NATURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY:
PLANNING & PREPARATION
GRADE 4 TERM
Aim /Purpose/ Topic / Content /
Concepts / Skills
(WHAT I am going to teach/guide/support…)
Topic: Solid materials
Content:
• Raw and manufactured materials
Concepts and Skills:
TEACHERS
• Raw and manufactured:
Sand, glass, coal, wood & hides, fibre,
wool
• Explain/describe the key concepts /
definitions that learners need to know or
be able to do with the necessary detail.
Raw materials: material that occurs like
water, clay, wood, etc.
• Manufactured or Processed materials:
Natural material went through a process
to get a different material, e.g.
o Wheat is grinded to make flour.
o Clay is baked in an oven and
glazed to make crockery.
o Animal hides become leather.
• Raw material undergoes a physical
and chemical change, to become
manufactured materials.
• Some manufactured materials are by
products of other processes e.g.
GRADE 4 NATURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY DRAFT LESSON PLAN: SOLID MATERIALS - RAW AND MANUFACTURED MATERIALS
2 KNOWLEDGE STRAND MATTER AND MATERIALS & STRUCTURES
DATE: Term 2 Week 4_ 2021
Teaching Methodologies & Classroom
Resources / LTSM
Management Skills (WHAT I am going to use to teach/guide/support…)
(HOW I am going to teach/guide/support…)
Introduction: Paper based Digital resources
• Show learners a selection of materials. They resources Refer Refer to the relevant digital
need to classify which are found in nature learners to the resources e.g. links on the
worksheet that WCED ePortal
and which are created in a factory. Indicate
accompanies this Glass:
what learners should already know from lesson, specific https://www.youtube.com/w
previous grades/current grade. You may Sections / Topics/ atch?v=UOwk2QIfDqY
want to also use example to illustrate this. Pages in the textbook Coal:
• Materials used in everyday packaging – raw / resources that https://www.youtube.com/w
or manufactured; natural or synthetic? Class learners will have on atch?v=Q8S9laxjlVg
discussion …. hand (e.g. Sasol wood/paper:
• Learners list as many materials as they can. Inzalo/ Thunderbolt https://www.youtube.com/w
Kids) atch?v=0VEJCWvfhQg&t=13s
Think of. State whether most every day
leather:
materials are raw or manufactured and give
https://www.youtube.com/w
reasons for their answers. atch?v=6Cn7QqdFIxc
Wool
Development: https://www.youtube.com/w
• Teacher supply pieces of wood, leather, iron. atch?v=U7Tw4pqyhck
Learners work in pairs and create an iron
ornament /artwork with either one or all https://www.youtube.com/w
materials. atch?v=qR6IxO_GqU0
Conclusion
• Learners answer the following question in
their own words after watching the videos
provided.
• Can we do /go without raw materials.
Substantiate your answer in a paragraph.
(teacher checks sentence construction and
spelling – LAC)
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 lipstick, Vaseline and nylons are
byproducts in the processing of crude
oil,
• Think of what you want to tell learners in
this topic.
o Sand: different types: beach sand,
garden sand, clayey sand, etc.
o Glass is primarily manufactured by
combining silica and beach sand.
Further processes produce
coloured glass and tempered glass.
Similar to what teachers would teach, etc.
as indicated above – this could be a
repeat of the teacher’s info – just so that
parents are aware of content.
Topic: Solid materials
Content:
• Raw and manufactured materials
PARENTS Concepts and Skills:
• Raw and manufactured:
Sand, glass, coal, wood & hides, fibre,
wool
• You can screen the different videos on
materials with the URL’s that the
teacher provided.
GRADE 4 NATURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY DRAFT LESSON PLAN: SOLID MATERIALS - RAW AND MANUFACTURED MATERIALS
ACTIVITIES AT HOME:
Help your child search for items in the house
that can be used for simple experiments for raw
and manufactured materials e.g.
Activity 1:
Combining raw materials to form new materials.
How to make playdough:
You will need: 2 cups of flour; 1 cup fine salt; 1
tablespoon of oil; 1 cup of cold water; zip lock
bags, (additional) 2 drops of food colouring
Process:
o Use a zip lock bag, normal strong plastic
bag or plastic container.
o Combine and mix flour and salt.
o Add water, food coloring and oil. Mixt until
ingredients are combined.
o Knead well.
o If consistency is too wet add a little flour.
Create:
Use dough to create a pinch pot to store small
objects at home. Start pinching dough and thin
it out to form shape. Leave to air-dry. It can be
used as is or baked to form harder material.
LAC:
• Glossary List / Science Dictionary
• Flashcards for new vocabulary
Minimum requirements:
All materials, resources that could be
found at home, low cost, etc. as
indicated below:
Materials used in everyday packaging –
raw or manufactured, pieces of wood,
leather, iron, natural or synthetic, etc.
2 cups of flour; 1 cup fine salt; 1
tablespoon of oil; 1 cup of cold water;
(additional) 2 drops of food coloring, zip
lock bags
Microwave, over, kettle
Learner must have access to:
• Access to worksheets, either
electronically as screenshots or pdf
document or printed hard copy.
Other:
• Science diary or workbook, stationary
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 Talk here about following: • Laptop / tablets / smart phones,
1. What will happen if the air-dried pot gets projectors, speakers, etc.
wet?
2. What will happen if the baked pot gets
wet.
3. What can be done to prevent the pot from
getting soggy? Paint with nail polish, paint,
varnish, etc.
LEARNERS’ Learner activities: step by step, practical Can you?
ACTIVITIES Can include a worksheet below, as well as links to video clip, etc. Example: Do the warmup
Options: Play your favorite song. Listen to the beat.
1.Same colour paper Move individual parts of your body in
2. Paper two colours sequence for 8 counts.
3. Multi colour paper Start hit head, move to the beat, then.
STEP 1 Neck; shoulders; trunk; hips; legs; ankles.
Cut one colourful / multi colour page in strips. When the individual parts are warmed up
Cut one page into strips but keep one edge attached. start walking in a circle and start from the
head. This time as you add another body
part, do not stop the previous part from
moving. You will find that you will be
moving (dancing) to the beat.
STEP 2 Can you?
Use lose strips and weave alternatively into attached page. Explain in your own words, what a raw
When done, continue weaving until the whole page is completed. material is?
Try and make a list of as many materials
as you can think of.
STEP 3 Can you?
Once you have mastered the weaving technique, try to create different shapes and patterns Explain in your own words, what a
manufactured material is?
List manufactured materials at home and
next to each try to say from which raw
material they are made.
Informal Assessment

Values taught

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GRADE 4 NATURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY DRAFT LESSON PLAN: SOLID MATERIALS - RAW AND MANUFACTURED MATERIALS
 LEARNER ACTIVITY

• Study some of the items found in and around the house.

• Say what is made / manufactured of?
• Can you think of the raw material it came from?
• The first one is done completed, to guide you.

ITEMS FOUND AT HOME WHAT IS IT MADE OF? WHAT WAS THE RAW
(MANUFACTURED) MATERIAL THAT WAS USED?

Metal / Metal alloy Iron ore

Keys

Bottle stoppers

Marble

Pencils

Earbuds

Coins

Cap
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GRADE 4 NATURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY DRAFT LESSON PLAN: SOLID MATERIALS - RAW AND MANUFACTURED MATERIALS
 Receipts

Brush

Cup

Container

Ring & tie decoration

Purse & belt

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GRADE 4 NATURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY DRAFT LESSON PLAN: SOLID MATERIALS - RAW AND MANUFACTURED MATERIALS