2020 REVISED CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT PLANS TECHNICAL SCIENCES

2020 REVISED CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT PLANS TECHNICAL SCIENCES GRADE 12 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 Technical Sciences, Grade 12 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 Knowledge Area Grade 10 Grade 11 Removed: Beams & No amendments MECHANICS PAT 2 Experiment Time adjusted: Energy Removed: Classification of matter • Molecular formulae • Balancing equations Properties of material MATTER AND N/A • Electrical conductors, MATERIALS semiconductors and insulators • Thermal conductors and insulators Grade 12 No amendments

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Knowledge Area Grade 10 N/A SOUND AND WAVES Grade 11 Superposition of waves • Removed. Sound waves: • Experiments 8 and 9 changed from formal to informal. Grade 12 No amendments

Summary: Amendments to the Content Overview for the Phase Knowledge Area Grade 10 Time adjusted: Electrostatics & ELECTRICITY Electric circuits. AND Moved electric MAGNETISM circuits from term 4 to term 3 HEAT AND Time adjusted THERMODYN Heat and temperature AMICS CHEMICAL CHANGE N/A Grade 11 Electrostatics: • Moved to term 4. Grade 12 No amendments Electric circuits: • First topic in term 3 Heat and Thermodynamics: N/A • Removed No amendments

3. Amendments to the Annual Teaching Plan

Summary: Reorganisation of content topics Term 1 • No amendments Term 2 • No amendments. Terms 3 • Some concepts of Electromagnetism has been moved from term 3 to term 4. v. Faraday’s Law, Lenz’s Law, Transformer, Generators and Motors. • Chemical Change moved from term 3 to term 4.

Summary: Amendment to weighting of content topics There is no amendment to the weighting of the content topics.

Summary: Content/Topics Amended Content / Topics Term Amendment MECHANICS MATTER AND MATERIALS 1 No amendments 2 No amendments SOUND AND WAVES 2 Time reduced from 12 hrs. to 10 hrs. ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM CHEMICAL CHANGE Electromagnetism: 3 • Faraday’s Law, Lenz’s Law, Transformer, Generators and Motors moved to term 4. 3 • Moved to term 4

4. Amendments School Based Assessment (SBA)

Summary: Revised Programme of Assessment Term 1 2 3 Task Original SBA Weighting Revised SBA Weighting Control Test 1 20 % 35 % June examination 30 % 0% September Examination 50 % 65 %

Summary: Revised Practical Assessment Task (PAT) Term 1 2 3 Task Original PAT Weighting Revised PAT Weighting PAT 1 30 % 45 % PAT 2 30 % 0% PAT 3 40 % 55 %

Summary: Revision Final Examination Structure • The trial and final examinations will each consist of two papers: • The total of each paper will be 150 marks and the duration will be 3 hours each. • There are no changes to weightings of topics in final papers. • There are however changes to the weightings of topics in trial papers.

Summary: Amendment to weighting of content topics in the trial examination papers. Paper Knowledge Area Mechanics Paper 1 Electricity & Magnetism Matter and Materials Paper 2 Chemical Change Wave, Sound & Light Initial marks (CAPS) Revised marks 72 119 28 31 Electromagnetism excluded 36 85 28 0 36 65

4. Conclusion

Conclusion • Time allocated per topic is a guideline – teaching might be shorter/longer depending on the situation in each school. • Time allocated should be enough to complete the revised ATP, however schools are encouraged to use extra classes should they be too behind with their work and are not able to complete a topic within the stipulated time. • The ATP does not cater for revision. Learners should therefore be encouraged to do revision outside the normal school hours.

Contact Details Name: CES: JSK Maharaj (Veena) Department of Basic Education Tel: 012 357 4169 Email: maharaj. j@dbe. gov. za