Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 5-B ... - Thunderbolt Kids
Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 5-B ... - Thunderbolt Kids Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 5-B ... - Thunderbolt Kids
3. What causes of fire can you identify in your community? 4. How could you prevent each of the causes of fire you have been discussing? Teacher's Note The answers to these questions are unique to the community in which you live. Discuss the answers each group has come up with with the class. Suggest that each group makes a poster about fire safety after the class discussion. Sometimes fires happen and we need to know what to do in the event of afire. ACTIVITY: Acting out what to do in case of afire! INSTRUCTIONS: 1. In groups of 5, plan and act out aplay for your class to teach them what to do in case of afire. 2. Make sure that your play gives important information about: a. how to escape from a burning building b. not to open adoor in abuilding that is burning c. what to do if your clothes are on fire d. what to do if your friend is stuck in aburning building 24 Energy and Change
Teacher's Note The following actions should be shown in the plays: To escape from a building -fall and crawl When clothes are on fire - stop, drop and roll, or cover in ablanket or carpet If afriend is in abuilding -learners should show that they NEVER go into the building themselves, but rather call for help. Assess the plays as agroup according to how clearly the learners speak and demonstrate the actions to do with their bodies and by acting out. Have you ever seen any fire posters in your school telling you what to do in case of afire? Did this poster catch your attention and make you aware of the dangers that fire can hold in your school? Maybe your school does not have any fire posters. Let's create our own fire posters to put up in the school. ACTIVITY: Creating a fire poster MATERIALS: • Pieces of paper and cardboard. • Coloured pens and pencils. • Old magazines • Scissors • Glue INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Design aposter telling everyone in your school what to do if there is afire. 2. Include some pictures to show the steps to follow. You can draw these pictures or cut some out of old magazines or newspapers. Chapter 1. Stored energy in fuels 25
- Page 1 and 2: Natural Sciences and Technology Gra
- Page 3 and 4: AUTHORS LIST This book was written
- Page 5 and 6: THE NATURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY
- Page 7: Matter and Materials and Structures
- Page 12 and 13: 1 Stored energy in fuels 4 KEY QUES
- Page 14 and 15: VISIT How fossil fuels are made. go
- Page 16 and 17: So we can say that food is the fuel
- Page 18 and 19: MATERIALS: • various packaging fo
- Page 20 and 21: Coal is not only burnt in our homes
- Page 22 and 23: 2. Remove both ends of the large ca
- Page 24 and 25: QUESTIONS: 1. Which fuel contained
- Page 26 and 27: INVESTIGATION: What happens when af
- Page 28 and 29: VISIT Burning substances in air and
- Page 30 and 31: 3. Write a description next to each
- Page 34 and 35: 3. Some points to think about when
- Page 36 and 37: 1. Describe the relationship betwee
- Page 38 and 39: 2 Energy and electricity 30 KEY QUE
- Page 40 and 41: When the electrical energy is trans
- Page 42 and 43: A car needs energy to start its eng
- Page 44 and 45: Huge pylons carrying the transmissi
- Page 46 and 47: ACTIVITY: 10 Safety tips for electr
- Page 48 and 49: KEY CONCEPTS Never stick a metal kn
- Page 50 and 51: 3 Energy and movement 42 KEY QUESTI
- Page 52 and 53: 2. Tie another elastic band around
- Page 54 and 55: QUESTIONS Look up adefinition for p
- Page 56 and 57: 5. Place it in the water, and let i
- Page 58 and 59: QUESTIONS Use your knowledge of spr
- Page 60 and 61: 4 Systems for moving things 52 KEY
- Page 62 and 63: Teacher's Note You can demonstrate
- Page 64 and 65: QUESTIONS Label the two wheels and
- Page 66 and 67: 4. Place a few marbles or some othe
- Page 68 and 69: 6. Repeat this for the other 2wheel
- Page 70 and 71: The board makes bearings for the ax
- Page 72 and 73: INSTRUCTIONS: Things you can use fo
- Page 74 and 75: REVISION: 1. List four dierent vehi
- Page 78 and 79: 1 Planet Earth 70 KEY QUESTIONS •
- Page 80 and 81: • The Earth spins right around in
Teacher's Note<br />
The following actions should be shown in the plays:<br />
To escape from a building -fall <strong>and</strong> crawl<br />
When clothes are on fire - stop, drop <strong>and</strong> roll, or cover in ablanket<br />
or carpet<br />
If afriend is in abuilding -learners should show that they NEVER<br />
go into the building themselves, but rather call for help.<br />
Assess the plays as agroup according to how clearly the learners<br />
speak <strong>and</strong> demonstrate the actions to do with their bodies <strong>and</strong> by<br />
acting out.<br />
Have you ever seen any fire posters in your school telling you what<br />
to do in case of afire? Did this poster catch your attention <strong>and</strong><br />
make you aware of the dangers that fire can hold in your school?<br />
Maybe your school does not have any fire posters. Let's create our<br />
own fire posters to put up in the school.<br />
ACTIVITY: Creating a fire poster<br />
MATERIALS:<br />
• Pieces of paper <strong>and</strong> cardboard.<br />
• Coloured pens <strong>and</strong> pencils.<br />
• Old magazines<br />
• Scissors<br />
• Glue<br />
INSTRUCTIONS:<br />
1. Design aposter telling everyone in your school what to do if<br />
there is afire.<br />
2. Include some pictures to show the steps to follow. You can<br />
draw these pictures or cut some out of old magazines or<br />
newspapers.<br />
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