Teaching plan for Natural Sciences Grade 8
This teaching plan shows: • the pacing of the topics for the course by term • where to find the relevant content and activities in the Learner’s Book • when formal assessment takes place, cross-referenced to suitable activities in the Learner’s Book.
Note: On this table, “LB” means the Learner’s Book and “TG” means this Teacher’s Guide.
Term 1 Week Strand 1 2 Topic
1 1 Photosynthesis
1
4–5 1 5–6 1
6–7 1
7–8 1 8
9 9 9 1
1 3 Micro- organisms
1 1 9 Formal assessment and respiration
3–4 1 2 Interactions and inter- dependence within the environment
Unit 1 Contents Photosynthesis 2 Respiration
1 Introduction to ecology and ecosystems
2 Feeding relationships
3 Energy flow: Food chains and food webs
4 Balance in an ecosystem
5 Adaptations
6 Conservation of the ecosystem
1 Types of micro- organisms
2 Harmful micro- organisms
LB TG
pages pages 12
28
16 20
26 30
34
38 44
48 52
3 Useful micro-organisms 56 Strand 1 Exemplar test
Term 2 Week Strand 1
1 2
Topic 2 1 Atoms
2 2
2–3 2 2 Particle model of matter
3–4 2 4–5 2 5–6 2
Unit Contents
1 The building blocks of matter
2 Sub-atomic particles
3 Elements and compounds
1 The concept of the particle model of matter
2 Diffusion 3 Change of state
4 Density, mass and volume
11 LB TG
pages pages 64
55
66 68
74
76 78 80
56 57
60
63 65 66
Formal assessment
30 32
35 37
40
42 44
47 49 51 61 139
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