LIFE SCIENCES
Assessment Requirements - 2021
TAKE SPECIAL NOTICE OF THE FOLLOWING
• * According to the revised Annual Assessment
Plan an ASSIGNMENT must be done in Grade
10-12 as follows:
• * Gr. 10 and 11 - completed AND recorded in
TERM 2
* Gr 12 - completed AND recorded in TERM 3
Revised Programme of
Assessment Grades 10 & 11
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4
PRACTICAL TASK ASSIGNMENT PRACTICAL TASK FINAL
(10%) (20%) (10%) EXAMINATION
(minimum 30 (minimum 50 (minimum 30 Paper 1 + Paper 2
marks) marks) marks) Duration: 2½ hours
for each paper
150 marks for each
TEST (20%) TEST (20%) TEST (20%) paper
(minimum 50 (minimum 50 (minimum 50
marks) marks) marks)
REPORTING: REPORTING REPORTING
25%: Practical 25%: Assignment 25%: Practical
75%: Test 75%: Test 75%: Test
TOTAL: 100 (10+20+20+20+10+20) TOTAL: 300
SBA = 60% Final Exam = 40%
Summary: Amendment to the
weighting of tasks in
Grades 10 & 11
• SBA Weighting of tasks: Amended to the ratio
of 60:40
• Abridged amended Section 4 aligned to the
2021 School Calendar
Summary: Revised Programme
of Assessment in Grade 12
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4
PRACTICAL TASK PRACTICAL TASK ASSIGNMENT (20%) NSC Examination
(10%) (10%) (minimum 50 marks) (2 x papers of 150
(minimum 30 marks) (minimum 30 marks each; 2½
marks) hours each)
TEST (15%) TEST (15%) TRIAL EXAMINATION
(minimum 50 marks) (minimum 50 (30%)
marks) (2 x papers of 150 marks
each; 2½ hours each)
REPORTING REPORTING REPORTING
25%: Practical 50%: Practical 25%: Assignment
75%: Test 50%: Test 75%: Trial Examination
TOTAL: 100 (10+15+10+15+20+30) TOTAL: 300
SBA = 25% Final Exam =75%
Summary: Amendment to the
weighting of tasks in Grade 12
• SBA Weighting of tasks: Amended to the ratio
of 25:75
• Abridged amended Section 4 aligned to the
2021 School Calendar
Assessment Requirements
Grade 10
End-of-Year Examination Paper 1
Topic Time Weighting
% Marks
Term 1:
Chemistry of Life 3½ weeks 21 33
Cells: Basic units of life 2 weeks 13 19
Cell division: Mitosis 2 weeks 13 19
Plant and animal tissues 1½ week
Term 2: 19 28
Plant and animal tissues 1½ weeks
Plant organs (Leaf) 1 week 6 9
Support and Transport Systems: Plants 2½ weeks 15 23
Support Systems: Animals 2 weeks 13 19
Totals 16 weeks 100 150
Grade 10
End-of-Year Examination Paper 2
Topic Time Weighting
% Marks
Term 3:
Transport Systems in 3 weeks 21 32
mammals
Biosphere to Ecosystems 5 weeks 36 54
Biodiversity and Classification 2 week 14 21
Term 4:
History of life on Earth 4 weeks 29 43
Totals 14 weeks 100 150
Grade 11
End-of-Year Examination Paper 1
Topic Time Weighting
% Marks
Term 1 and 2:
Energy transformation to sustain 3 weeks 22 32
Life: Photosynthesis
Term 2
Animal nutrition 3 weeks 22 32
Energy transformation: Respiration 2 weeks 14 22
Term 3:
Gas exchange 3 weeks 21 32
Excretion in humans 3 weeks 21 32
Totals 14 weeks 100 150
Grade 11
End-of-Year Examination Paper 2
Topic Time Weighting
% Marks
Term 1:
Biodiversity and classification of micro- 3 weeks 19 29
organisms
Biodiversity in plants and reproduction 3 weeks 19 29
Biodiversity of animals 2 weeks 12 18
Term 3:
Population Ecology 4 weeks 25 37
Term 4:
Human impact on the environment 4 weeks 25 37
Totals 16 weeks 100 150
Grade 12
September Preliminary AND End-of-Year
Examination Papers
Grade 12
September Trial Papers AND End-of-Year
Examination Papers
