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PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES, References List:, Department of Basic Education…

- - - - Key Concept
        
        Different workers help produce and distribute products. (DBE, 2011)
      - Knowledge (Naudé and Meier, 2025)
        
        Farmers grow sugar cane.
        
        Factory workers process sugar.
        
        Brickmakers produce bricks.
      - Skills
        
        Communication
        
        Gathering information
        
        Interviewing
      - Values
        
        Respect for workers
        
        Appreciation of teamwork
      - Inquiry Activity
        
        Interview a worker or family member about their occupation and role in providing goods or services.
  - - - Key Concept
        
        Products satisfy the needs and wants of communities. (DBE, 2011)
      - Knowledge (Naudé and Meier, 2025)
        
        Sugar and bricks are important community products.
        
        Communities depend on different products.
      - Skills
        
        Discussion
        
        Problem-solving
        
        Data collection
      - Values
        
        Responsible consumption
        
        Community awareness
      - Inquiry Activity
        
        Conduct a class survey to identify commonly used products in the community.
- - - - Key Concept
        
        Materials from the Earth can be transformed into useful products. (DBE, 2011)
      - Knowledge (Naudé and Meier, 2025)
        
        Clay is a natural resource
        
        Clay can be used to make bricks.
      - Skills
        
        Comparing
        
        Investigating
        
        Predicting
      - Values
        
        Conservation of resources
        
        Respect for the environment
      - Inquiry Activity
        
        Examine clay and bricks and explain how one is transformed into the other.
  - - - Key Concept
        
        Plants provide raw materials that can be turned into useful products. (DBE, 2011)
      - Knowledge (Naudé and Meier, 2025)
        
        Sugar comes from sugar cane.
        
        Many products originate from plants.
      - Skills
        
        Observing
        
        Classifying
        
        Recording information
      - Values
        
        Appreciation of natural resources
        
        Environmental responsibility
      - Inquiry Activity
        
        Investigate products at home that come from plants and classify them according to their source.
- - - - Key Concept
        
        Processing changes raw materials into finished products. (DBE, 2011)
      - Knowledge (Naudé and Meier, 2025)
        
        Raw material: sugar cane
        
        Finished product: sugar
        
        Stages of production
      - Skills
        
        Sequencing
        
        Designing flow charts
        
        Investigating processes
      - Values
        
        Innovation
        
        Efficiency
      - Inquiry Activity
        
        Create a flow chart showing the process from sugar cane to sugar.
  - - - Key Concept
        
        Materials can be shaped and transformed to create useful products. (DBE, 2011)
      - Knowledge (Naudé and Meier, 2025)
        
        Clay is moulded into shape.
        
        Heating hardens bricks.
      - Skills
        
        Designing
        
        Making
        
        Evaluating
      - Values
        
        Creativity
        
        Safe working practices
      - Inquiry Activity
        
        Make a small model brick from clay or playdough and evaluate its effectiveness.