missing in A?
The spine.
Think about it
4 Classify. Where are these bones? Write.
arm bones leg bones pelvis ribs skull spine
Head Upper limbs Trunk Lower limbs
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What are muscles for?
arm muscles leg muscles biceps triceps
Muscles are under our skin and Some muscles work in pairs. When
cover our bones. They help our body one muscle contracts, the other
to move. one relaxes.
Observe
1 Read and circle.
A. My muscles help my body to move / sleep.
B. My arm muscles work alone / in pairs.
C. When the biceps contracts, the triceps relaxes / contracts.
2 Contract and relax your arm muscles. Work in pairs.
How does it feel?
Hard or soft? Hard.
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1
What are joints for?
neck jaw
elbow shoulder
hip wrist
ankle knee
A joint is where two bones meet. Your body bends
at the joints. They help you to move.
3 Listen and put your stickers in the right order.
1 2 3 4
Think about it
4 Which joint? Move your body. Then, complete.
A. M¬y move∫ my head.
B. M¬y move∫ my hand.
C. M¬y move∫ my foot.
D. M¬y move∫ my mouth.
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How does your body change?
We grow and change.
There are five stages.
baby child teenager adult elderly person
1 Read and trace.
When we are born, we are babie∫ .
Bƒabie∫ become children .
©hildren become teenager∫ .
Teenager∫ become adult∫ .
Finally, we become elderly people .
2 Listen and number.
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1
Compare
3 Describe people. Write the stage.
A. Your teacher: adult
B. Your grandparent∫:
C. A brother or sister:
Mini Lab
Make a poster of yourself
You need
• Stick your photos on the card.
• Write a title for each photo:
Me as a baby. Me as a child.
• Imagine yourself as a teenager.
Draw a picture.
• Describe yourself as a teenager.
Tell your partner.
M er
e as
a teenag
I am short.
I have long hair.
I have small hands.
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How do we know the world?
sight
hearing
smell
touch
taste
We have five senses. They provide information about our environment.
1 What senses do you use? Tell your partner.
enjoy an apple listen to music smell food
feel something watch TV
What do you use to enjoy an apple?
Taste.
Think about it
2 What senses are involved?
A. You cannot taste food when you have a cold.
B. You cannot see well in the dark.
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1
How are babies born?
Men and women reproduce. They have children.
The baby grows inside the mother’s womb.
After nine months, the baby is born.
Newborn babies drink milk from their mother.
3 Listen and number the stages.
A B C
4 Write T true or F false.
A. People are born from their mother's womb.
B. Babies are born after six months.
C. Newborn babies do not drink milk from their mother.
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Check your progress
Vocabulary
1 Look and circle the correct word.
A B C D
ribs spine arm bones bones
skull pelvis leg bones muscles
Concepts
2 Read and write.
muscles bones joint
A. The skeleton i∫ made up of .
B. A i∫ where two bone∫ meet.
C. help the skeleton to move.
3 Which stage is it? Write.
A. You are 14 years old.
B. You are two days old.
C. You are 40 years old.
D. You are 8 years old.
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1
Apply what you know
4 Draw yourself playing. Match the joints you use.
neck jaw
elbow shoulder
hip wrist
knee ankle
5 Complete the map of the five senses. Write.
ear eye nose
hearing
THE SENSES
hand tongue
My progress
How is my work?
seventeen 17
Final task
I protect my body
1 Listen. Put a tick (✔) or a cross (✘).
A B C
D E F
2 What do they need to protect their bodies? Draw.
A B C
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1
3 Who is being safe? Tick (✔).
A B
Make a poster about protecting your body
You need
• In groups, think about safety. Safety in the gard
en
How can you protect your body?
- At home.
- At school.
- In the street.
• Find pictures. Cut them out.
Stick them on the poster.
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Learning Lab game
1 2
START We use
A simple
machine.
a dishwasher to…
1 Make a coin.
1 = one move 16 17
2 = two moves
Make a fruit
15
drink using
2 Flip the coin.
a mixer.
Move your
counter.
Move forward
3 Look at the colour. two squares.
Complete the
sentence.
14
Draw a picture.
How do
FINISH
Answer the
question. machines 22
help us?
Act using mime.
Say the material:
It's made of...
13 Paper comes
4 Who wins? from them.
FINISH The first one
A bike works
to arrive here. 12 with … energy.
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Animal finger puppets
Cut-out
1. Colour the animals. 3. Make the bodies: put glue on the
2. Cut out the heads and bodies. sides. Then stick on the heads.
Glue here.
Glue here.
Glue here.
Glue here.
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