Before the end of the first term we started learning about animals. At the end of units 3 and 4 children will be able to classify animals according to what the eat, that is herbivore, carnivore and omnivore, according to the way they are born, from an egg(oviparous) or from their mother's whomb (viviparous), and they will differenciate between vetabrete animals and invertebrate animals.
They will also learn about the main animal groups and their chracteristics: mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, amphibians and fish.
Mammals
Birds
Fish
Reptiles
Amphibians (pollywogs are baby frogs, they are also called tadpoles)
Insects
Play this game and see how much you know about animals
If you want to learn more about animals here you have two videos about animals facts.
After learning about the food groups we are studying now where the group of fruits and vegetables come from, that is, the plants. We are starting reviewing what they learnt last year. Here you have two songs about the parts of a plant and what plants need.
This year we will study these parts deeply. We we'll find out what these parts do for the plant to stay alive, that is, their functions.
This story by Eric Carle is perfect to illustrate the life cycle of a plant. In the school we have the book, I will tell them the story in class and we will work on it.
Hello everybody, after finishing unit 1 in science and before starting unit 2 we are studying the Digestive system as we think is the perfect link between the two units. In the students book there are no contents about it, so we have presented the topic through these videos and a worksheet.
The first science unit is called "The human body". In this unit we will revise things children already know and they will learn new things about what's inside our body.
One of the things we are revising are the 5 senses. Have a look at this video and find out what can you remember.
Do you remember this song? Don't forget that the five senses are: the sense of sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. Due to the sense of sight we can see.
Practise what you know with these games
The new contents we're learning have to do with the inside of our body. Inside our body we have the skeleton, which is made of bones, muscles and important organs such as the brain, the heart and the lungs.
Watching this video you can reinforce what's been already taught in class about the skeletal system. Notice that it mentions many bones, at this level you only need to know the skull, humerous, femur, ribs and hips.
In unit 12 we're learning about materials. First children will be introduced different materials and if they are natural or manufactured materials. Then they will be taught the most common properties materials may have. Finally they will review the three r's rules: Reduce, recicle and reuse materials.
Natural or manufactured materials. Here is an episode of Curious George in which you can see all the process from sheep to scarf.
Types of materials
Properties Here you have a game to practice the properties materials may have.
Let's recycle
Games
Notice that in other countries the colour of the bins can change.
En algunos paises los colores de los contenedores cambian.
As you know in science we are studying unit 11. As we are learning about the Sun children already know that the two movements of the Sun make the day and the night and the Seasons. Here are some good resources for practising and learning about them. Song (Notice that autumn in American English is Fall)
Next week in science we are starting unit 11. The Sun. I will be including new entries in the blog related to it.
La próxima semana en Science empezaremos el tema 11: El Sol. Iré incluyendo nuevas entradas en el blog relacinadas con este tema.
WHAT'S IN THE SKY
DAY AND NIGHT
Day & Night is a Pixar animated short film.Day & Night are the two characters. Inside Day is a day scene with a sun in the center, and inside Night is a night scene with a moon in the center. Whatever goes on inside of Day or Night expresses normal events that typically occur within a day or night, respectively, and these events often correspond with actions or emotions that the characters Day or Night express. For example, when Day is happy he will have a rainbow inside him, and when Night is happy he will have fireworks inside him.
Day and Night meet and at first are uneasy about each other. They become jealous of each other due to the events occurring in their insides, and end up fighting at one point in the short. Eventually they see the positives in each other and learn to like each other. At the end of the film the things they saw in each other they see in themselves, as Day becomes night, and Night becomes day.Wikipedia.
Día y noche es un cortometraje animado de Pixar. Día y Noche son los dos personajes. Dentro de Día, hay una escena con un sol en el centro y un campo solitario, y dentro de Noche, hay una luna en el centro y otro campo solitario. Lo que ocurre dentro de Día o de Noche expresa eventos normales que ocurren típicamente en el día o en la noche, respectivamente, y estos eventos a menudo se corresponden con las acciones o las emociones que los personajes Día o Noche expresan. Por ejemplo, cuando Día está feliz, tendrá un arco iris en su interior, y cuando Noche es feliz, tendrá fuegos artificiales en su interior.
Día y Noche se encuentran y al principio se sienten incómodos el uno del otro. Se convierten en celosos el uno del otro debido a los acontecimientos que ocurren en su interior, y terminan luchando en un momento en el corto plazo. Con el tiempo ven lo positivo en el otro y aprenden a gustarse. Al final de la película las cosas que vieron en el otro lo ven en ellos mismos, como el día se convierte en noche, y la noche se convierte en día. Wikipedia.
