NATURAL SCIENCES: PLANNING AND PREPARATION
GRADE
9
TERM
1
Topic / Content / Consepts / Skills
(WHAT will I teach/introduce/support…)
EDUCATOR
KNOWLEDGE STRAND
DATE: Term 1 Week 1 & Week 2_2021
Teaching Methodologies &
Classroom management
(HOW am I going to teach/introduce/support…)
Topic: Cells as the basic units of life.
Introduction
Concepts:
• Cell structure
• Differences between plant- and animal
cells
Engage
Start the lesson by asking these key
questions:
Aims of the lesson: At the end of this lesson
you should:
1. Be able to identify and draw the cell as
the basic structural and functional unit
of all living organisms.
2. Know that cells are microscopic small.
3. Be able to name/identify/ draw/ label
the parts of a basic structure of a plant
and animal cell.
4. Be able to know the functions of the
different cell organelles, cytoplasm
and membranes and/ cell walls.
5. Compare plant and animal cells
OR
➢ What are cells?
➢ Why are cells so small?
➢ What does it mean to be
microscopic?
➢ Are there different types of cells?
➢ What is inside a cell and why is it
there?
➢ Are plant and animal cells the
same?
Allow learners to give meaning and
functions to the following terminology
as the lesson unfolds. (Learner Informal
Assessment; Activity Sheet; nr. 1)
• cell
• cytoplasm
• eukaryotic
• membrane
• microscope
• microskopic
LIFE AND LIVING
Resources / LTSM
(WHAT will I use to teach/introduce/support.)
Sasol Inzalo Textbook – Grade 9A
Teacher Guide – pages 24 – 41
Informal assessment at the bottom of
this lesson plan.
PowerPoint: Annexure A
Learner’s own textbook – refer to the
index of the book on this section w.r.t.
cell structure and differences between
plant and animal cells.
Watch YouTube video on cell
organelles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zafJKbMPA8
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Write down/ tabulate/ identify/ explain
differences between plant and animal
cells.
Prior knowledge: Grade 8 Life and Living
•
•
•
nucleus
organism
prokariotic
• Brainstorm the 7 Life Functions of Life
(Use PowerPoint)
• Learners to complete an Informal
Assessment Activity Sheet; nr. 2)
Prior-Knowledge
Gr. 7 CAPS is suggested that learners
should learn of the classification system of
organisms (plants and animals) in the 5
Kingdoms, i.e. Bacteria, Protista, Fungi,
Plants and Animals.
This is a good opportunity to remind
learners and to ask if the remember what
the 5 kingdoms are.
• Ensure that learners are introduced to
prefixes like cyto-, pre-, photo-, micro-,
etc.
• Use PowerPoint (Annexure A) to teach
topic and content.
Cell organelles
Introduction: YouTube rap song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zafJKbMPA8
Give learners a diagram of the cell
(Learner Informal Assessment; Activity
Sheet; nr. 3.1) and allow them to
complete the labels.
(It might be necessary to play the above
video, stop, play, after each function is
rapped.
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Different Cells
At the start of this section you might like to
start with the following questions:
Do you think all cells are the same? If not,
can you think of reasons why and how
they differ?
Allow learners to study diagrams of plantand animal cells and to write down the
differences they observe in a table
(tabulate). (Learner Informal
Assessment; Activity Sheet; nr. 3.2).
After this learner activity work through
their differences and rectify where
necessary using the PowerPoint
PARENTS
LEARNER ACTIVITIES
Parents emphasize the concept and content of
the cell structure by helping learner to build a 3D
model of a typical cell.
Try activities in learner textbooks which Annexure D
covers the content as covered in the
previous column.
Also see learner’s textbook on this
topic.
Also look for additional videos or
pictures/ diagrams on the internet to
support the information in the previous
column.
See the Learner Activity Worksheet below.
Learners complete informal assessment activities below.
Informal
Assessment
Values learned
Build a 3D model of a typical cell
Responsibilty, handling of material, creativity
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ACTIVITY SHEET
1.
Give the meaning and functions of the following organelles.
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
2.
Organelle
cell
cytoplasm
eukaryotic
membrane
microscope
microskopic
nucleus
organism
prokariotic
Meaning
Functions
Write down the 7 functions of life.
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
3.
Study the two diagrams of plant and animal cells below.
3.1
Provide labels for the different cell structures and organelles.
3.2
Draw a table of differences between the two cell types in the space provided.
Give your table a suitable heading.
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Annexure A
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
SLIDE NO. 1
SLIDE NO. 11
SLIDE NO. 2
SLIDE NO. 12
SLIDE NO. 3
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SLIDE NO. 4
SLIDE NO. 14
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SLIDE NO. 6
SLIDE NO. 16
SLIDE NO. 7
SLIDE NO. 17
SLIDE NO. 8
SLIDE NO. 18
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SLIDE NO. 19
SLIDE NO. 10
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