NATURAL SCIENCE GRADE SIX 2008

ASSESSMENT TASK TERM 4

Group Presentation

Instructions

1. Listen to your teacher’s advice on how to work with others in a group

2. Read the learning outcomes and the assessment standards before you start your
discussions.
3. Read the question carefully
4. Let your group members evaluate your conduct and write the comments in the table
below.
Group name: _______________________

Members names Conduct Marks

for group
skills

Learning outcomes

1. Work effectively with others as members of a, team, group, organization and

community.
2. Use science and technology effectively and critically, showing responsibility towards
the environment and the health of others.
3. LO1: Scientific investigations.
4. LO3: science society and the environment.

Assessment standards.

1. Ability to listen to others.

2. Participate towards a common goal.
3. Sensitivity towards environmental issues
4. LO!: AS3 : Evaluates data and communicate findings, points to examples of data
confirming findings.
5. LO3: AS1: understands the impact of science and recognizes bias in science and
technology.
Assessment criteria

Criteria Allocated marks

Group functioning skills 5
• Listening to others, giving them an opportunity to
speak.
• Contributing own ideas
• Tolerance
Understanding of the question 8
• Relevance of the answers
• Identifying challenges or problems contributing
towards polluting or wasting water.
• Mention sources of pollution
• Mention wasteful use of water.
Guidelines on how to save and avoid polluting water. 6
• Show understanding of water supply system.
• Show understanding of water conservation
methods
Overall presentation 6
• Neatness
• Confidence
• Sequence of statements

Activity

1. Discuss in your group , all the ways in which people can affect a catchment area
badly. Imagine that you are part of a catchment committee. Your job, as a
committee, is to make guidelines for everyone living in the catchment area so that
water is not wasted or polluted.
2. Write down your list of possible problems or bad ways and guidelines.
3. Compare your ideas with those suggested by other groups.