Description

Author: Karelien Kriel

Type: Book with notes and activities (partially with Thinking Tools)

Number of pages: 62 (book) + 20 (memo book)

1. Living vs. Non-living

• Definitions and examples
• Living, non-living and dormant organisms
• Activity 1 – 3; Investigation: Yeast

2. Plant structures

• Structures of a tree, aloe and strawberry plant (pictures with captions)
• Functions van plant parts
• Activity 4

3. Animal structures

• Structures of a springbok, monkey, butterfly and grasshopper (pictures with captions)
• Functions of tails, limbs and senses
• Activity 5

4. Photosynthesis

• Definitions, explanations with sketches
• Activity 6

5. Plants growing

• What they need to grow
• Plante that grow from seeds, cuttings and bulbs
• Parts of a bean seed
• Germination
• Life cycle of a bean
• Activity 7 – 9

6. Structures

• Natural and humanmade
• Shell structures and frame structures
• Activity 10

7. Habitats

• Definitions
• Shelters (natural, humanmade, shell, frame)
• Discuss appropriateness of certain shelters
• Purpose of shelters
• Activity 11 – 12

8. South African Biome

• Desert, semi-desert, fynbos, grassland, forest and water habitat (river, ocean and wetland)
• Climate, plants and animals that live in each habitat
• Discuss appropriateness of habitats of wild African animals
• Activity 14; Investigation: habitat at your school