NST1501 Assignment 2 Semester 1 2024

This assignment contains 3 questions, of which all are COMPULSORY.




QUESTION 1


Answer the following questions:

1.1 How many hours is allocated per week for Natural Sciences and
Technology?

CAPS- 3½ hours per week



1.2 How many strands does the Natural Sciences curriculum have?


Matter and Materials
Life and Living
Energy and Change
Planet Earth and Beyond


1.3 How many strands does the Technology curriculum have?

Processing
Structures
Systems and Control

, 1.4 Choose one Natural Sciences strand, and name 4 topics covered in
that strand in the intermediate phase.



Movement energy in a system
Rocket systems
Systems for looking into space
Systems for moving things




1.5. List the specific aims of Natural Sciences and Technology



Specific Aim 1: ‘Doing Science and Technology’

Specific Aim 2: ‘Understanding and connecting ideas’


Specific Aim 3: ‘Science, Technology and Society’




1.6. For each topic, correctly identify the strand, grade and term that the
topic is taught in.



Processes to purify water Systems and Control
Strong frame structures Structures
Food chains Life and Living
Solids, Liquids and gasses Matter and materials
Fossils Planet Earth and Beyond
Habitats of animals Life and Living