MATTER AND MATERIALS

MATERIALS


The things around you are made from different materials.

PLANTS

Plants need...

Plants are living things.

Plants need water,air, sunlight and soil to grow well.

Parts of a plant.

Plants have roots, a stem, leaves and flowers.

The roots take in water from the soil.
The stem holds the plant up.
The leaves take in air and sunlight.
The flowers are colourful and produce seeds.


Trees have a thick, hard stem called a trunk. They have roots and branches. Some trees have fruit.

Deciduous trees lose their leaves in autumn.

Evergreen trees are green all year.

Parts of a Flower

Some plants have flowers. Flowers have different parts.

Flowers, seeds and fruits

Some flowers turn into fruit. The fruit contains seeds. When the fruit falls to the ground, new plants grow from the seeds.

Non-flowering plants

Mosses and ferns don´t have flowers. They reproduce with spores.

Ferns are small and green and live in  shady places.

Ferns do not have flowers or fruits.

ANIMALS

Animals are living things. Living things are born, grow, reproduce and die. Living things have three life processes: nutrition, interaction and reproduction.

Animals are classified into vertebrates and invertebrates.

Vertebrates have a backbone. Mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish are vertebrates.   

Invertebrates don´t have a backbone. Insects, spiders and molluscs are invertebrates.

HOW MY BODY MOVES

Our bodies have three parts: head, torso and limbs. 

 

• The skeleton supports your body. 
• The skeleton is made of 206 bones. 
• Bones are hard and rigid.

• Our bones and muscles help us move. They are part of our locomotor system.
• Muscles are soft and elastic.
• Muscles contract and relax.
 

 

Joints make the skeleton flexible. Joints help us move.


Our locomotor system is made up of bones, muscles and joints.

NUTRITION AND REPRODUCTION

                                         

                                          OUR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

 

                                                             FOOD PYRAMID

                                                        RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

                                                Our body need oxygen to work.

                                       I breathe through my nose

                                       CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

 

 

 

                                      EXCRETORY SYSTEM

 

MATTER AND MATERIALS

MATERIALS SONG

MATERIALS GLOSSARY
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HOW TO MAKE GLASS

MAGNETS
Some objects are attracted to magnets.

These objects are called magnetics.
Only objects made of metal are magnetics.
Investigate at home with your fridge magnets and then play this game. 
Game1: Magnets and springs



CLASSIFY MATERIALS
What is a pencil made of? 
What is a ball made of?

What is a crayon made of?
Look at things around you and ask yourself questions like these. Investigate them and then play this game:
Game 2:Grouping and changing materials



PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS
Different materials have different
properties. They can be:
- bendy or rigid
- transparent or opaque
- hard or soft 
- waterproof or not.....

Game 3: Characteristics of materials





WHAT HAPPENS IF...?

Investigate materials and temperature
with this game

Game 4:Change it!

PLANTS 2

HOW PLANTS GROW

FROM FLOWER TO FRUIT

Watch this video of a cherrie tree and learn how plants give us fruit.




PARTS OF A PLANT (REVISION)
Review the parts of a plant with this beautiful video.

PLANTS GLOSSARY

TYPES OF PLANTS

  GRASS (WHEAT)


 BUSH


 TREE

HOW PLANTS GROW

DECIDIOUS AND EVERGREEN PLANTS

Can you find these evergreen trees in Colmenarejo?



Can you find these deciduous trees around your school?





PLANTS GAMES

PLANTS GAMES

1. Flowers

2. Growing plants

3. Carnivore plants (video)

4. Click here and go to the SID the Science Kid website. Look for Vegetable planting, Vegetable harvest and Vegetable patterns and enjoy with these games!!

More games...

Garden seek and find. Click here

Pond seek and find. Click here

Memory spring game. Click here

Memory bug game. Click here

OUR BODY

OUR SKELETON
BONES

Our skeleton is made of bones. An adult has 206 bones.

MUSCLES
Our muscles help us to move.

We have more than 600 muscles in our body.

A SONG
Bones, muscles and skin all around.

Games
Game 1: balloons and parts of your body 
Game 2: move your body
Game 3: senses

BODY ORGANS 
Let's have a look inside our human body......

OUR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

HOW OUR BODY WORKS: DIGESTION

                                         

HEALTHY FOOD GAMES

Game 1 Food groups

Game 2 Food 

Game 3 Fruit

Game 4 Fruit pairs 

Game 5 Fruit and vegetables

UNIT 1: NUTRITION AND REPRODUCTION GLOSSARY

Click here

ANIMALS

ANIMAL CLASSIFICATION

Click here and learn more about Animals