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| Grades K - 2 (ages 5 - 7) |
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Measurement is fun for everyone
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Grade: 1 Subject: Life orientation, Mathematics, Language and technology |
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Topic: Measurement of length, weight, volume and time
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Essential Question: How can we organise the world around us? |
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Description: What do we measure and why? Measurement can be fun. Learners will measure common day aspects of their lives and learn more about measurements. |
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Cool Careers
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Grade: 1 Subject: Language, Life orientation, technology, social sciences, arts and culture, mathematics |
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Topic: careers, ocupations, community helpers | |
Essential Question: Why do we need others? |
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Description: This is a unit of work for grade one learners about choosing careers. |
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The importance of fruit and vegetables
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Grade: 1 Subject: Language, Natural Science, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Arts and Culture, Economic and Management Sciences, Technology and Social Sciences |
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Topic: Fruit and Vegetables, beginning reading and writing, sight reading and starting sounds | |
Essential Question: Is food needed on earth? |
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Description: What is the difference between a fruit and a vegetable? Do we need fruit? |
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| Grades 6-8 (ages 11-13) |
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ENERGY: Making things happen! |
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Grade: 8 Subject: Natural Science |
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Topic: Types of energy, renewable sources, non-renewable sources, alternative forms of energy, solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy, tidal energy, transfer of energy, biomass and hydroelectric power. | |
Essential Question: Can life on earth be sustained? |
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Description: This unit is part of a Natural Science project exploring the following critical question: "Is there a limit to the Earth's resources?" This unit will concentrate specifically on Energy. |
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The Magic of the Olympic Games
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Grade: 6 Subject: Language, Mathematics, Life Orientation, Arts and Culture, Economic and Management sciences, Technology and Social Sciences. |
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Topic: Looking at the Olympic Games in its original form in 760BC and now in Greece 2004 in depth | |
Essential Question: Does sport have a role to play in turning our world into a global village? |
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Description: This unit examines the impact that the Olympic Games has on promoting peace in the world and focuses on whether the Olympic Games tradition contributes towards unifying the world. |
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Hi Pi!
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Grade: 8 Subject: Mathematics, Language and social sciences |
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Topic: Mathematics, irrational numbers, pi, transcendental numbers, circles | |
Essential Question: Why are some people fascinated by maths? |
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Description: This unit comprises a variety of activities which focus learners' attention on the historical and cultural development of an area of mathematics relating to the use of Pi. |
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Strictly For The Birds
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Grade: 8 Subject: Natural Science, Language |
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Topic: Birds, the environment | |
Essential Question: Do birds affect people's lives? |
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Description: This project aims to improve language as well as explore the world of birds from a natural science perspective. |
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South Africa - the world in one country
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Grade: 8 Subject: Social Sciences |
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Topic: South African Tourism
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Essential Question: What sustains a country economically? |
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Description: While engaging with the questions about promoting tourism in South African, students will discover and manage information related to their Social Sciences learning programme. |
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 Grades 9-10 (ages 14-15) |
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Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and satellites |
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Grade: 10 Subjects: Technology, Natural Sciences, Physical Science, Life Orientation |
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Topic: Earth in Space, Satellites around the Earth, The Global Positioning System, Positioning with GPS | |
Essential Question: Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and satellites .. friend or foe? |
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Description: This unit of work is about Global Positioning Systems, How it works, what it is used for and what some of the advantages and disadvantages are. |
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Message in a bottle |
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Grade: 9 Subject: Technology |
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Topic: Problem solving using technology and the investigation process. | |
Essential Question: How does the weather affect my life and those of the rest of the world? |
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Description: Your school is approached by an old age home to design and build a low cost artefact that can open bottles of various sizes. This is the problem that provides the basis for this technology unit on levers. |
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Weather Watchers |
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Grade: 8 and 9 Subject: Natural Science |
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Topic: Weather; sustainability; interrelations; synoptic maps; spatial relations; forecasting weather; storms; atmosphere. | |
Essential Question: How does the physical environment influence almost everything that we do? |
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Description: This unit provides a range of activities related to the weather and microclimate. |
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Art in Mathematics
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Grade: 9 Subject: Mathematics |
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Topic: Tessellation |
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Essential Question: Is Maths Beautiful? |
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Description: This unit examines the concepts surrounding tessellations and identifies how tessellations appear in cultural expression. |
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To surf or not to surf?
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Grade: 8 and 9 Subject: Technology |
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Topic: Internet Technology |
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Essential Question: Has technology changed the times? |
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Description: Learners probe the question, "Has the Internet changed our lives? |
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Road To Democracy
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Grade: 9 Subject: Social Sciences: Social Awareness & SA History |
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Topic: Apartheid - Post Apartheid - Democracy - National Party (NP) - African National Congress (ANC) - Pan African Congress (PAC) - United Democratic Front (UDF) - Group Areas Act 1950 - Bantu Education Act 1953 - Immorality Act - Malan - Hendrick Verwoed - Nelson Mandela - Steve Biko - Walter Sisulu - Goven Mbeki - FW de Klerk - Separate Development - Sharpeville Massacre 1960 - Soweto Riots 1976 - 1994 Elections |
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Essential Question: Has Apartheid harmed our society? |
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Description: This unit examines the events that took place between 1948 and 1994 in South Africa. |
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| Grades 11-12 (ages 16-18) |
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Inorganic chemistry in and out of the classroom |
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Grade: 11 Subject: Natural Science |
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Topic: The Chemistry of Sulphur Dioxide. | |
Essential Question: Are we responsible enough to deal with the advances in technology and science?
Is sulphur dioxide threatening our lives?
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Description: In this unit the learners will gain an understanding of sulphur dioxide and evaluate its risks to health. |
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The power of positive thinking
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Grade: 10, 11 and 12 Subject: Life Orientation and Language |
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Topic: The positive aspects of our new South Africa, with specific focus on the past 10 years of democracy.
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Essential Question: How can we influence ourselves more? |
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Description: This unit is about the positive aspects of our new South Africa, with specific focus on the past 10 years of democracy. |
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No Games Allowed!
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Grade: 11 Subject: Technology |
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Topic: Data Communication, Networking, Web Site Development, Publication Development, and Presentation Development |
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Essential Question: Have Information and Communications Technologies influenced society and communities? |
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Description: Learners learn about networks from a perspective that interests them most: Using networks for gaming. |
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Polygamy
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Grade: 10, 11 and 12 Subject: Language, Life orientation, Arts and Culture |
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Topic: Polygamy, Marriage, Polyandry
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Essential Question: Is there sanctity in marriage? |
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Description: This is an outline of a unit of work for grades 10, 11 and 12 that explores the issues related to polygamy in some cultures with particular reference to the African culture. |
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