
The Siyavula textbooks that are currently available are: These textbooks and workbooks are openly-licensed and freely available for you to use, download, copy, rework and redistribute. Siyavula has also created a range of textbooks for other grades and subjects, and we are going to be producing more. Some of the other chapters in this term might not require as much time.ĭid you know that these workbooks were created at Siyavula with the input from many contributors and volunteers? Just turn to the front to see the long list! Read more about Siyavula at our website: You can also sign up at our community page if you would like to stay in touch and get involved in our projects. You might need to spend more than the allocated 2 weeks of time that is specified in CAPS. There is a lot of content to cover in this chapter and many concepts form the foundation for what learners will cover in Physical Sciences in Gr. You will need to assess the requirements and capabilities of your class in order to decide which tasks to perform. Some are extension tasks and some tasks are revision from Gr. You might not have time to cover all of them. There are many tasks included in this chapter. Allow them to walk on different surfaces and feel the effects of friction. Have them push against buildings to experience the resistance offered by surfaces. Have learners pull and push objects and move each other around the classroom or outside in the school grounds. This chapter has many opportunities for getting the learners to engage physically with the concepts. They will be introduced to the concept of force fields. Learners will discover that there are two main categories of forces, namely contact and non-contact forces. 8 Energy transfer in electrical systems introduced learners to the attraction and repulsion forces between magnets when looking at the magnetic effect of an electric current. 8 Static electricity introduced learners to friction and electrostatic force and Learners would have been exposed to some of the concepts around forces in previous grades, for example: This chapter introduces learners to the concept of a force.
