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The book provides a full account of three important aspects of...
Energy *suitable for home teaching*
Produced by Practical Action, these materials contain ideas and support for students undertaking a CREST award. There are stimulus materials that help students look at an issue of sustainable development. This project looks at the issues around providing sustainable energy in poor communities. It encourages...
Energy - technical briefs
These technical briefs focus on energy access as a key element in lifting people out of poverty. In remote locations small-scale renewable...
Energy 11-14 *suitable for home teaching*
From the Institute of Physics, this resource provides extensive teacher guidance and suggested classroom activities to support the teaching of:
- paying for getting things done
- shifting energy between stores
- energy resources and pathways
- calculating energy everywhere
- ...
Energy Analyst *suitable for home teaching*
Rebecca Beresford is an energy analyst at EDF Energy. This clip could be useful when teaching about sustainable development, enery efficiency or climate change. It also illustrates a career that requires an understanding of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Rebecca describes her role, "...
Energy and Appliances
Produced by Solar Spark, this short activity challenges students to put a variety of common appliances into the order of their electricity consumption. The activity can be used to stimulate consideration of issues such as:
- energy generation and consumption
- renewable energy
- carbon...
The approach and the materials called Energy and Change were developed during the project 'Teaching about why things change'. The work was done by Jon Ogborn and Richard Boohan from 1992 to 1995 and a grant from the Nuffield Foundation supported the development work....
Energy and Change: Activities for the Classroom
In Activities for the Classroom, the authors of the ‘Teaching about why things change’ project show how a new approach to the fundamental question 'why do things change?' can be adopted in teaching. They do this with a set of classroom activities which show how the...
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Energy and Change: Background Stories for Teachers
In Background Stories for Teachers, the authors of the ‘Teaching about why things change’ project illustrate a new approach to the fundamental question 'why do things change?'. They do so with the help of stories about some scientific topics which show how the topics...