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A MESSAGE FROM THE NECT
NATIONAL EDUCATION COLLABORATION TRUST (NECT)
Dear Teachers
This learning programme and training is provided by the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT)
on behalf of the Department of Basic Education (DBE)! We hope that this programme provides you with
additional skills, methodologies and content knowledge that you can use to teach your learners more
effectively.
What is NECT?
In 2012 our government launched the National Development Plan (NDP) as a way to eliminate poverty
and reduce inequality by the year 2030. Improving education is an important goal in the NDP which
states that 90% of learners will pass Maths, Science and languages with at least 50% by 2030.
This is a very ambitious goal for the DBE to achieve on its own, so the NECT was established in 2015 to
assist in improving education.
The NECT has successfully brought together groups of people interested in education to work together
to improve education. These groups include the teacher unions, businesses, religious groups, trusts,
foundations and NGOs.
What are the learning programmes?
One of the programmes that the NECT implements on behalf of the DBE is the ‘District Development
Programme’. This programme works directly with district of 昀椀 cials, principals, teachers, parents and
learners; you are all part of this programme!
The programme began in 2015 with a small group of schools called the Fresh Start Schools (FSS).
Curriculum learning programmes were developed for Maths, Science and Language teachers in
FSS who received training and support on their implementation. The FSS teachers remain part of the
programme, and we encourage them to mentor and share their experience with other teachers.
The FSS helped the DBE trial the NECT learning programmes so that they could be improved and used
by many more teachers. NECT has already this scale-up process in its Universalisation Programme and
in its Provincialisation Programme.
Everyone using the learning programmes comes from one of these groups; but you are now brought
together in the spirit of collaboration that de 昀椀 nes the manner in which the NECT works. Teachers with
more experience using the learning programmes will deepen their knowledge and understanding, while
some teachers will be experiencing the learning programmes for the 昀椀 rst time.
Let’s work together constructively in the spirit of collaboration so that we can help South Africa eliminate
poverty and improve education!
www.nect.org.za
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CONTENTS
PROGRAMME ORIENTATION 3
CAPS AND THE LESSON PLANS 8
TOPIC OVERVIEW PHOTOSYNTHESIS 1A - 2C 14-15
Week 1 Lesson 1A PLANTS AND FOOD 16
Week 1 Lesson 1B PLANTS AND FOOD 22
Week 1 Lesson 1C PLANTS STORE FOOD 28
Week 2 Lesson 2A TESTING FOR STARCH 33
Week 2 Lesson 2B PLANTS AND AIR 38
Week 2 Lesson 2C PLANTS AND AIR 43
TOPIC OVERVIEW NUTRIENTS IN FOOD 3A - 4B 47-48
Week 3 Lesson 3A THE MAIN FOOD GROUPS 49
Week 3 Lesson 3B FOOD GROUPS 54
Week 3 Lesson 3C FOOD GROUPS 60
Week 4 Lesson 4A FOOD GROUPS 65
Week 4 Lesson 4B FOOD GROUPS 70
TOPIC OVERVIEW NUTRIENTS IN FOOD 4A - 5C 75-76
Week 4 Lesson 4C BALANCED DIETS 77
Week 5 Lesson 5A BALANCED DIETS 84
Week 5 Lesson 5B BALANCED DIETS 89
Week 5 Lesson 5C BALANCED DIETS 95
TOPIC OVERVIEW FOOD PROCESSING 6A - 7C 100-102
Week 6 Lesson 6A NEED FOR PROCESSING FOOD 103
Week 6 Lesson 6B METHODS OF PROCESSING FOOD 109
Week 6 Lesson 6C PREPARING AND COOKING FOOD 114
Week 7 Lesson 7A PRESERVING FOOD 119
Week 7 Lesson 7B FERMENTING FOOD 125
Week 7 Lesson 7C TRADITIONAL WAYS OF PROCESSING FOOD 130
TOPIC OVERVIEW ECOSYSTEMS AND FOOD WEBS 8A - 9C 135-137
Week 8 Lesson 8A ECOSYSTEMS AND WHAT THEY ARE 138
DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEMS: RIVERS, SEA, ROCKY SHORE, PONDS,
Week 8 Lesson 8B 143
WETLANDS
DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEMS: MOUNTAINS, GRASSLANDS, FORESTS,
Week 8 Lesson 8C 150
DESERTS
Week 9 Lesson 9A RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LIVING AND NON-LIVING THINGS 158
Week 9 Lesson 9B FEEDING RELATIONSHIPS 163
Week 9 Lesson 9C WHAT MAKES A FOOD WEB 169
GRADE 6 ASSESSMENT 174
Term 1 - ASSESSMENT 175-176
Grade 6 NATURAL SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGY Term 1 3
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