{"id":224,"date":"2025-09-30T13:18:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T13:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/?page_id=224"},"modified":"2025-09-30T13:19:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T13:19:21","slug":"sun","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/microbit-basics\/project-ideas\/sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MicroBit Project: Sun <a href=\"https:\/\/microbit.org\/projects\/make-it-code-it\/here-comes-the-sun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/microbit.org\/projects\/make-it-code-it\/here-comes-the-sun\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Description: Here comes the sun<\/p>\n<p>Level: Beginner<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"73\">Grade<\/td>\n<td width=\"166\">CAPS Topic<\/td>\n<td width=\"206\">CAPS Description<\/td>\n<td width=\"256\">Possible Ideas<\/td>\n<td width=\"228\">Extension<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"73\">7<\/td>\n<td width=\"166\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"206\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"256\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"228\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"73\">8<\/td>\n<td width=\"166\">Energy and Change (Natural Science)<\/td>\n<td width=\"206\">This topic covers various forms of energy, including solar energy. Learners investigate how energy is transferred and transformed, with a focus on the Sun as a primary energy source.<\/td>\n<td width=\"256\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"228\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"73\">9<\/td>\n<td width=\"166\">Energy and Change (Natural Science)<\/td>\n<td width=\"206\">Learners delve deeper into energy transformations and the role of the Sun in the water cycle, weather patterns, and the Earth&#8217;s climate system.<\/td>\n<td width=\"256\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"228\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"73\">10<\/td>\n<td width=\"166\">Energy and Change (Physical Science)<\/td>\n<td width=\"206\">Learners explore different forms of energy, including solar energy. They study energy transformations and the law of conservation of energy.<\/td>\n<td width=\"256\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"228\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"73\">11<\/td>\n<td width=\"166\">Heat and Temperature (Physical Science)<\/td>\n<td width=\"206\">This topic covers the transfer of heat, the concept of temperature, and the specific heat capacity of substances. Learners investigate how the sun&#8217;s energy affects temperature changes.<\/td>\n<td width=\"256\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"228\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"73\">12<\/td>\n<td width=\"166\">Electricity and Magnetism (Physical Science)<\/td>\n<td width=\"206\">Learners study the generation of electricity, including the role of solar energy in power generation. They explore the principles behind solar cells and renewable energy sources.<\/td>\n<td width=\"256\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"228\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MicroBit Project: Sun https:\/\/microbit.org\/projects\/make-it-code-it\/here-comes-the-sun\/ Description: Here comes the sun Level: Beginner Grade CAPS Topic CAPS Description Possible Ideas Extension 7 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":198,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-224","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226,"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/224\/revisions\/226"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yesa.org.za\/microbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}