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• School Education

  • Curriculum Aligned Activities - Grades R-3

    • English - A Bucket? You must be Joking?

    • English - Daddy Cool and the Rainbird

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    • Mathematics - Water Droplet Number Lines

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  • Curriculum Aligned Activities - Grade 4

    • NS and Technology - Living and Non-Living Things (Term 1)

    • NS and Technology- Structures of Plants and Animals (Term 1)

    • NS and Technology - Building a Terrarium (Term 1)

    • NS and Technology - Features of Animals and Plants and their differences (Term 1)

    • NS and Technology - Water Experiment - It's a Trap

    • SS (Geography) - Places where People Live (Term 2)

    • SS (Geography) - Food and Farming (Term 3)

    • Life Skills – Social Responsibility (Term 3)

    • NS and Technology - Making Music with Water (Term 3)

    • SS (Geography) - Water in South Africa (Term 4)

    • SS (Geography) – Personal Pollution (Term 4)

    • NS and Technology - Planet Earth (Term 4)

    • Life Skills - Health and Environmental Responsibility (Term 4)

  • Curriculum Aligned Activities - Grade 5

    • NS and Technology - Life Cycles (Term 1)

    • NS and Technology - Nutrients in Food (Term 1)

    • NS and Technology - Water Experiment - It's a Trap

    • NS and Technology - The Surface of the Earth (Term 4)

    • SS (Geography) - Physical Features of South Africa (Term 2)

    • SS (Geography) - Weather, Climate and Vegetation of South Africa (Term 3)

    • Life Skills – Social Responsibility (Term 3)

    • SS (Geography) - Minerals and Mining in South Africa (Term 4)

    • SS (History) - Waterborne Diseases (Term 4)

  • Curriculum Aligned Activities - Grade 6

    • NS and Technology – Be a Wetland Warrior (Term 1 & 2)

    • NS and Technology - ‘Wetlands are nature’s way of providing water’ Poster

    • NS and Technology - Water Pollution (Term 2)

    • NS and Technology - Water Experiment - It's a Trap (Grade 6)

    • NS and Technology - Cost of Electricity (Term 3)

    • SS (Geography) - Climate and Vegetation of South Africa (Term 3)

    • SS (Geography) - Climate in Hot Deserts (Term 3)

    • Social Sciences (History) - Medicine Through Time (Terms 4)

    • Life Skills – Social Responsibility (Term 3)

    • Life Skills - Caring for Animals and People (Term 3)

  • Curriculum Aligned Activities - Grade 7

    • NS - Biosphere Biodiversity Interactions and Interdependence (Term 1)

    • SS (Geography) - Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Floods (Term 2)

    • SS (Geography) - Population Growth and Change (Term 3)

    • SS (Geography) - Natural Resources and Conservation in South Africa (Term 4)

    • LO, SS & NS - World With/out Water

  • Curriculum Aligned Activities - Grade 8

    • Natural Sciences - Adaptations (Term 1)

    • Natural Sciences - Interactions and Interdependence within the Environment (Term 1)

    • Natural Sciences - Photosynthesis and Respiration (Term 1)

    • Natural Sciences - Energy for Life (Term 1)

    • Natural Sciences - Ecological Concepts (Term 1)

    • Technology - Impacts of Technology on the Environment (Term 2)

    • LO, EMS & NS - World With/out Water

  • Curriculum Aligned Activities - Grade 9

    • Natural Sciences - Surface Forces that Shape the Earth (Term 3)

    • Natural Sciences - Resource Use and Sustainability (Term 4)

    • Natural Sciences – The Structure of the Atmosphere (Term 4)

    • Natural Sciences - The Greenhouse Effect (Term 4)

    • SS (Geography) - Resource Use and Sustainability (Term 4)

    • SS (Geography) - Food Security (Term 4)

    • SS (Geography) - Bees! Our Enemies or Friends? (Term 4)

    • LO, SS & NS - World With/out Water

  • Curriculum Aligned Activities - Grade 10

    • Physical Sciences - The Hydrosphere

    • Physical Sciences - Purification Crossword Puzzle (Term 4)

    • Geography - Flood Hydrographs (Term 4)

    • Life Sciences - A Look at South African Biomes

  • Curriculum Aligned Activities - Grade 11

    • Life Sciences - Human Impact on the Environment (Term 4)

  • Curriculum Aligned Activities - Grade 12

  • More Activities

    • "Respect Water, Respect Life" Activities

    • "Don't Waste Water" Activities

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    • Wise up with Water - No 1

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