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Products and Processes: Earth, Department of Basic Education (DBE). (2011)…

- - - - Inquiry Activity: The learners will have to build two mini clay bricks (one plain clay brick and another brick mixed with grass and sand). Once the bricks dried, they will test the structural durability by gently dropping the bricks to see which brick resists cracking better.
  - - - Inquiry-Based Activity: The learners will use wet clay and make and use cardboard molds to shape bricks, showing how the shape and consistency affects the stability of the product.
- - - - Inquiry-Based Activity: In small groups, the learners will use their senses of touch and sight to examine the clay, soil and sand, documenting the differences between the materials.
  - - - Inquiry-Based Activity: The learners are given a mixed pile of raw materials for example damp clay, sand and rocks and end-products like fired bricks, glass and terracotta pots and they must then investigate, sort, and categorize the materials and end-products into natural versus processed products.
- - - - Inquiry Activity: Learners will investigate and discuss how homes, schools and shops use bricks differently and who will make these bricks and build the buildings.
  - - - Inquiry-Based Activity: Learners will examine historical and contemporary photographs of brickmaking and identify the different changes in tools, machinery and the working conditions that changed over time.