As the nights draw in, the heating and lights go on and it's too damp to hang clothes on the line. So what better time to focus on energy consumption?
Next week (24-28 October) is Energy Saving Week and the Energy Saving Trust has some useful resources on the Guardian Teacher Network, including top tips on how to save energy at home, a poster full of practical ideas (such as installing water-displacement devices) and up-to-date fact sheets on solar power, micro generation and renewable.
There is also a Guardian interactive on climate change, plus lessons on renewable energy, energy use around the world, carbon footprints and recycling.
To help secondary school-aged children and sixth-formers understand the bigger picture, our Guardian interactive on everything you need to know about climate change is a must. It's an up-to-date guide to the facts of global warming, from the science and politics to economics and technology.
To get to grips with the basics of renewable energy try our interactive science lesson designed for 11- to 14-year-olds on how renewable resources are used to generate electricity and on how solar energy can be used to produce hot water. After completing the lesson, children should be able to understand the advantages of using renewable and non-renewable energy as well as make predictions and find patterns in results.
For upper primary age-children, try this resource designed by the Saving Squad, which helps children to understand what their carbon footprint is and how to save energy.
And we have some educational materials and lesson plans for 8- to 13-year-old students from Recolight, a not-for-profit organization that funds the recycling of energy-saving light bulbs. They've commissioned specialist teachers to create a series of practical lessons for their Big Light Project, which includes an investigation of light bulbs, an energy audit and recycling. All the PDFs can be downloaded.
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guardian.co.uk
Next week (24-28 October) is Energy Saving Week and the Energy Saving Trust has some useful resources on the Guardian Teacher Network, including top tips on how to save energy at home, a poster full of practical ideas (such as installing water-displacement devices) and up-to-date fact sheets on solar power, micro generation and renewable.
There is also a Guardian interactive on climate change, plus lessons on renewable energy, energy use around the world, carbon footprints and recycling.
To help secondary school-aged children and sixth-formers understand the bigger picture, our Guardian interactive on everything you need to know about climate change is a must. It's an up-to-date guide to the facts of global warming, from the science and politics to economics and technology.
To get to grips with the basics of renewable energy try our interactive science lesson designed for 11- to 14-year-olds on how renewable resources are used to generate electricity and on how solar energy can be used to produce hot water. After completing the lesson, children should be able to understand the advantages of using renewable and non-renewable energy as well as make predictions and find patterns in results.
For upper primary age-children, try this resource designed by the Saving Squad, which helps children to understand what their carbon footprint is and how to save energy.
And we have some educational materials and lesson plans for 8- to 13-year-old students from Recolight, a not-for-profit organization that funds the recycling of energy-saving light bulbs. They've commissioned specialist teachers to create a series of practical lessons for their Big Light Project, which includes an investigation of light bulbs, an energy audit and recycling. All the PDFs can be downloaded.
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guardian.co.uk
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