Technology 2025 Annual Teaching Plan

TECHNOLOGY: 2023/2024 ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN

GRADE 8: TERM 1

Term 1 Week 1 Jan(15 Week 2 Jan(20 – 24) Week 3 Jan (27 – 31) Week 4 Feb (03 – 07) Week 5 Feb (10 – 14)
- 17)
Mechanical Systems
Mechanical Systems and Control
CAPS Topic Revision and Control: Structures Structures
Investigation skills
Investigation skills
Revision of Revision: mechanical advantage. Mechanisms that change PAT: Scenario Structural members under tension/compression
Grade 7 Well-designed machines give the direction of Introduce the problem scenario (worksheet).
content. “mechanical advantage”. movement: for the Practical Assessment Task Definition of frame structures.
(PAT) through Investigate,
All complex machinery consists of • Purpose of structural members (components) in
Baseline • The Cam: show how a Design, Make, Evaluate, and
combinations of simple mechanisms. wood and steel roof trusses (king and queen post,
Assessment cam converts rotary Communicate (IDMEC).
strut, tie, rafter, tie beam).
motion into
• The wedge: e.g., inclined plane or reciprocating motion. (Learners work in groups to design • Learners identify structural members and type of
ramp, door wedge, knife blade, etc. Compare an eccentric a structure utilising required force (shear, torsion, tension, compression) acting on
wheel and a snail cam. structural components and them in given frame structures.
• The wheel and axle: e.g. From • The Crank: an mechanisms to suit the context
bicycle to shopping trolley. adaptation of a second- provided.) Structural members:
Core class lever. Show how a
Gears: (wheels with wedges for teeth) PAT: Case Study Structures that span over space:
Concepts, Skills and crank converts rotary
motion into Electrical pylons – use pictures of • Beams: steel I-beams (girders), concrete lintels; beam
Values • Show how meshing of two spur gears and column bridge.
reciprocating motion. a range of pylon designs noting:
causes counter-rotation.
• Alternative bridge supports: suspension bridges;
• Show how introducing an idler gear
• The variety of designs that solve cable-stayed bridges.
between two spur gears synchronises Graphic skills: Learners
draw an artist’s the same problem effectively. • Arches: arches in buildings, bridges, dam walls.
rotation of the driver and driven
impression of one of • Cantilevers: simple cantilever, cable stayed cantilever.
gears.
each of the above • The use of internal cross-
mechanisms (cam and bracing and triangulation to Structural failure – the three most likely ways structures
Gear ratios:
provide stiffness. fail are:
crank) in their books
• Show how different sized gears result using colour, shading • Fracture of a member – due to lack of strength.
in a change in the velocity ratio as PAT: Evaluate: Learners examine • Bending (flexing, buckling) – due to lack of stiffness
and texture. information on several complex
well as an ‘opposite’ change in the (rigidity
force ratio – if force increases, speed structures and list advantages and • Toppling over – due to lack of stability (top heavy,
decreases, and vice versa. disadvantages in the designs. narrow base).
Grade 7 Types and functions of mechanisms Types and functions of Investigation Skills Basic graphic communication skills
Requisite Pre- knowledge and mechanisms & Basic
Knowledge skills graphic communication
skills.
Exemplar
Resources (other than
baseline DBE Sasol Inzalo workbooks/ Textbooks and any applicable resource whether “YouTube” videos, etc.
textbook) to enhance
assessment
learning
activities
Baseline
Informal Assessment Informal Assessment Informal Assessment Informal Assessment
assessment
PAT 1
SBA
FORMAL ASSESSMENT
(Formal Assessment)
INVESTIGATE

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Term 1 Week 6 Feb (17 – 21) Week 7 Feb (24 – 28) Week 8 – 9 March (03 – 14) Week 10 - 11 (17 – 28) Week 6 Feb (17 – 21)

CAPS Topic Structures Structures Structures Structures Consolidation

PAT: Design PAT: Make: Learners work in Communicate:teams Draw a 3D isometric projection of the idea
Design brief: groups to: present their plans and withdimensions and drawn toscale.
Teams build their structure
Design: initial idea sketches. model.
housing mechanisms using
Design: design brief with specifications Isometric – using
safe working practices. Evaluate: learners
and constraints. underlying isometric gridin
examine informationon
several complex (term 1) and simple
Purpose of graphics: develop and structures and list instruments in (term 3).
communicate ideas. advantages and Design Skills, Line
disadvantages in the conventions
Conventions: outlines designs.
(thick/dark); construction lines
(thin/feint); hidden detail
Core (dashed); centre lines (chain
Concepts, Skills and dash-dot); scaling up and
Values scaling down; dimensioning (in
mm).

Working drawing techniques for

planning:
Single view flat 2D drawing with
dimensions, line types and scale.

PAT: Working Drawing:

Working drawing in 2D showing one
view with dimensions and line types.

Mechanical advantage and Mechanical advantage and Design process skills:I, D, Graphic Communication Design process skills: I,D,M, E and C
Requisite Pre- communication skills communication skills. Making M, E and C Skills
Knowledge skills

Resources (other
DBE Sasol Inzalo workbooks/ Textbooks and any applicable resource whether you tube videos, etc.
than textbook) to
enhance learning
Informal Assessment Informal Assessment
Informal Assessment Informal Assessment

Programme of
PAT 1 PAT 1 Assessment: Term
SBA 1
(Formal FORMAL ASSESSMENT FORMAL ASSESSMENT PAT 1
Assessment) DESIGN MAKE Investiga Week 4 15 Marks
te:
Design: Week 6 25 Marks
Make: Week 7 35 Marks
Total 70 Marks
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GRADE 8: TERM 2

Term 2 Week 1 Apr (08 – 11) Week 2 Apr (15 – 17) Week 3 Apr (22 – 25) Week 4 May (05 - 09) Week 5 May (12 – 16)
Processing
CAPS Topic Impact of Technology Design skills Investigation skills Forces acting on materials
Investigation skills
The positive impact of technology: Case study 1: Development: Case study 3: Revise:
Investigate the impact of plastic Draw a development of an opened Technological products can Forces that act on material:
Many natural materials have been shopping bags on the container. have a negative impact. • tension;
replaced in modern times by new or environment. • compression;
improved materials. Practical activity: Investigate a technological • bending;
Report: A product requires packaging. product that can have a • torsion;
Some new materials are Learners write a report Design various packaging for negative impact on society • shear.
environmentally friendly by being bio- evaluating the effectiveness of different purposes. The nature of
degradable. using thicker, bio-degradable the product determines the design Class discussion: Adapting materials to
plastic shopping bags which and properties of the packaging The teacher facilitates a class withstand forces – reinforcing
shoppers must buy. material. discussion on possible solutions concrete, plywood.
Core that can counteract or
Concepts, Skills and Case study 2: Learners work safely to make and compensate for the negative Selecting metal sections (I-
Values Technology with a positive assemble the above packaging impact of the technology beam, angle iron, T-bar, etc.)
impact on society. product. identified. to withstand forces and to
save material.
Investigate how wastepaper
and cardboard are recycled to
produce new products for the
packaging industry.

Pre-knowledge on how to conduct an Pre-knowledge on how to look Graphic communication and Investigation skills Pre-knowledge of forces
investigation and a developed for and separate information to making skills acting on materials
Requisite Pre-Knowledge vocabulary on the terminology related conduct an investigation
to the environment and the effects
that some material have on it.
Resources (other than
textbook) to enhance Siyavula workbook/ Textbooks and or any other relevant resources.
learning

Informal Assessment Informal Assessment Informal Assessment Informal Assessment Informal Assessment Informal Assessment

SBA
(Formal Assessment)

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Term 2 Week 6 May (19 – 23) Week 7 May (26 – 30) Week 8 June (02 – 06) Week 9 June (09 – 13) W10 Jun (17 – 20) Week 11 Jun (23 - 27)

Structures/ Processing /
CAPS Topic Design skills Structures/ Processing Communication Skills Consolidation Consolidation
Evaluating
Design: Make: Make (cont.): Communicate: Revise challenging Revision of concepts/
Learners adapt a material or Learners make the Learners make the Teams present their plans, topics and or concepts topics
design a product that will model/prototype/product they model/prototype/product they model and evaluation. of the term:
solve the problem or reduce have designed safely. have designed safely.
the impact or negative • Practice more
effects of the technology Evaluate: examples on
identified. Learners evaluate their developments.
solution in terms of its
Core Design: effectiveness in solving or • Types of forces
Concepts, Skills and Learners sketch free-hand reducing the negative impact
Values sketches showing two of the technology identified. • The negative impact
possible solutions. that material have
Their evaluation will be on the environment.
Make (drawing): assessed in terms
Learners draw their chosen of its objectivity, fairness,
solution in 3D using accuracy and scope (depth).
isometric projection

Basic design and graphic Pre-knowledge of Pre-knowledge of Communication Skills Processing and forces Pre-knowledge of
communication skills strengthening and reinforce strengthening and reinforce impact concepts covered during
Requisite Pre-Knowledge materials. Making skills materials. Evaluation skills the term

Resources (other than

textbook) to enhance Siyavula workbook/ Textbooks and or any other relevant resources.
learning

Informal Assessment Informal Assessment Informal Assessment Informal Assessment Informal Assessment

PROGRAMME OF ASSESSMENT
SBA
MID-YEAR EXAMINATION WEEK 9-10
(Formal Assessment)
40 MARKS

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GRADE 8: TERM 3

Term 3 Week 1 Jul (22 – 25) Week 2 (Jul 28 – Aug Week 3 Aug (04 - 08) Week 4 Aug (11 – 15) Week 5 Aug (18 – 22)
01)
Mechanical
Mechanical Systems and Impact/ Indigenous and Bias in
Advantage. Structure with a
CAPS Topic Process: Investigation Control. technology.
Design skills. mechanism
Graphic communication Investigation skills
Calculations
PAT Scenario: Calculate Mechanical Represent gear systems PAT - Investigate: Learners working in teams
South Africa is a country rich in mineral resources. advantage (MA) graphically: investigate and report on ONE of
Mining occurs to some extent in every province of Lifting mechanisms (wire the following:
our country. We have huge reserves of coal, copper Levers: Use circular templates and/or rope-driven mine
and iron ore. We are the main suppliers of platinum, Mechanical advantage pair of compasses to draw headgear) in use at South Distribute the investigations so all
manganese and chromium in the world. calculations for levers gear systems with: topics are covered and reported.
African mines for raising
using ratios. • The driven gear rotating in people and ore. Investigate:
A commercially viable ore body containing platinum the opposite direction to the The impact on the environment as a
group metals has been found on land belonging to a Calculations using PAT: result of mining of: Acid mine
driver (counter rotation).
tribe in rural South Africa. Drill samples have proved LOAD/EFFORT; load • The driven gear rotating in • Design brief drainage
that the reef lies at a relatively shallow depth only ARM/effort ARM; etc. the same direction to the • Specifications and
500m below surface. Your mechanical engineering driver (include an idler OR
constraints
company has decided to submit a tender for the Do NOT use the method gear).
construction of a shaft head-gear suitable to of “taking moments • The driven gear rotating PAT - Sketches: Investigate:
transport miners to and from the work level, and for about a point”.
Core
raising ore and waste in loads
faster than the driver (with Initial Idea sketches of the The impact on the environment as a
Concepts, Skills and and without an idler). mine-shaft headgear to result of mining of: Dust pollution
Values Gears: • The driven gear rotating from mine dumps on residential
meet the requirements
Investigate Gear Systems: Mechanical Advantage • Mechanical slower than the driver (with areas.
given in the scenario.
• Gear systems – concepts (counter rotation, idler, advantage and without an idler).
velocity ratio, force multiplication). calculations for gears OR
• Two spur gears of unequal size – note counter using ratios. Systems diagrams
rotation and velocity ratio. • Calculations using Analyse a mechanical system Investigate:
• Two spur gears of unequal size – note velocity tooth ratios; gear by breaking it into input- Iron age technology:
ratio and force ratio (mechanical advantage < or wheel diameters; process-output. Indigenous mining of iron in South
> 1). velocity ratios Africa before the modern era.
• Two spur gears connected via an idler – note Draw a Systems Diagram for
synchronised rotational direction. a gear system with a OR
- Suitable materials – the idler needs to be of a mechanical advantage of 4:1.
harder material than the other gears. Investigate:
Systems diagram for a gear
• Two bevel gears linked to transfer the axis of Gender bias in career choice /
train with the driven gear
rotation through 90 opportunities related to mining.
rotating faster than the driver.
Knowledge on gears and Knowledge on gears and Knowledge on how to gather
Pre-knowledge on levers, classes of levers. Knowledge of gears and
Requisite Pre-Knowledge ratios as discussed in ratios as discussed in information, report on the findings
Calculation skills ratios and calculation
previous week. previous week. verbally and through sketches.
Resources (other than
Siyavula workbook / Textbooks and or any other relevant resources.
textbook) to enhance
learning

Informal Assessment Informal Assessment Informal Assessment

PAT 2
SBA FORMAL ASSESSMENT:
(Formal Assessment) INVESTIGATE AND
DESIGN
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Term 3 Week 6 Aug (25 - 29) Week 7 Sep (01 – 05) Week 8 Sep (08 – 12) Week 9 Sep (15 – 19) Week 10 Sep (22 – 26) Week 11 Sep 29 – Oct
03
Structure with a Structure with a Structure with a Revision and Revision and
CAPS Topic Structure with a mechanism
mechanism mechanism mechanism Consolidation Consolidation
PAT - 2D working drawing: PAT - Budget: PAT - Make: (continue) Communicate: Revision and Consolidation Revision and
Consolidation
Showing one or more views Individual learners prepare a • List tools and material Teams present their
with dimensions and lines realistic budget detailing tender proposal for the
expected costs of • List logical steps to mine shaft headgear
Simulation: constructing a real mine construct the project (research,
Teams form mechanical shaft headgear, plans, flow chart, model
engineering companies. detailing valid prices of • Groups build their and budget) to the “Tender
materials and labour costs working scale model Board”.
They evaluate sketches of of the range of workers who using safe working
individuals and select the best would be involved in practices.
Core idea for the team tender bid. designing and building such
Concepts, Skills and a device.
Values
PAT - Make:

• List tools and material

• List logical steps to

construct the project

• Groups build their working

scale model using safe
working practices.

Knowledge on basic drawing

Requisite Pre-
skills.
Knowledge

Resources (other than

textbook) to enhance Siyavula workbook/ Textbooks and or any other relevant resources.
learning

Informal Assessment Informal Assessment Informal Assessment Informal Assessment

PROGRAMME OF ASSESSMENT: TERM 3

PAT 2 PAT 2 PAT 2 PAT 2
SBA INVESTIGATE: WEEK 4 15 MARKS
FORMAL ASSESSMENT: FORMAL ASSESSMENT FORMAL ASSESSMENT
(Formal Assessment) DESIGN: WEEK 4 / 6 25 MARKS
DESIGN MAKE MAKE MAKE: WEEK 7 / 8 35 MARKS
TOTAL 70 MARKS

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GRADE 8: TERM 4

Term 4
Week 1 Oct (13 - 17) Week 2 Oct (20 - 24) Week 3 Oct (27 - 31) Week 4 Nov (03 – 07) Week 5 Nov (10 – 14)
Impact of / Biases in
Electrical Systems and Control Electrical Systems and Control Impact of / Biases in technology Design &
CAPS Topic technology
Design skills Design skills Evaluation skills Investigation skills
Evaluation skills
Revise: Energy for heating, lighting and Electrochemical cells. Generate electricity for the nation Investigation:
Simple circuit components; input cooking in rural and informal
devices (electrochemical cell; settlements. Advantages and Advantages and Disadvantages of: Introduce Ohm’s law
generator; solar panel), output devices disadvantages of series (qualitatively- no calculations)
(resistor; lamp; heater; buzzer; motor); Energy from illegal connections; and parallel batteries. • Thermal power stations (steam
control device (switches). ethical issues; safety turbines – sources of heat: coal, Learners will use one cell, then
considerations. gas, nuclear, sun). two cells, and then three cells
Note: Some devices can serve as Photovoltaic cells: connected in series and note
input, output, process, or control Class discussion: Advantages and the effect of the lamp. They
• Hydroelectric power stations
device. Equitable sharing of resources – disadvantages of solar must conclude that more cells in
(including pumped storage
industry needs reliable power for cells. series (more voltage) will cause
Core schemes).
Concepts, Skills, and Correct connections, short circuits. job creation; schools need power the current strength to increase
Values Electrical components and their for lighting and computing. • Wind-driven turbines. if the resistance does not
accepted symbols. change.
Written report: Alternating current:
Drawing electrical circuits: Learners write a balanced report Step-up and step-down transformers; Practical:
Using accepted symbols (as in Grade on these issues. distributing electric power across the Learners draw circuit
12 see Addendum C). country: the national grid. diagrams & connect circuits
showing the effect of circuits
Set up circuits using a range of with resistors connected in
components. Learners draw the series and parallel.
circuits using symbols

Pre-knowledge of circuit diagrams, Pre-knowledge of circuit Pre-knowledge on Pre-knowledge on investigation -, Pre-knowledge on how to
components and their symbols diagrams, components, and their investigation -, reasoning - reasoning -and analysing skills identify advantages and
Requisite Pre-Knowledge
symbols and analysing skills disadvantages (tabulate if
required)
Siyavula workbook/ Textbooks and or Siyavula workbook/ Textbooks Siyavula workbook/ Siyavula workbook/ Textbooks and or Siyavula workbook/ Textbooks
Resources (other than any other relevant resources. and or any other relevant Textbooks and or any any other relevant resources. and or any other relevant
textbook) to enhance resources. other relevant resources. resources.
learning

Informal Assessment:
Informal Assessment Informal Assessment Informal Assessment Informal Assessment Informal Assessment
Practical: make your own
batteries

SBA
(Formal Assessment)

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Term 4 Week 6 Nov (17 – 21) Week 7 Nov (24 – 28) Week 8 Dec (01 – 05) Week 9 Dec (08 - 12)

Electrical Systems & Control

CAPS Topic Investigation skills Electrical Systems & Control Electrical Systems & Control
Design skills
Investigation: Design brief: Consolidation/ Revision/ Wrap up Consolidation/ Revision/ Wrap up
AND logic gate and simple Learners write a design brief
cases where it is used. giving specifications for a suitable
panic button system OR scenario
Investigation: given by the textbook.
OR logic gate and simple
cases where it is used. Circuit diagram:
Core Draw the circuit diagram using
Concepts, Skills and correct symbol conventions.
Values Lesson:
Truth tables for AND & OR Communicate: learners draw the
logic conditions truth table for the device.

Communicate: learners prepare

an advertising poster for their
device.

Pre-knowledge on how to Knowledge on all relevant Knowledge on all relevant concepts

identify advantages and Pre-knowledge of circuit concepts and content discussed and content discussed during the term
Requisite Pre-Knowledge
disadvantages (tabulate if diagrams during the term
required)
Siyavula workbook/ Siyavula workbook/ Textbooks Siyavula workbook/ Textbooks Siyavula workbook/ Textbooks and or
Resources (other than Textbooks and or any other and or any other relevant and or any other relevant any other relevant resources.
textbook) to enhance relevant resources. resources. resources.
learning

Informal Assessment Informal Assessment Informal Assessment

PROGRAMME OF ASSESSMENT
SBA
END-OF-YEAR EXAMINATION: WEEK 8-10
(Formal Assessment)
40 MARKS

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