NATURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: LESSON PLAN 1 GRADE 5
PERIOD/DURATION: 30 MINUTES STRAND: LIFE & LIVING
CAPS INTERMEDIATE PHASE TERM 1
DATE: OBJECTIVES: LEARNERS MUST BE ABLE TO:
TOPIC: Plants and animals on Earth Explain what interdependencies.
SUBTOPIC: Interdependence Discuss why plants and animals depends on each other or survival
Terminology Biodiversity, Inter-dependence, interdependence, living and non-living things (revision) pollination, seed dispersal oxygen and carbon
dioxide photosynthesis, compost and fertilising soil, faeces, anchor (soil), nutrients and minerals
1. DOING SCIENCE
SPECIFIC AIMS 2. KNOWING THE SUBJECT CONTENT & MAKING CONNECTIONS
3. UNDERSTANDING THE USES OF SCIENCES & INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
PROCESS SKILLS
Accessing & recalling Information Identifying problems & issues Doing Investigations
Observing Raising Questions Recording Information
Comparing Predicting Interpreting Information
Measuring Hypothesizing Communicating
Sorting & Classifying Planning Investigations
CONTENT Resources
TEACHING & LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Plants and animals depend on each other. Briefly revise the characteristics of living things learnt in Grade 4. Video clips
Plants and animals depend on resources Explain to the learners that interdependence can be divided into two groups: namely Internet
available (e.g. air, water, soil, food, places The interdependence in an ecosystem between living things (how animals and Worksheets
to hide) in their habitats plants are interdependent). Chalkboard/
The interdependence in an ecosystem between living and non-living things. Whiteboard
The teacher further explains to the learners that, the interdependence in an ecosystem Sasol Inzalo
between living things can be subdivided into three categories. Book
1.Interdependence and feeding Pictures
2. Interdependence and pollination
3. Interdependence and seed dispersal
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NATURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: LESSON PLAN 1 GRADE 5
PERIOD/DURATION: 30 MINUTES STRAND: LIFE & LIVING
CAPS INTERMEDIATE PHASE TERM 1
CONTENT Resources
TEACHING & LEARNING ACTIVITIES
ASSESSMENT Discussions; Worksheet
TEACHER REFLECTION
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NATURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: LESSON PLAN 1 GRADE 5
PERIOD/DURATION: 30 MINUTES STRAND: LIFE & LIVING
CAPS INTERMEDIATE PHASE TERM 1
LEARNER RESOURCE MATERIAL
INTERDEPENDENCE
1) Interdependence and feeding
Animals depend on plants and other animals for food. Animals can be divided into the following groups, according to what they eat:
• Herbivores eat plants.
• Carnivores eat the animals that eat the plants.
• Omnivores eat plants and animals.
• Scavengers feed off plants and dead animals.
• Decomposers are animals that assist the natural process of decomposition. They eat and break down the remains of dead animals.
The elements that are released during this process (carbon, phosphorus and nitrogen) are put back in the soil and become food for
plants.
2) Interdependence and pollination
Plants depend on animals for pollination.
Animals that pollinate flowers are called pollinators. Plants use different methods to attract pollinators. This includes producing
nectar, special smells or having brightly coloured flowers. Some plants even make their flowers look like female wasps to attract male
wasps!
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NATURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: LESSON PLAN 1 GRADE 5
PERIOD/DURATION: 30 MINUTES STRAND: LIFE & LIVING
CAPS INTERMEDIATE PHASE TERM 1
Bees about to collect nectar and, at the same time, pollinate the flowers.
Plants and animals depend on each other. Many flowering plants depend on bees to pollinate them. Bees depend on flowers to provide
them with nectar. Without nectar, bees cannot make honey. Without bees, most flowers cannot be fertilised. 8f flowers are not
fertilised, they cannot produce seeds and will not be able to reproduce.
Bird feeding off the nectar and pollinating the flower A wasp feeding off the nectar and
pollinating the flowers
3) Interdependence and seed dispersal
Plants need to have their seeds spread over a wide area. If all the seeds fall in one spot, the plants that grow will not have enough
water, soil or sunlight to grow properly! That is why plants make their fruit sweet and tasty. In this way they attract animals that will
eat the fruit, walk a long way off and excrete the seeds. Where the seeds fall they will then have a rich, fertile soil (from the animal
excretion) to grow in! Other seeds stick to an animal's fur - they might not even know it's there! When they brush against a tree for
example, the seed will just fall off. Plants depend on animals for seed dispersal.
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