Session Four: Special Energy Investigators
Objectives
After Session Four, students should understand:
- Where energy is being wasted in school
- What should be done to reduce the waste
Students should also:
- Develop an action plan to make energy savings
National Curriculum Links Key Stage 2
- Geography:
- 7c Fieldwork investigations
- Science:
- Sc1/2 Investigative skills
- English:
- En1/1,2 ,3 Speaking, Listening, Group Discussions
Lesson plan, procedures and teachers' notes
Activity 21 Energy Saving Race
Quick starter based on Session Three.
Activity 21
Procedure (22KB, doc)
5 minutes of fast music, and pens and paper also required.
Activity 22 Special Energy Investigators
Student-led audit of the school's energy use, looking at lighting, appliances, heating, hot water and draughts.
Activity 22
Procedure (25.5KB, doc)
The Special Energy Investigators worksheets can either be printed on A3 paper and folded to make A4 sized booklets, or printed directly onto A4 paper and stapled together.
- Case of the Dark Sunshine
- Case of the Great Draught Hunt
- Case of the Great Heat Waste
- Case of the Hungry Appliances
- Case of the Red Hot Drip
Summary Sheet (20.5KB, doc)
Other equipment needed includes thermometers, jugs, stopwatch, rulers, sellotape, tissue paper.
Activity 23 Energy Action Plan
Class discussion to formulate an energy saving action plan for the school, based on Activity 22 findings.
Activity 23
Procedure (23KB, doc)
Two tips
Worksheet (20.5KB, doc)
Activity 24 Lighting Survey
Homework worksheet on types of lighting at home.
Lighting Survey
worksheet (87kb, pdf)
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