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 Contents

How to use this book

Being a scientist
How do you think and work like a scientist?

Biology
Unit 1 Alive or not alive? 
Unit 2 Plants 
Unit 3 Ourselves 
Quiz 1 Biology 

Chemistry
Unit 4 Material properties 
Quiz 2 Chemistry 

Physics
Unit 5 Forces 
Unit 6 Sound 
Unit 7 Electricity and magnets 
Quiz 3 Physics 

Earth and space

Unit 8 Planet Earth 
Unit 9 Earth in space 
Quiz 4 Earth and space 

Science dictionary

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 How to use this book

This book will help you learn about Science in different ways
What do you remember about sound?

Talk about what Think about the work you did on the five senses.
Which of your senses do you use to listen to sounds?
you remember or
touch sight hearing smell taste
know about a topic. Which part of your body do you use to
listen to sounds?
1 We hear with our ears. We listen to sounds
using our ears.
Look at the sunflowers.
a Which sunflower is alive –
sunflower A or B?
b Which sunflower has never been Think like a scientist!
alive?
c How do you know?
Do activities Plants are living things
to learn because they:
• move
more. • make their own food
Work like a • need light, air and water
to grow
scientist. • make young plants.

Learn
new ideas
about
sunflower A
Science.
sunflower B

Let’s talk
Talk about
What did you see on your hands your ideas.
with the magnifying glass?

Learn about interesting

Understand new words. The facts and information.
Science dictionary at the back
Did you know?
of the book can also help you.
Some humans look the
same. They are called twins.
These
Science words girls are
force twins.
push
pull
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 How to use this book

Work safely!
Only put a plug into an electrical
socket. Nothing else! The electricity
Always work safely.
could hurt you.

Challenge yourself!
At home, ask someone to help you
What can you do?
learn these words:
You have learnt about plants. You can: leaf flower stem roots
✔ tell what is alive and what has never been alive.
✔ say why plants are living things.
✔ name the different parts of a plant.
✔ tell someone how to grow seeds into plants.
✔ tell someone what they need to do to keep Try something new.
a plant alive.

Find out how much you have Learn how we all

learnt and what you can do. use Science every
day in our lives.

Model icon Science in context

Shows you are How to look after a kitten

Jasmine wants a baby cat for a pet.
making a model of A baby cat is called a kitten.

something in the Her Mum and Dad said that

Jasmine can have a kitten if
Hi, I am
Jasmine.
real world. she finds out how to look after it.
What does Jasmine need to know?
● Is a kitten a living thing? How do you know?
● Does a kitten need to eat food?
What food does a kitten eat?
Star icon ● Does a kitten need to drink? What does a kitten drink?
● Does a kitten need to sleep? Where should it sleep?
Shows you need to What kind of bed does it need?

think and work like What else does a kitten need?

●

a scientist. 1
a Find out how to look after
a kitten.
b Make a poster on how to
Link icon look after a kitten.

Shows you are

learning things
that link to another
subject.

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 9 Earth in space

Planet Earth
What do you remember about the Earth, planets and space?
What do you know about the planets and space? Did you learn
what you know from school, books, videos, TV or the internet?

Think like a scientist! The Earth is

We live on Earth. our home.
The Earth is a planet in the Solar System.
This is what the Earth looks like from space.

Let’s talk

a What do you notice

about the picture of
the Earth?
b What shape is the
Earth?
c What is the blue?
d What is the green?
e What is the white?
f What is the brown?

Science words
Solar System
space

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 Unit 9 Earth in space

Science in context
Is the Earth flat or a sphere? Science word
sphere
1
Look at these two pictures of the Earth.
Which one is the correct picture of the Earth? Why?

Do you
think the
Earth is
flat?

Is the Earth flat?

Do you think
the Earth is a
sphere?

Is the Earth a sphere, like a ball?

Did you know?

Hundreds of years ago, people did not know that the Earth is a
sphere. They thought it was flat. They also thought they could
fall off the edge of the Earth. How strange! What do you think?

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Unit 9 Earth in space

Planet Earth
Think like a scientist! Let’s talk
People can use a globe to
find places on our planet. a Talk to your partner about
the name of the country
Here is a globe. It shows what you live in.
the Earth looks like. It also
shows where places are on b Write the name of your
the Earth. country on a piece of paper
or a whiteboard.
c Use the globe to find the
country you live in.

1
You will need …
● globe

● small plastic person

● sticky tac

a Use the globe to find the

country that you live in.
b Use sticky tac to put the
small plastic person on
the globe.
c Look at the names of the
a globe of the Earth
countries that are next to
the country you live in.
d What else can you find out
Science word by looking at the globe of
globe the Earth?

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 Unit 9 Earth in space

Living on the Earth

Think like a scientist!

The Earth is
a wonderful
Do you remember what humans and other place to live.
animals need to live? We must take
They need air, water, food and shelter. care of it.
Plants need air, water and food to live.
They also need light and warmth.
The Sun gives the Earth heat and light.
Around the Earth is air.
We need air to breathe, to help us keep alive.

Let’s talk Challenge yourself!

a Where is your favourite place The Earth is the only
on Earth? planet in the Solar System
where we can live.
b What is your favourite
What can you do to take
animal on Earth?
care of our planet?
c What is your favourite plant
on Earth?
d What do you like best about Science word
where you live? air

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Unit 9 Earth in space

The Sun
Think like a scientist!
Did you know that the Sun is a star?
A star is a huge, spinning ball of very
hot gases.
It does not look very big, but more
than 1 million Earths could fit inside
the Sun.
The Sun gives the Earth heat and light.
I wonder if we can live on the Sun?
Work safely!
Never look directly at the
Sun. It can hurt your eyes.

1 Let’s talk
Draw a Sun ho
t
with rays. a What is the Sun like?
On each ray, b Why is the Sun important?
write what you c What do you think would
know about happen if our Sun stopped
the Sun. shining?

I wonder what it
Challenge yourself! would be like to
live on the Sun?
Find out more about the Sun.
Write what you find out on Science words
your Sun picture. star spinning

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 Unit 9 Earth in space

Science in context
Hi, my name is Roberto.
Astronomers Astronomy is my hobby.
At night, I look through my
telescope to see the planets
and stars.
I can see constellations
(say: con-stel-lay-shuns).
They are groups of stars that
make a shape in the sky.

What can you see in the sky at night?

An astronomer studies planets in the
Solar System, and stars that are far
away (say: as-tron-o-mer).

p T
his constellation is
called Orion. It is the
p T
his constellation is called Scorpio. hunter. Can you see
Can you see the scorpion’s tail? the hunter’s bow?
Challenge yourself!
Science words
Look at the stars tonight. Then astronomy telescope
tell your class what you saw. constellations astronomer

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Unit 9 Earth in space

What have you learnt about the Earth in space?

1 2
What does the Earth look like Which sentence is true?
from space?
a The Sun is a planet.
a square flat
b The Sun is a moon.
a triangle a sphere c The Sun is a star.

3
a Is an astronomer a scientist?
Yes No
b Write a sentence to say what
an astronomer does.
c What shape does this
constellation make?

What can you do?

You have learnt about the Earth in space. You can:

✔ say which planet you live on.
✔ describe what the Earth looks like from space.
✔ say what gives the Earth heat and light.
✔ say if the Sun is a star or a planet.
✔ say what an astronomer does.
✔ say what people hundreds of years ago thought
the Earth looked like.

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 Quiz Earth and space
4
1 Which sentences are true?
a The Earth is made from rock.
b Soil is made from paper.
c Soil is made from tiny bits of rock.
2 Match the name to the picture.
pond river lake ocean

A B

C D

3 Write your name and school address. Write which planet your
school is on.
4 What gives the Earth light and heat?

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Cambridge Primary

Science
Second Edition
Learner’s Book 1
Master the essential scientific concepts that underpin the new Cambridge
Primary Science curriculum framework, with specifically sign-posted tasks,
activities and investigations rooted in the mastery approach.
● Get learners thinking scientifically, with engaging activities designed to show
Science in Context; including topics on how science is used in the home and
the impact it has on our environment.
● Focus on key concepts and principles with starter activities at the beginning
of each unit, allowing teachers to establish current knowledge and plan
future lessons.
● Extend learner’s knowledge with ‘Challenge yourself!’ activities to push
problem-solving further.

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