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Animals and creatures that help us: - Coggle Diagram
Animals and creatures that help us:
Social Science:
Sub-topic two: Working Animals in our History (Donkeys).
Key concepts: Change:
According to DBE, (2011): Over 6000 years donkeys have helped people to carry their baggage, helped carry people, helped pumped their water and helped them work in the fields. Learners will understand the importance of donkeys and the role they play in some communities.
Activity:
We will have a class discussion about other animals that we can see as working animals that help us. I will show the learners a video about farm animals. They will have to observe the video and record the observations about the different animals and the different work each animal does. Learners can classify the animals and the work they do after their observations. The learners will then have a class discussion about the different animals and they different work each animal does to help us.
Natural Science:
Technology
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Sub-topic one: Equipment and devices that help animals.
Key concepts: Systems and controls:
According to Hanekom, (2000) Technological systems such as donkey carts and sledges were used to assist the donkeys during their duties. Guide dogs are trained to assist the blind with the use of Unifly Harness.
Activity:
We will have a role play activity where the learners will have to design and make a type of equipment to assist an animal and then they will have to role play how it will be used. Learners will have to role play in front of the class.
Sub-topic two: Innovative tools that support environmental sustainability.
Key Concepts: Structures : According to Altum Technology, (2024): Technological innovations give practical solutions to lessen unexpected challenges and better our comprehension of environmental health issues.
Activity:
We will have a discussion about some of the serious environmental issues that we face. Learners will have to design technological equipment to help better or prevent theses environmental issues for eg how to protect the bees. They will have to make the equipment out of recyclable materials and will have to discuss their design to the class.
Sub-topic one: The importance Bees and Pollination
Key concept: Life and Living
: Description: According to Ten, (2024): Bee pollination is when bees take pollen from one flower can moves it to another flower. This process fertilizes the flowers allowing them to survive and to make new seeds and flowers.
Key concept: Planet earth
: Importance of bees: Bees play an important role in our ecosystem because they help determine the success of global agriculture. We rely on pollination for the food we eat and the production of honey. We also use beeswax to make everyday items for eg: soap.
Activity
: Learners will watch a video by Eco Sapien to explain the importance of bees. Learners will be able to record their observations about bees. They will also communicate their different observations through a class discussion.
Sub-topic one: Working Animals (Guide Dogs)
Key concepts: Adaptation:
According to Wikipedia, (2011): Guide dogs are dogs that are trained to help guide people that cannot see. Learners will get to know the importance of guide dogs.
Activity:
The learners will be divided into groups of two. One learner will be blind folded, and the other learner will have to act as a " guide dog" to guide the blind folded learner around the classroom. Learners will get to observe one another during this activity. They will observe the importance of how the guide dog assists the blind person during this activity. They will compare their lives with the lives of the blind. They will record all the observations and comparisons and communicate them in a class discussion.
Sub-topic two:
Earthworms in soil
Key Concept: Life and Living / Planet earth:
According to Krause, (2025): Worms better soil aas they increase oxygen, loosen it, and mixes it as they tunnel through the soil. They create a compost which is a good fertilizer. Earthworms help plants to grow and can decrease the implications of drought on biomass.
Activity:
The learners will be presented with two buckets of soil. One bucket will only contain soil, and the other will contain soil with earthworms. The learners will have to observe the differences and importance of earthworms of each bucket and record their observations. The learners will have to predict the differences in the soil. The learners will then communicate their observations and predictions in front of the class.