include tests, examinations, practical tasks, projects, oral presentations and posters. Formal assessment tasks form part of a year-long formal Programme of Assessment in each grade and subject.
Formal Programme of Assessment for Natural Sciences Grade 8
Learners’ marks for formal assessment are partly derived from their year mark for school-based assessment (SBA: 60%), and partly from their final examination mark (40%). This course provides a full formal Programme of Assessment aligned with the plan given on the Natural Sciences CAPS.
The table below presents the formal assessment opportunities in this Grade 8 course and shows the breakdown between SBA and the final examination: FORMAL
TERM 1 ASSESSMENTS
School-based Assessments
Test 1 [35 marks]
Practical task/ Investigation 1
Exams
[20 marks] –
Exam 1 on work from terms 1 & 2
[70 marks]
Number of formal assessments
2 Strand
1 Life and living
2 2
Formal assessment tasks in Natural Sciences Grade 8 Tasks
Options
Practical activity Project
Practical activity Test
2 Matter and materials
3 Energy and change
4 Planet Earth and beyond
Examination Practical activity Test Practical activity Examination Show that green leaves produce starch
Find out more about a scientist’s contribution to modern medicine
Practical activity Work out the density of a R5 coin
Compare and calculate the density of different materials Exemplar mid-year exam (Strands 1 and 2)
Investigate the effect of more resistors in a series circuit Investigate effects of more resistors in a parallel circuit Exemplar test (Strand 3)
Construct a scale model of the Solar System Record the position of the Southern Cross Exemplar year-end exam (Strands 3 and 4)
Practical task/ Investigation 2
[20 marks]
Practical task/ Investigation 3
[20 marks] –
Test 2 [35 marks]
Practical task/ Investigation 4 [20 marks]
Project [30 marks]
Exam 2 on work from terms 3 & 4
[70 marks] 3 40% TERM 2 TERM 3 TERM 4
TOTA L
60%
Total: 100%
LB
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Investigate the growth of yeast under different conditions 58 Exemplar test (Strand 1)
61 85 97
100 118 121 158 168 185 195
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