Pepps Motheong Online Lesson Plan

Grade: 8

Subject: SOCIAL SCIENCE

Topic: THE GLOBE: REVOLUTION AND SEASONS

Duration: (e.g. 1hour activity and two hours homework)

2 HOUR ACTIVITY

Success Criteria:

Understand the geographical concepts of

Revolution

The earth’s tilted axis

Factors causing seasons

Temperature variations

Teacher input into the lesson: (Starter, explanation, or instruction or video etc.)

Quiz quiz trade

How many seasons do we have?

During which season are the nights shorter?

During which season do we get rainfall?

What’s your favourite season?

Learner Activity:

TASK 1 Revolution

Instructions

• Read the topic on revolution (the 360 rotation of the earth on its axis) and complete activity 2 in your

Geography workbook

TASK 2 Seasons

Instructions

• Follow this link to watch the video on YouTube demonstrating how the rotation of the earth causes

different seasons.

• Read the notes on seasons and answer activity 3 in your geography book.

Plenary Activity:

Write a paragraph of no more than FIVE lines explaining what you have noticed with the different

seasons. Include the lengths of the evenings, days, temperature etc.

Homework:

In preparation to Unit 2 of South African climate. Collect the average summer temperature and the

average winter temperature for the all nine provinces.

After collecting your data, compile a report explaining how the temperatures of each province can be

linked to the distance from the equator.

14 April 2020} Geography – The globe

Success criteria

Understand the geographical concepts of

Revolution

The earth’s tilted axis

Factors causing seasons

Temperature variations

TASK 1 Revolution

Instructions

Read the topic on revolution (the 360 rotation of the earth on its axis) and

complete activity 2 in your Geography workbook.

TASK 2 Seasons

Instructions

Follow this link to watch the video on YouTube demonstrating how the rotation

of the earth causes different seasons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4_-R1vnJyw

Read the notes on seasons and answer activity 3 in your geography book.