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Sheep (Animal that help us)
Natural Science
Sub Topic 1
They are herbivores that eat grass and have gloven hooves
Sheeps are mammals covered in a thick woolly coat called a fleec.
Class Activity children will label a diagram of a sheeps body parts
Sub Topic 2 Diet and Habitat
Class Activiity sort pictures of what a sheep eats vs what it does not eat.
sheep live on on farms with large open grassy pastures
They need clean water , shelter from bad weather , and protection from predators.
Topic 3 life cycle
Baby sheep are called lamps , mothers are ewes, and fathers are rams.
Lamps drink milk from their mothers before moving to grass
Arrange the life cycle pictures of a sheep in a correct order
Technology
Sub Topic 1 shearing tools
Mechanical or electric clippers are used to safely shave the fleece off the the sheep (Mass Ag in the classroom 2022)
The process does not hurt the sheep ,it is like getting a haircut to cool them down for summer (YouTube: Educational Adventure 2023
class activity Compare pictures of old fashioned hand shears with modern electric clippers
Sub Topic 2 The processing Factory
spinning machines twist the fluffy wool fibres into strong long yarn or thread (YouTube: Educational Adventure 2023).
watch a video clip of how spinning wheels or factory spinners work
washing Machines clean the grease out and carding machines comb and the wool straight (Pennisylvania Sheep & Wool Growers 2024).
Sub Topic 3 Final wool products
class Activity: mapping the wool journey. learners look at a simple economic flow showing a farm ,a shearing shed , a factory, and a clothing shop . they trace the steps to answer how a farm in the karooo helps a family living in a city (Van Zyl & Burger,2019).
sheep farming is a primary agricultural industry highly suited to the arid , dry climates of regions like the karoo , providing essential employment and resources to local communities(DBE,2011,p.57AgriSETA,2022)
Humans rely directly on sheep for primary survival needs, harvesting meat (mutton and lamb)for nutritional value and fleece to spin into insulating textiles
Social Science
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