Rooibos in Space STEM project resources

 The Rooibos in Space STEM project resources              Afrikaans bladsy

Educator Onboarding
The Educator onboarding took place in early May 2026, and the documents below were printed for each school. Please find the electronic copies at these links:
Programme overview and implementation guide
Safety and Good Practice Guide
Rooibos Curriculum Matcher
AI Guide
Learner Media Release

Topic 1 - Our Planet Earth in our solar system  
Understanding how sunlight impacts our atmosphere.
Essential question: How does the amount of sunlight at a place relate to the local air conditions we can measure (light intensity, air temperature and relative humidity)?
Grade 8 -11 materials
Grade 4 - 7 materials
MicroBlocks code description for this experiment, if you’d like to develop the code yourself.
MicroBlocks code to import for this experiment, if you don’t have time to develop the code.

Topic 2 - Finding Our Comfort Zone 
Understanding how air temperature and humidity impact our comfort, health, and wellbeing.
In this hands-on investigation, learners become environmental scientists. Working in teams, they use Springbot to explore at least ten indoor and outdoor locations, compare conditions, and construct a temperature–humidity comfort chart. They then identify and plot the location where they personally felt most comfortable.
Grade 8 -11 materials
Grade 4 - 7 materials
MicroBlocks code description for this experiment, if you’d like to develop the code yourself.
MicroBlocks code to import for this experiment, if you don’t have time to develop the code.