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
ORGANISATION OF THE CURRICULUM In this curriculum, the knowledge strands below are used as a tool for organising the content of the subject Natural Sciences and Technology. Natural Sciences Strands Technology Strands Life and Living Matter and Materials Energy and Change Earth and Beyond Structures Processing Systems and Control Allocation of teaching time Time for Natural Sciences and Technology has been allocated in the following way: • 10 weeks per term, with 3.5 hours per week • Grades 4, 5 and 6 have been designed to be completed within 38 weeks • 7 hours have been included for assessment in terms 1, 2 & 3 • Term 4 work will cover 8 weeks plus 2 weeks for revision and examinations Below is a summary of the time allocations per topic. The time allocations provide an indication of the weighting of each topic. However, this is a guideline and should be applied fl e x ibly according to circumstances in the classroom and to accommodate the interests of the learners. Life and Living and Structures Chapter Time Allocation 1. Plants and animals on Earth 2.5 weeks (8.75 hours) 2. Animal skeletons 1.5 weeks (5.25 hours) 3. Skeletons as structures 2.5 weeks (8.75 hours) 4. Food chains 1.5 weeks (5.25 hours) 5. Life cycles 2 weeks (7 hours)
Matter and Materials and Structures Chapter Time Allocation 1. Metals and non-metals 2 weeks (7 hours) 2. Uses of metals 2.5 weeks (8.75 hours) 3. Processing materials 3.5 weeks (12.25 hours) 4. Processed materials 2 weeks (7 hours) Energy and Change and Systems and Control Chapter Time Allocation 1. Stored energy in fuels 3 weeks (10.5 hours) 2. Energy and electricity 3 weeks (10.5 hours) 3. Energy and movement 1 week (3.5 hours) 4. Systems for moving things 3 weeks (10.5 hours) Earth and Beyond and Systems and Control Chapter Time Allocation 1. Planet Earth 1 week (3.5 hours) 2. Surface of the Earth 2.5 weeks (8.75 hours) 3. Sedimentary rocks 2 weeks (7 hours) 4. Fossils 2.5 weeks (8.75 hours)
- Page 1 and 2: Natural Sciences and Technology Gra
- Page 3 and 4: AUTHORS LIST This book was written
- Page 5: THE NATURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY
- 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 32 and 33: 3. What causes of fire can you iden
- 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
ORGANISATION OF THE CURRICULUM<br />
In this curriculum, the knowledge str<strong>and</strong>s below are used as a tool for<br />
organising the content of the subject <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Technology</strong>.<br />
<strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> Str<strong>and</strong>s <strong>Technology</strong> Str<strong>and</strong>s<br />
Life <strong>and</strong> Living<br />
Matter <strong>and</strong> Materials<br />
Energy <strong>and</strong> Change<br />
Earth <strong>and</strong> Beyond<br />
Structures<br />
Processing<br />
Systems <strong>and</strong> Control<br />
Allocation of teaching time<br />
Time for <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Technology</strong> has been allocated in the following way:<br />
• 10 weeks per term, with 3.5 hours per week<br />
• <strong>Grade</strong>s 4, 5 <strong>and</strong> 6 have been designed to be completed within 38 weeks<br />
• 7 hours have been included for assessment in terms 1, 2 & 3<br />
• Term 4 work will cover 8 weeks plus 2 weeks for revision <strong>and</strong> examinations<br />
Below is a summary of the time allocations per topic. The time allocations<br />
provide an indication of the weighting of each topic. However, this is a<br />
guideline <strong>and</strong> should be applied fl e x ibly according to circumstances in the<br />
classroom <strong>and</strong> to accommodate the interests of the learners.<br />
Life <strong>and</strong> Living <strong>and</strong> Structures<br />
Chapter Time Allocation<br />
1. Plants <strong>and</strong> animals on Earth 2.5 weeks (8.75 hours)<br />
2. Animal skeletons 1.5 weeks (5.25 hours)<br />
3. Skeletons as structures 2.5 weeks (8.75 hours)<br />
4. Food chains 1.5 weeks (5.25 hours)<br />
5. Life cycles 2 weeks (7 hours)
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