Physical and Technical Sciences

Wednesday, 11 October 2017

PATs of grade 11

It seems as if the PATs (practical assessment tasks) of grade 11 went off quite well this year. Building the self-propelled car was quite adventurous and very nice cars were built. I believe the investigation part of the PAT has gone equally well.

Previous articles on the PATs of 2017 are available here and here if you want to read it.

For the grade 11 PATs of 2017, we conclude with a few more pictures and videos that were received. Thanks to the teachers and learners who made a success of this.

Bethlehem Comp

Commtech Bfn

HTS Sasolburg

HTS Welkom1

HTS Welkom2

Kagisho

Thakameso1

Thakameso2

Here are a few short videos to download.
HTS Sasolburg1
HTS Sasolburg2
Lerato-Uthando
Makabelane

Saturday, 16 September 2017

Holiday classes for grade 12

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Here is a nice opportunity to give "oemf" to your preparation for the final examinations in physical sciences.

Four very experienced teachers, Messrs Ben du Plessis, Marnus Kleinhans, Johan Human and Mrs Marisa Smit, offer holiday classes during the October school holidays. All the detail is given in this letter (Afrikaans) and in this letter (English).

Go quick ... closing date is 20 September!

NTA: District winner of Motheo

Congratulations to Mrs Marisa Smit of Jim Fouché Secondary School. She is the district winner in Motheo in the category Excellence in Physical Science teaching FET.

Mrs Marisa Smit second from the left

Friday, 15 September 2017

Common Examinations November 2017 Grades 10 and 11

Information and dates are available concerning the common examinations for grades 10 and 11 in November 2017. Click here to read the circular.

Monday, 4 September 2017

PAT investigation Grade 11

Here is the first news of the investigation learners do for their PAT projects.

Here a learner is busy with an investigation of the relationship between weight and distance travelled.

Click here to see/download a short video (3MB).

Thursday, 31 August 2017

PAT projects for grade 11 in technical sciences

The grade 11 learners are currently busy with the project part of their PATs (practical assessment tasks). For this, they have to build a car from cheap, readily available material that uses only elastic potential energy to propel the car. The idea is based on what is commonly known as a mousetrap car, but learners have the freedom to design their own. Apart from designing and building the car, a small scientific investigation must also be done by using the car. Best wishes to our future engineers! Here are a few examples: