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Interactive Textbook Chapters
This section contains parts or full chapters of interactive textbooks that can be downloaded and have additional online activities. They generally cover some or even all of the syllabus outcomes, but may be sequenced differently.
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Characteristics of Living Things
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Levels of Classification
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Binomial Nomenclature
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Vertebrates and Invertebrates
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Flowering and Non-Flowering Plants
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Fungi, Monera and Protista
Siyavula Year 7 Biosphere and Biodiversity
The textbook chapter Biosphere covers the following topics:
- What is the biosphere?
- Requirements for sustaining life
Click on the link for the online textbook: https://www.siyavula.com/read/science/grade-7/the-biosphere
There is also a PDF copy of the chapter available to download:
Siyavula-NS-yr7-thebiosphere_compressed
This textbook chapter Biodiversity covers the following topics:
- Classification of living things
- Diversity of animals
- Diversity of plants
Click on the link for the online textbook: https://www.siyavula.com/read/science/grade-7/biodiversity
There is also a PDF copy of the chapter available to download:
This resource is aligned with Year 7/Form 1 Science Curriculum:
Unit 2 Classification of Living Things
General Learning Outcomes: 7.2.2; 7.2.3; 7.2.4; 7.2.5; 7.2.6
Topic Areas:
- Classification of living things
- Binomial nomenclature system
- Vertebrates and invertebrates
- Plants
- Fungi, Monera and Protista
Attribution:
The original PDF text “Grade 7 Natural Sciences” by Siyavula Education is licensed under CC BY 3.0. The book has been separated into chapters.
Siyavula is an organisation based in South Africa which has produced high-quality, curriculum aligned Open Educational Resources in Maths and Science that can be shared, contextualised and accessed by anyone, anywhere. For more information see: https://www.siyavulaeducation.com/index.html

