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Animals and creatures that help us
Social science
Sub-topic 1: Animals that work for us. (Department of Basic Education, 2011, p. 57)
Key concept: Animals such as horses, donkeys, and guide dogs, help human with transports and those who live with disability to find their way around. (DBE,2011)
Classroom activity: Learners would watch a video or do role-play how guide dogs help blind person or how donkey's carry goods. Then they will discuss how animals help people in different jobs. The guiding question: How do animals assist humans?
Sub-topic 2: Animals in cultural traditions (DBE,2011)
Key concept: Sheep provide wool used for making clothes and they are part of farming traditions. (DBE 2011)
Classroom activity: Learners would look at wool samples and talk about how sheep are cared for in different communities. The guiding question: What is the purpose of keeping the sheep on farms? (Naude & Meier, 2025)
Technology
sub-topic 2: Tools used with animals
Key concept: Human use animal products (wool) to make warm and cozy clothes. (DBE,2011)
Classroom activity: The learners would touch wool product and explore how it turned into clothing. The guiding question: How do you think the colour is added to the wool?
Sub-topic 1: Designing animal shelters. (Copilot AI, 13.10.2025)
Key concept: Animals need safe places to live and work.
classroom activity: Learners would design a simple shelter for animals using recycled materials (dog). The guiding question: How can a dog stay safe and dry? (Naude & Meier,2025)
Natural science
Sub-topic 1: Animals that gives us food (Department of Basic Education, 2011, p. 57)
Key concept: Some animals help us produce food. bees make honey, chicken lay eggs, cow give us milk. (DBE, 2011)
Classroom activity: Learners would look at cows, bees, and chicken's real images or toy models. They would sort animals by the type of food they provide. Then, learners would write down the reflection, what they have found and discuss why these foods are healthy for us. The guiding question: What would happen if cows do not make milk anymore?
sub-topic 2: Animals that help the environment. (Copilot AI, 13.102025)
Key concept: Earthworms and ants support soil health and clean up waste
Classroom activity: Learners explore a jar filled with soil and has earthworms inside or watch a video and look how they move and mix the soil. The guiding question: What do worms do to help plants grow? (Naude & Meier,2025)