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 with Foundation Phase Learners
Natural Sciences
INVESTIGATIONS
© Western Cape Primary Science Programme (PSP) 2008
 
Natural Sciences
INVESTIGATIONS
 with Foundation Phase Learners
 A lot of the ideas in this booklet owe their germination to a long collaboration between Alan and Viv Kenyon. We have shared a passion for primary education and primary teacher development for along time. This dates back from the progressive 1960s, when we first started teaching, to the early 1970s together in London. It continued at Lovedale in Alice, and then at Cape College in Fort Beaufort, where colleagues and students helped grow and contextualise many of these ideas. Subsequent work  with teachers and in classrooms has helped refine the practical relevance of this work.
Layout by Welma Odendaal
 
National Curriculum Statement
Natural Sciences – Foundation Phase
Learning Outcome 1
The learner will be able to act confidently on curiosity about natural phenomena, and to investigaterelationships and solve problems in scientific, technological and environmental contexts.
Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Section 1
 What’s the best way to make ice disappear? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Investigating Clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10Investigating Bread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Section 2
Investigating Mini-Beasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Investigating Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Section 3
How many ways can you make a torch bulb light? . . . . . . . . . .36Investigating Pushes and Pulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Section 4
Investigating the Phases of the Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50Investigating Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
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