Unit 2 Ourselves
Spot the difference!
1 Sight is one of the five senses.
Write down the names of the other four senses.
1 _________________________
2 _________________________
3 _________________________
4 _________________________
2 How carefully do you look at things? Look at picture 1 and
picture 2 below.
a Spot how many differences you can see. There are six
for you to find!
b Draw a circle around all the differences you can see
in picture 2.
picture 1 picture 2
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Unit 2 Ourselves
Look closely
1 Scientists look closely at things.
a Use your sense of sight. What is missing from the second
picture that is in the first picture?
b Draw what is missing.
c Show your drawing to a partner.
d Can your partner see anything that you have missed?
What is it?
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Unit 2 Ourselves
Hand sizes
1 a Do you think your hand is bigger or
smaller than your partner’s hand?
_________________________________
b How can you use these squares to
find out? What will you do?
c Try your idea.
2 What did you find out?
Is your hand bigger or smaller?
Complete these sentences.
a My hand is _________________ than my partner’s hand.
b I know this because my hand is _________________ squares
big. My partner’s hand is _________________ squares big.
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All kinds of smells
1 a Which smells do you like?
Which smells do you not like?
b Draw pictures of things that
you like to smell and do not
like to smell.
things I like to smell things I do not like to smell
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Nice smells
1 Look at the pictograph. It shows the smells that some Stage 1
learners liked. Use it to answer the questions below.
roses apples lemons cookies
a How many learners liked cookies ? ___________
b Which smell did one learner like? ___________
c How many learners liked roses ? ___________
d Did more learners like roses or apples ? ___________
2 a Draw two things that you can smell inside your house.
b Draw two things that you can smell outdoors.
inside my house outdoors
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Questions about taste
1 Lev has some questions to ask his partner about taste.
What is your
favourite taste? Which taste do
you like more, an
apple or a pear?
What taste do you
like that is sour?
Ask three of your own questions.
Write each question in a speech bubble below.
Question 2
Question 1
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
Question 3
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
2 a Ask your partner your questions.
b Write the answers below.
Question 1: _______________________________________________
Question 2: _______________________________________________
Question 3: _______________________________________________
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More about senses
1 Use these words to complete the
sentences below:
smell nose touch salty
five see taste buds
a There are _________________ senses.
b The senses are sight, hearing, taste _________________ and
_________________.
c I use my eyes to __________________.
d If you hold your _________________ when you eat an apple,
you cannot taste it very well.
e There are _________________ on the tongue.
f Taste buds help you to taste sweet, sour and
_________________ tastes.
2 Complete the sentence below. Use one of these words:
smell sight taste hearing touch
I think that the most important sense is _______________________.
This is because _______________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
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Self-assessment
Unit 2 Ourselves
I need more help with …
I understand this well.
_______________________________
I understand this but
need more practice. _______________________________
I do not understand
_______________________________
this yet.
_______________________________
Learning objectives
I can notice things that are the same or similar
between me and my partner.
I can notice things that are different between me
and my partner.
I can name parts of my body.
I can measure my head.
I know the names of the five senses.
I can name the part of the body that goes with
each sense.
I can use my senses to find out things in the
world around me.
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Unit 3 Living and growing
A living thing
1 Jake has a pet bird called Bluey.
What does the bird do, which tells you that it is alive?
______________________________________________________________
2 Complete the sentences below. Choose from these words.
grown moves eats breathe
a Bluey ________________________ around his cage, so he is alive.
b Bluey ________________________ when he is hungry.
c Bluey has two holes at the top of his beak,
so he can ________________________.
d Jake started looking after Bluey when he was a baby.
Bluey has now ________________________ bigger.
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Unit 3 Living and growing
Alive and never alive
1 Write ‘alive’ or ‘never alive’ under each picture. The first one
has been done for you.
a rock b tree c cola d fish
never alive
e plant f child g kettle h scooter
2 Draw something else 3 Draw something else that
that is alive. has never been alive.
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