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Lesson plan and presentation: Holistic predation management

This general awareness programme investigates holistic predation management.

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Lesson plan and presentation: Invasive species – youth and adults

Learn all about the problem of invasive species in the Western Cape, the possible solutions, and what CapeNature is doing.

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Lesson plan and presentation: Living and non-living things

This lesson plan focuses on the difference between living and non-living things and the seven life processes: movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion and feeding.

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Lesson plan and presentation: structure of plants – Plant Appreciation Day

This lesson plan and presentation for Grade 4 teachers cover the structure of plants.

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Lesson plan and presentation: structure of plants – Plant Appreciation Day (Grade 4)

Learn all about the structure of plants. 

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Lesson Plan: Biodiversity - Plants and Animals on Earth - Grade 5

This lesson plan deals with topics including biodiversity and the different plants and animals on Earth.

Marasmodes (Asteraceae, Anthemideae), the most threatened plant genus of the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

South African Journal of Botany 111: 371-386. Magee, A.R., Ebrahim, I., Koopman, R. and Van Staden, L. 2017.

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Presentation: Arbor Day - youth and adults

Arbor Day is celebrated on the last Friday of April annually. This is a special day to celebrate trees like a birthday. Its purpose is to encourage people to learn about the importance of trees and how to protect them for us and future generations.

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Presentation: Biodiversity - International Day of Forests

On 21 March each year, the world celebrates International Day of the Forest. This special day highlights the importance of forests to people such as cleaning the air we breathe for us and providing us with wood for creating books, stationery and musical instruments.

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    Presentation: Exploring life underwater – our marine biodiversity

    Marine biodiversity is the variety of plant and animal life that we find in the oceans and seas. Marine biodiversity must be preserved because it creates jobs through tourism, provides raw materials for medicine and acts as a food source for both human beings and other animals. 

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    Presentation: Living Fossils - Cycads

    Do we know what Cycads are?  These ancient plants go as far back as the dinosaurs. Cycads are slow-growing plants but can live hundreds of years and resemble a palm or fern but are not related.