Session Three: Saving Energy
Objectives
After Session Three, students should understand:
- That energy is often wasted at home and school.
- The ways by which we can stop wasting energy.
National Curriculum Links Key Stage 2
- Science:
- Sc1/2 Investigative skills
- Sc3/1b Insulators
- Sc3/2c Temperature
- Sc4/1 Electricity
Links to DCSF/QCA Schemes of Work
Activity 17 could contribute to Science Unit 4C "
Keeping Warm "
Lesson plan, procedures and teachers' notes
Activity 15 Climate Change Quiz
Quiz sheets which recap Session Two.
Activity 15
Procedure (23kb, doc)
Quiz
sheets (37kb, doc)
Activity 16 Efficient technology
Uses a simple experiment and class discussion to introduce energy efficiency.
Activity 16
Procedure (28kb, doc)
Energy l
abels (74lb, pdf)
Two desk lamps and small thermometers are required. (Two digital thermometers are available in the Resources Box.)
Activity 17 Stop the Great Escape
Group work to investigate the rate of heat loss using various insulation materials.
Activity 17
Procedure (27kb, doc)
Temperature
recording table and graph (24kb, pdf)
Wordsearch (826kb, doc)
Also required (one per group): drinks cans, insulation materials, thermometers, elastic bands
Activity 18 Saving behaving
This activity uses a short film and a Smart Meter to show how we can save energy by changing our behaviour.
Activity 18
Procedure (25kb, doc)
Saving Behaving
worksheet (359kb, doc)
("Tomorrow's Climate: Today's Challenge DVD" is available in the Resources Box. Also, a Smart Meter can be borrowed from Harrogate Borough Council.)
Activity 19 the energy efficient house
Class decides what appliances should be allowed in the ideal energy efficient house.
Activity 19
Procedure (25kb, doc)
House contents
pictures (937kb, pdf) (A3 size laminated house rooms are available in Resources Box.)
Activity 20 Electricity meters
Homework task to find and record meter readings at home.
Meter Reading
homework sheet (472kb, doc)
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