2 Social Science

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 Márquez
Roger Zanni

SCIENCE CONSULTANT
Raquel Macarrón

EDITORS
Sara J. Checa
Virginia R. Mitchell

EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Peter Barton

BILINGUAL PROJECT COORDINATION

Margarita España
 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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 Where do you live?

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

What can you see in your home?

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

2 Write the correct words.

bed bin door desk blackboard house

Home Both School

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

Is there a river where you live?

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

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

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 1 Our town
What is the name of our town?

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

I can see houses.

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 Key words
• flat
• house
• school
What buildings do you know?
Think about it
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.

4 Draw our town. Include lots of buildings!

Final task
Make a road safety
map

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Where can we go in our town?
There are lots of places in our town.

supermarket swimming pool

restaurant hospital

Think about it
1 Listen and number the places. Colour the buildings.

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What can we do in our town?
There are lots of things to do in our town.

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

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

To-do list
hospital
Monday: I play in the park.

Tuesday: I buy food at the  .

supermarket
Wednesday: I eat at a  .

Thursday: I go to the  .
restaurant
Friday: I swim at the  .

swimming pool Saturday: I stay at home.

Sunday: I go to the museum.

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

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

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How do you go to school?

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

Jeff goes to school by bus. Kelle goes to school by car.

Abi goes to school by bike. Kim walks to school.

1 Complete and label the pictures.

car bike bus

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Land, air or sea? Key words
• air
Cars, buses and bikes go on the land. They use roads. • land
Other forms of transport go in the air or on the sea. • sea
• water

land air sea

2 Listen. Label air, land or sea.

bike boat bus

car plane train

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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 People walk on

drive on the road. the pavement.

Traffic lights tell To cross the road, we

us when we can use the pedestrian
cross the road. 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.

We wait. We walk.

Think about it
2 Which behaviour is good? Which behaviour is bad?
Use your stickers.
✓ ✖

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What is that sign?
Signs help us to keep safe.

stop here no bikes no entry

pedestrian crossing no parking

1 Complete the sentences with can or cannot.

You ride your bike here.

You cros∫ the road here.

You walk here.

Mini Lab You need

Bus and train behaviour book • coloured pencils
• stapler
1.  Travel on a bus or train. Draw the signs you see • white paper
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.

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

Portree has colourful

Ávila has big walls. buildings.

You can windsurf Whistler is in the

in Dahab. mountains.

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

• What is the name of our town?

Where can we go in our town?
• Where is our town?

• Where can we go in our town?

We can go to the swimming pool.
• What can we do in our town?
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Check your progress
Vocabulary
1 Complete with your stickers.

car bus plane train

Concepts
2 Complete.

wait      pavement      walk      pedestrian

• People walk on the .

• We cros∫ the road at the crossing.
• We when the light i∫ red.
• We when the light i∫ green.
3 Complete and colour the signs.

stop here no bikes

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4 Label the places.

Apply what you know

5 Complete.
MEANS OF TRANSPORT

land air sea

My progress
How is my work?
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 Final task

Make a road safety map

1 Draw a street in your town. Include the signs,
pavements and crossings.

2 Work with a partner. Complete the contract.

Road safety map contract

1. 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: 

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You need
• crayons
Task steps • paper
3 Follow the instructions to make • plasticine
your road safety map. • toothpicks

• Partner A draws a map on the cardboard. Include

the pavement, roads and pedestrian crossings.

 artner B creates signs using plasticine and

• P
toothpicks. Place the signs on the map.

• Both partners decorate the map. Add labels.

Show and tell

Present your road safety map to your class

• Describe your model.

• Point to the pedestrian crossings.

• Explain the meaning of the road signs.

Good luck!

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.

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 Learning Lab game

Start 2
Name the planets
of the Solar System.
What are the
movements of
the Earth?

1 Help the astronaut

to go home.
Draw a rocket and use it Name the months
as a counter. of summer.

2 In turns, move the

counter to the next
5
Name the parts
of the day.

place.

Finish
6
Name the phases
4
of the Moon.
hat is rotation?

7
How many autonomous What countries
communities are in Spain? are on the Iberian
8 Peninsula?

9
Name the provinces
3 Answer the question
and go to the next
of Aragón.

10
Which is the capital

place.
city of Spain?
11
Name a city with
a high population.

12
What do you do in
La Feria de Abril?

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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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