University of Fort Hare Distance Education Project. Core Learning Areas Course: Natural Science. Umthamo 6: Gardening and Guarding Our Heritage Plants
This umthamo aims to increase understanding of the natural environment around the school and will explore the rich floral heritage of the Eastern Cape. more
University of Fort Hare Distance Education Project. Core Learning Areas Course: Natural Science. Umthamo 5: Fair Tests
The outcome of this umthamo relate to integrating the way children think and work scientifically in the classroom. There will be a focus on experimenting, as well as the related process skills of using time relationships and controlling and manipulating variables. Teachers will also be asked to reflect on their role as they help learners develop these science skills. more
University of Fort Hare Distance Education Project. Core Learning Areas Course: Natural Science. Umthamo 4: Finding Out More About Science
This umthato focuses on the living world and emphasizes the value of integrating different learning areas. more
University of Fort Hare Distance Education Project. Core Learning Areas Course: Natural Science. Umthamo 3: Investigation and Inquiry-based Science
In this umthato teachers and learners will build on the development of science process skills by trying activities that promote an inquiry-based approach to science learning. more
University of Fort Hare Distance Education Project. Core Learning Areas Course: Natural Science. Umthamo 2: What's Happening Here?
In this umthamo we continue to think about some of the science process skills. We will continue to base the work on the natural science strand, /Matter and Materials/, but this time it will also be linked to the strand /Energy and change. /In the previous umthamo the focus was on the science skills of observation and predication. This time the skills of inference and developing theories is... more