2020 REVISED CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT PLANS GRADE 10

2020 REVISED CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT PLANS GRADE 10 Starting with Life at the Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Level Implementation: June 2020

Presentation Outline 1. Purpose 2. Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase; 3. Amendments to the Annual Teaching Plan; 4. Amendments School Based Assessment (SBA) 5. Conclusion

1. Purpose • To mediate the amendments of the trimmed and re-organised 2020 Annual Teaching Plan including School Based Assessment for Life Sciences, Grade 10 for implementation in June 2020 as stipulated in Circular S 2 of 2020 • To ensure that meaningful teaching proceeds during the remaining teaching time as per the revised school calendar. • To assist teachers with guided pacing and sequencing of curriculum content and assessment.

1. Purpose (continued) • To enable teachers to cover the essential core content /skills in each grade within the available time. • To assist teachers with planning for the different forms of assessment. • To ensure learners are adequately prepared for the subsequent year/s in terms of content, skills, knowledge, attitudes and values

2. Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Strand Grade 10 (if started with strand: Life at molecular level) Life at molecular, Organs: cellular and Leaf structure tissue level reorganised (will be taught when transpiration is taught in Strand 2) Grade 10 (if started with strand: Environmental studies) Grade 11 Grade 12 Organs: Leaf structure reorganised (will be taught when transpiration is taught in Strand 2) This strand is not covered in Grade 11 No amendments

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Strand Life at molecular, cellular and tissue level Grade 10 (if started with strand: Life at molecular level) Grade 10 (if started with strand: Environmental studies) Grade 11 The chemistry of This strand is not life: covered in Grade removed the 11 need for fertilisers in overutilised soils, eutrophication Cell division (mitosis): Remove cancer Grade 12 No amendments

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Strand Life at molecular, cellular and tissue level Grade 10 (if started with strand: Life at molecular level) Grade 10 (if started with strand: Environmental studies) Grade 11 Grade 12 Plant tissues: Re-organised (Change the sequence- start with animal tissues, then go to anatomy of dicotyledonous plants- where plant tissues will be covered in context) This strand is not covered in Grade 11 No amendments

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Strand Grade 10 (if started with strand: Life at molecular level) Life at molecular, Animal tissues: cellular and Removed tissue level application of IKS and Biotechnology Medical biotechnology Cloning Stem cell research Grade 10 (if started with strand: Environmental studies) Grade 11 Grade 12 Animal tissues: Removed application of IKS and Biotechnology Medical biotechnology Cloning Stem cell research This strand is not covered in Grade 11 No amendments

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Strand Grade 10 (if started with strand: Life at molecular level) Grade 10 (if started with strand: Environmental studies) Grade 11 Grade 12 Life processes in plants and animals Support and transport systems in plants: Secondary growth, wilting and guttation removed Photosynthesis: Topic time reduced to 2 weeks Removed all practical experiments except ONE basic experiment i. e. to show that light is necessary for photosynthesis Responding to the environment (plants): moved from term 3 to term 4

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Strand Grade 10 (if started with strand: Life at molecular level) Grade 10 (if started with strand: Environmental studies) Grade 11 Life processes in plants and animals Support systems in animals: Voluntary skeletal muscles (structure) – reduced. Only cover briefly that together with tendons and bones, brings about movement – no need for actual mode of contraction relaxation etc. Animal nutrition: Topic time reduced to 2 weeks. Removed different diets, dietary supplements, malnutrition. tooth decay, effects of alcohol and drug abuse Grade 12

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Strand Grade 10 (if started with strand: Life at molecular level) Grade 10 (if started with strand: Environmental studies) Grade 11 Life processes in plants and animals Transport systems in mammals: Removed mechanisms for controlling cardiac cycle and heart rate(pulse). Removed lymph and diseases of heart and circulatory system Cellular respiration: Topic time reduced to 1 week. Removed all practical experiments except ONE basic experiment i. e. to show that carbon dioxide is produced by living organisms during respiration Grade 12

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Strand Life processes in plants and animals Grade 10 (if started with strand: Life at molecular level) Grade 10 (if started with strand: Environmental studies) Grade 11 Gaseous exchange: Removed gaseous exchange requirements, respiratory diseases, effects of smoking and altitude on gaseous exchange, artificial respiration and practical work Grade 12

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Strand Life processes in plants and animals Grade 10 (if started with strand: Life at molecular level) Grade 10 (if started with strand: Environmental studies) Grade 11 Excretion: Removed diseases affecting kidney function and practical work Grade 12

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Strand Grade 10 (if started with strand: Life at molecular level) Grade 10 (if started with strand: Environmental studies) Grade 11 Diversity, change History of life on No amendments and continuity earth: Removed fossil tourism and key events in life’s history Grade 12 No amendments

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Strand Grade 10 (if started with strand: Life at molecular level) Grade 10 (if started with strand: Environmental studies) Grade 11 Grade 12 Environmental studies Detail on Biomes removed No amendments Population ecology: Topic time can be reduced to 3 weeks. Removed social organisation and succession Human impact on the environment (Grade 11): Moved from term 3 to term 4 Human impact on the environment: Topic time reduced to 5 weeks

3. Amendments to the Annual Teaching Plan

Summary: Reorganisation of content topics (term 2 - 4) • Cancer: Removed • Need for fertilisers in over-utilised soils, eutrophication: Removed • Application of IKS and Biotechnology, Medical biotechnology, Cloning and Stem cell research: Removed. • Leaf Structure: Reorganised (Will be taught when Transcription is taught) • Secondary Growth, Wilting and Guttation: Removed • Voluntary skeletal muscles – structure, diseases that affect the skeleton: Reduced

Summary: Reorganisation of content topics (term 2 - 4) • Mechanisms for controlling cardiac cycle and heart rate(pulse): Removed • Lymph and diseases of heart and circulatory system: Removed • Detail on different biomes: Removed. • Fossil tourism: Removed • Key events in life’s history: Removed

Summary: Amendment to the weighting of content topics • No amendments to content topic weightings in Grade 10

Summary: Content/Topics Amended Content/Topics The Chemistry of Life Need for fertilisers in overutilised soils, eutrophication (CAPS pg. 23) Cell division: Cancer (CAPS pg. 26) Term 1 1 Amendment Removed Covered in human impact in gr 11 in same depth Removed Only brief description required, does not support the outcome of the topic.

Summary: Content/Topics Amended Content/Topics Organs Leaf (CAPS pg. 28) Support and transport systems in plants Secondary Growth Wilting Guttation (CAPS pg. 29) Term Amendment 2 Re-organised (Will be taught when transpiration is taught) Topic time reduced from 2 Removed Does not contribute significantly to the learning outcome of support and transport

Summary: Content/Topics Amended Content/Topics Support system in animals Voluntary skeletal muscles: structure, diseases that affect the skeleton (CAPS pg. 30) Term 2 Amendment Reduced Only cover briefly that together with tendons and bones, brings about movement – no need for actual mode of contraction relaxation etc.

Summary: Content/Topics Amended Content/Topics Transport systems in mammals Mechanisms for controlling cardiac cycle and heart rate(pulse) (CAPS pg. 32) Transport systems in mammals Lymph and diseases of heart and circulatory system (CAPS pg. 32) Term 3 3 Amendment Removed Application of the knowledge of the cardiac cycle Removed Has no further application in grades 11 and 12 Can be addressed in application and synthesis style questions on higher order.

Summary: Content/Topics Amended Content/Topics Term Amendment Removed Has no further application in Grade 11 and 12 Environmental Studies (Biosphere to Ecosystems): Detail on different biomes 3 History of Life on Earth Fossil tourism (CAPS pg. 36) 4 Removed. Covered in ecotourism 4 Removed. Anecdotal evidence, since it only focusses on South Africa – Human and prehuman fossils covered in gr 12 History of Life on Earth Key events in life’s history (CAPS pg. 36)

4. Amendments School Based Assessment (SBA)

Summary: Revised Programme of Assessment Term 1 PRACTICAL TASK (20%) (minimum 30 marks) TEST (20%) (minimum 50 marks) Term 2 TEST (20%) (minimum 50 marks) Term 3 Term 4 PRACTICAL TASK (20%) (minimum 30 marks) FINAL EXAMINATION Paper 1 + Paper 2 Duration: 2½ hours for each paper 150 marks for each paper TEST (20%) (minimum 50 marks)

Summary: Revised Final Examination Structure • • No changes in Grade 10 Paper 1 and Paper 2 150 marks each paper 2½ hours each paper

Summary: Final examination Structure Format of a Grade 10 examination paper: Sections Type of questions Marks A A variety of short answer questions, objective questions for 50 example MCQ, terminology, columns/statement and items, data-response B A variety of question types. TWO questions of 50 marks each divided into 2 – 4 subsections 2 x 50

Summary: Final Examination Structure PAPER 1 MARKS PAPER 2 MARKS Term 1: Chemistry of Life 33 Term 3: Transport systems in mammals 32 Term 1: Cells: Basic units of life 19 Term 3: Biosphere to ecosystems – 54 54 Term 1: Cell division (mitosis) 19 Term 4: Biodiversity and classification 21 Term 1 and 2: Plant and Animal Tissues 28 Term 4: History of life on earth 43 Term 2: Plant organs 9 Term 2: Support and transport systems: plants 23 Term 2: Support systems: animals 19 Total 150

2020 REVISED CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT PLANS GRADE 10 Starting with Environmental Studies Implementation: June 2020

Presentation Outline 1. Purpose 2. Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase 3. Amendments to the Annual Teaching Plan 4. Amendments School Based Assessment (SBA) 5. Conclusion

1. Purpose • To mediate the amendments of the trimmed and re-organised 2020 Annual Teaching Plan including School Based Assessment for Life Sciences, Grade 10 for implementation in June 2020 as stipulated in Circular S 2 of 2020. • To ensure that meaningful teaching proceeds during the remaining teaching time as per the revised school calendar. • To assist teachers with guided pacing and sequencing of curriculum content and assessment.

1. Purpose (continued) • To enable teachers to cover the essential core content /skills in each grade within the available time. • To assist teachers with planning for the different forms of assessment. • To ensure learners are adequately prepared for the subsequent year/s in terms of content, skills, knowledge, attitudes and values.

2. Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Strand Grade 10 (if started with strand: Life at molecular level) Life at molecular, Organs: cellular and Leaf structure tissue level reorganised (will be taught when transpiration is taught in Strand 2) Grade 10 (if started with strand: Environmental studies) Grade 11 Grade 12 Organs: Leaf structure reorganised (will be taught when transpiration is taught in Strand 2) This strand is not covered in Grade 11 No amendments

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Strand Life at molecular, cellular and tissue level Grade 10 (if started with strand: Life at molecular level) Grade 10 (if started with strand: Environmental studies) Grade 11 The chemistry of This strand is not life: covered in Grade Removed the 11 need for fertilisers in overutilised soils, eutrophication Cell division (mitosis): Remove cancer Grade 12 No amendments

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Strand Life at molecular, cellular and tissue level Grade 10 (if started with strand: Life at molecular level) Grade 10 (if started with strand: Environmental studies) Grade 11 Grade 12 Plant tissues: Re-organised (Change the sequence- start with animal tissues, then go to anatomy of dicotyledonous plants- where plant tissues will be covered in context) This strand is not covered in Grade 11 No amendments

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Strand Life at molecular, cellular and tissue level Grade 10 (if started with strand: Life at molecular level) Grade 10 (if started with strand: Environmental studies) Grade 11 Grade 12 Animal tissues: Removed application of IKS and Biotechnology Medical biotechnology Cloning Stem cell research This strand is not covered in Grade 11 No amendments

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Strand Grade 10 (if started with strand: Life at molecular level) Grade 10 (if started with strand: Environmental studies) Grade 11 Grade 12 Life processes in plants and animals Support and transport systems in plants: Secondary growth, wilting and guttation removed Photosynthesis: Topic time reduced to 2 weeks Removed all practical experiments except ONE basic experiment i. e. to show that light is necessary for photosynthesis Responding to the environment (plants): moved from term 3 to term 4

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Strand Grade 10 (if started with strand: Life at molecular level) Grade 10 (if started with strand: Environmental studies) Grade 11 Life processes in plants and animals Support systems in animals: Voluntary skeletal muscles (structure) – reduced. Only cover briefly that together with tendons and bones, brings about movement – no need for actual mode of contraction relaxation etc. Animal nutrition: Topic time reduced to 2 weeks. Removed different diets, dietary supplements, malnutrition. tooth decay, effects of alcohol and drug abuse Grade 12

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Strand Grade 10 (if started with strand: Life at molecular level) Grade 10 (if started with strand: Environmental studies) Grade 11 Life processes in plants and animals Transport systems in mammals: Removed mechanisms for controlling cardiac cycle and heart rate(pulse). Removed lymph and diseases of heart and circulatory system Cellular respiration: Topic time reduced to 1 week. Removed all practical experiments except ONE basic experiment i. e. to show that carbon dioxide is produced by living organisms during respiration Grade 12

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Strand Life processes in plants and animals Grade 10 (if started with strand: Life at molecular level) Grade 10 (if started with strand: Environmental studies) Grade 11 Gaseous exchange: Removed gaseous exchange requirements, respiratory diseases, effects of smoking and altitude on gaseous exchange, artificial respiration and practical work Grade 12

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Strand Life processes in plants and animals Grade 10 (if started with strand: Life at molecular level) Grade 10 (if started with strand: Environmental studies) Grade 11 Excretion: Removed diseases affecting kidney function and practical work Grade 12

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Strand Grade 10 (if started with strand: Life at molecular level) Grade 10 (if started with strand: Environmental studies) Grade 11 Diversity, change History of life on No amendments and continuity earth: Removed fossil tourism and key events in life’s history Grade 12 No amendments

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Strand Grade 10 Grade 11 (if started with strand 1) strand 3) Grade 12 Environmental studies Detail on Biomes removed Human impact on the environment (Grade 11): Moved from term 3 to term 4 No amendments Population ecology: Topic time can be reduced to 3 weeks. Removed social organisation and succession Human impact on the environment: Topic time reduced to 5 weeks

3. Amendments to the Annual Teaching Plan

Summary: Reorganisation of content topics (term 2 - 4) • Fossil tourism: Removed • Key events in life’s history: Removed • Need for fertilisers in over-utilised soils, eutrophication: Removed • Cancer: Removed • Plant Tissues: Re-organised. Will be taught in context in the distribution of tissues in the root, stem and leaf.

Summary: Reorganisation of content topics (term 2 - 4) • Application of IKS and Biotechnology, Medical biotechnology, Cloning and Stem cell research: Removed. • Leaf structure: Re-organised (Will be taught when transpiration is taught) • Secondary Growth, Wilting and Guttation: Removed. • Voluntary skeletal muscles – structure, diseases that affect the skeleton: Reduced

Summary: Reorganisation of content topics (term 2 - 4) • Mechanisms for controlling cardiac cycle and heart rate(pulse): Removed • Lymph and diseases of heart and circulatory system: Removed

Summary: Amendment to the weighting of content topics • No amendments to content topic weightings in Grade 10

Summary: Content/Topics Amended Content/Topics History of Life on Earth Fossil tourism (CAPS pg. 36) History of Life on Earth Key events in life’s history (CAPS pg. 36) Term 2 2 Amendment Removed. Covered in ecotourism Removed. Anecdotal evidence, since it only focusses on South Africa – Human and prehuman fossils covered in gr 12

Summary: Content/Topics Amended Content/Topics The Chemistry of Life Need for fertilisers in overutilised soils, eutrophication (CAPS pg. 23) Term 2 Amendment Removed Covered in human impact in gr 11 in same depth

Summary: Content/Topics Amended Content/Topics Cell division: Mitosis Cancer (CAPS pg. 26) Plant tissues Xylem Phloem, Parenchyma, Collenchyma, sclerenchyma, epidermis and meristematic (CAPS pg. 26) Term Amendment 3 Removed Only brief description required, does not support the outcome of the topic. 3 Re-organised (Change the sequence- start with animal tissues, then go straight into anatomy of dicotyledonous plantswhere plant tissues will be covered in context)

Summary: Content/Topics Amended Content/Topics Animal tissues Application of IKS and Biotechnology Medical biotechnology Cloning (CAPS pg. 28) Organs Leaf (CAPS pg. 28) Term Amendment 3 Removed Can be addressed in application and synthesis style questions on higher order. Medical biotechnology and cloning (Intro and detail in gr 12) Stem cells (Intro in gr 9 and detail in gr 12) 3 Re-organised (Will be taught when transpiration is taught)

Summary: Content/Topics Amended Content/Topics Support and transport systems in plants Secondary Growth Wilting Guttation (CAPS pg. 29) Support system in animals Voluntary skeletal muscles: structure, diseases that affect the skeleton (CAPS pg. 30) Term Amendment 4 Removed Does not contribute significantly to the learning outcome of support and transport 4 Reduced Only cover briefly that together with tendons and bones, brings about movement – no need for actual mode of contraction relaxation etc.

Summary: Content/Topics Amended Content/Topics Transport systems in mammals Mechanisms for controlling cardiac cycle and heart rate(pulse) (CAPS pg. 32) Transport systems in mammals Lymph and diseases of heart and circulatory system (CAPS pg. 32) Term Amendment 4 Removed Application of the knowledge of the cardiac cycle 4 Removed Has no further application in grades 11 and 12 Can be addressed in application and synthesis style questions on higher order.

4. Amendments School Based Assessment (SBA)

Summary: Revised Programme of Assessment Term 1 PRACTICAL TASK (20%) (minimum 30 marks) TEST (20%) (minimum 50 marks) Term 2 TEST (20%) (minimum 50 marks) Term 3 Term 4 PRACTICAL TASK (20%) (minimum 30 marks) FINAL EXAMINATION Paper 1 + Paper 2 Duration: 2½ hours for each paper 150 marks for each paper TEST (20%) (minimum 50 marks)

Summary: Revised Final Examination Structure • • No changes in Grade 10 Paper 1 and Paper 2 150 marks each paper 2½ hours each paper

Summary: Final examination Structure Format of a Grade 10 examination paper: Sections Type of questions Marks A A variety of short answer questions, objective questions for 50 example MCQ, terminology, columns/statement and items, data-response B A variety of question types. TWO questions of 50 marks each divided into 2 – 4 subsections 2 x 50

Summary: Final Examination Structure Paper 1 TOPIC MARKS TERM 2: Chemistry of life 33 TERM 3: Cells: Basic units of life 19 Cell division: Mitosis 19 Plant and animal tissues 28 Plant organs (Leaf) 9 TERM 4: Support and transport systems: Plants 23 Support systems: Animals 19 TOTAL 150

Summary: Final Examination Structure Paper 2 TOPIC MARKS TERM 4: Transport systems in mammals 32 TERM 1 Biosphere to ecosystems 54 TERM 1 & 2: Biodiversity and classification 21 TERM 2: History of life on earth 43 TOTAL 150

5. Conclusion

Conclusion • The following topics were removed: – Fossil tourism – Key events in life’s history – Fertilizers and eutrophication – Cancer – Application of IKS and Biotechnology – Secondary growth: wilting and guttation – Mechanisms for controlling cardiac cycle and heart rate – Lymph and diseases of the heart and circulatory system

Contact Details Mr Kanthan Naidoo CES: Life Sciences Department of Basic Education Tel: 012 357 4160 Email: Naidoo. K@dbe. gov. za