Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 5-A Teacher’s Guide - CAPS Revised for 2014

Oct 14, 2026

Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 5-A Teacher’s Guide provides CAPS-aligned guidance for teaching the integrated subject Natural Sciences and Technology. It explains the curriculum purpose, emphasizing how science develops through observation, testing, and evidence across multiple cultures. The guide clarifies how the two former subjects complement each other, outlines goals, focus areas, developmental methods, major processes, and evaluation approaches, and supports classroom delivery with “Visit” links to videos, websites, games, and learner activities.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages230

Reading Time9 h 40 min

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THE NATURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM

Natural Sciences and Technology complement each other

ORGANISATION OF THE CURRICULUM

Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 5 (CAPS) Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 5-A Teacher’s Guide CAPS Revised for 2014 Developed and funded as an ongoing project by the Sasol Inzalo Foundation in partnership with Siyavula and volunteers. Distributed by the Department of Basic Education. COPYRIGHT NOTICE Your freedom to legally copy this book You are allowed and encouraged to freely copy this book. You can photocopy, print and distribute it as often as you like. You can download it onto your mobile phone, iPad, PC or ﬂashdrive. You can burn it to CD, email it around or upload it to your website. The only restriction is that you cannot change this book, its cover or content in any way. For more information, about the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-ND 3 . 0) license, see [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/)[ ](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/)[by-nd/3.0/](by-nd/3.0/) The Thunderbolt Kids characters were originally created as part of the Kusasa project ([www.kusasa.org](www.kusasa.org)), a Shuttleworth Foundation initiative. The Shuttleworth Foundation granted permission for the use of these characters and related artwork. AUTHORS LIST This book was written by Siyavula and volunteer educators, academics and students. Siyavula believes in the power of community and collaboration. By training volunteers, helping them network across the country, encouraging them to work together and using the technology available, the vision is to create and use open educational resources to transform the way we teach and learn, especially in South Africa. For more information on how to get involved in the community and volunteer, visit www.siyavula.com Siyavula Core Team Megan Beckett, Ewald Zietsman Siyavula Extended Team Neels van der Westhuizen, René Toerien, Bridget Nash, Heather Williams, Dr Mark Horner, Delita Otto, Marthélize Tredoux, Luke Kannemeyer Contributors Ronald Arendse, Prof Ilsa Basson, Rudolph Basson, Mariaan Bester, Darryl Bimray, Brandt Botes, Novosti Buta, Michaela Carr, Kade Cloete, Julian Cowper, Dawn Crawford, Zorina Dharsey, Octave Dilles, Shamin Garib, Sanette Gildenhuys, Nicole Gillanders, Celestè Greyling, Martli Greyvenstein, Lee-Ann Harding, Dr Colleen Henning, Anna Herrington, Ruth-Anne Holm, Adam Hyde, Karishma Jagesar, Wayne Jones, Kristi Jooste, Louise King, Paul van Koersveld, Dr Erica Makings, Dhevan Mari mandi, Dowelani Mash uvhamele, Glen Morris, Busisiwe Mosiuoa, Andrea Motto, Gladys Munyorovi, Johann Myburgh, Mervin Naik, Alouise Neve ling, Owen Newton-Hill, Mthuthuzeli Ngqongqo, Godwell Nhema, Brett Nicolson, Mawethu Nocanda, Seth Phatoli, Swasthi Pillay, Karen du Plessis, Jennifer Poole, Brice Reign ie r, Irakli Rekhviashvili, Jacques van Rhyn, Kyle Robertson, Ivan Sadler, Thaneshree Singh, Hè lé ne Smit, Karen Stewart, James Surgey, Isabel Tarling, Rose Thomas, Dr Francois Toerien, Antonette Tonkie, Wetsie Visser, Vicci Vivier, Karen Wallace, Dawid Weideman, Dr Rufus Wesi, Matthew Wolfe A special thank you goes to St John's College in Johannesburg for hosting the authoring events which led to the ﬁrst version of these workbooks. THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A WORKBOOK! In many places you will see there are “Visit” boxes in the margins. These boxes contain links to videos online, interesting websites which pertain to the content, or else games or activities for learners to complete. To access these websites or videos, simply type the link provided into your address bar in your internet browser. The links look like this for example, [goo.gl/vWKnF](goo.gl/vWKnF) You can use these links in your lessons or else explain to your learners that they can watch them at home on a PC, laptop or on their mobile phones. To download these workbooks or learn more about the project, visit the Sasol Inzalo Foundation website at [http://sasolinzalofoundation.org.za](http://sasolinzalofoundation.org.za)

FAQs

What does the Natural Sciences and Technology curriculum emphasize in its introduction?

It connects science to observation, testing, and proving ideas, explaining that it has developed through many cultures and times and reflects shared cultural heritage.

How are Natural Sciences and Technology organized together for Grade 5 learners?

The guide states that Natural Sciences and Technology are combined into one subject, compulsory for all learners in Grades 4 to 6, and also compulsory in Grades 7 to 9.

What is the difference between the curriculum focuses of Natural Sciences and Technology?

Natural Sciences focuses on understanding the natural world, while Technology focuses on the need for human-made objects and environments to solve problems.

Oct 14, 2026

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