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PROVINCE OF THE EASTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

NATURAL SCIENCES EXEMPLARS OF LESSON ACTIVITIES INTERMEDIATE & SENIOR PHASE (GRADES 4-9) MARCH 2009

INTRODUCTION
The Eastern Cape Department of Education, Curriculum Chief Directorate in collaboration with the District Curriculum Personnel developed the lesson plans in this document to support teachers in their daily preparation to teach Natural Sciences. This Natural Sciences Exemplars of Teaching and Learning Activities document contains a series of suggested activities that could be used by the teachers in their daily preparations to teach Natural Sciences. It serves to support the teachers in their planning process and lesson preparations. These activities are just few examples of activities which can be used in daily teaching. This document is a continuation of the document that was developed in November 2008 - Provincial Natural Sciences Resource Document for Planning, Teaching and Assessment. This document must be used together with the National Curriculum Statement, National Assessment Guidelines document, Provincial Assessment Guidelines document, Work Schedules and the Provincial Natural Sciences Resource Document for Planning, Teaching and Assessment. The activities/lessons must be adapted to suit the particular needs of the learners by including additional activities, assessment details and tools for assessment. This document in no way is not prescriptive or final nor does it replace any other document / textbooks that are available for teaching. Teachers are encouraged to use this document as a resource together with a variety of available textbooks. The document does not in any way suggest that only the topics included in the document are to be taught in the various grades. Always follow the NCS policy for the Learning Area. Natural Sciences Learning Area has about 2Hrs and 30 minutes per week, according to policy and teachers are advised to follow the activities according to time allocation....