Environmental Studies
From Grade 11
Grade 12 CAPS 2014
TERM 1
TERM 2
TERM 3
TERM 4
Life at Molecular, Cellular & Tissue Level
& Life Processes in Plants & Animals
Life Processes in Plants and
Animals
Diversity, Change & Continuity
Diversity, Change & Continuity
cont.
& Gr 11 Revision
*CAPS pg 54
*CAPS pg 57
*CAPS pg 60
*CAPS pg 65
DNA: The Code of Life
(2.5 weeks/10 hours)
Genetics & Inheritance
(4 weeks/ 16 hours)
Reproduction in
Vertebrates
(0.5 weeks/ 2 hours)
Meiosis
(2 weeks/ 8 hours)
Human
Reproduction
(3 weeks/ 12 hours)
Human Endocrine System
(1.5 weeks/6 hours)
Responding to the
Environment: Humans
(4 weeks/16 hours)
Homeostasis in
Humans
(1 week/4 hours)
Human Evolution
*CAPS pg 65
(2 weeks/8 hours)
Gr 11 Revision
Responding to the
Environment: Plants
(1 weeks/4 hours)
Human Evolution cont.
(2 weeks/8 hours)
Evolution by
Natural Selection
(2 weeks/8 hours)
ASSESSMENT PLANNING – what we need to achieve with each section
TERM:
PRACTICALS
ASSIGNMENTS
TESTS &
EXAMS
1
2
3
4
Programme of Formal Assessment
Notes:
Found on page 74 of the CAPS Document
FORMAL, RECORDED, SCHOOL-BASED ASSESSMENTS
Content
Practical
 3 Tests (minimum of 50 marks A selection of three representative
practical tasks, which cover the
each)
range of skills, must be marked and
 1 mid-year examination (2.5
recorded. (The marks allocated for
hours, 150 marks)
a practical task should range from
 1 project/assignment (can be
done in any term: 100 marks in 20 to 40).
The range of skills is described in
Term 3)
Specific Aim 2.
 Skills are listed under Specific
Aims 1, 2 and 3
School-based assessment (during the year)
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3 & Term 4
 1 Test
 1 Test
 1 Test
 1 Selected practical  1 Selected practical
task
task
 1 Mid-year
examination
33.3%
 1 Selected practical
task
 1 Project/Assignment
TRIAL END OF YEAR
INTERNAL
EXAMINATIONS
Two Written Examinations
(2.5 hours + 2.5 hours)
These exams test
knowledge of
content, concepts
and skills across all
topics. Knowledge of
practical work as well
as some of the skills
related to practical
work must be
assessed in the
written examination.
The trial
(preliminary)
examination should
be set on the work
completed in Terms
1, 2 and 3.
33.3%
33.3%
Convert to 50%
50%
Note: The year mark will be converted to 25% and the external examination will count 75% of the final mark.