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Purpose
Get your learners considering how they can positively address the climate crisis through this interactive session focused on energy and power.
Who is it for?
Schools in the Foleshill, Coventry area. Up to two classes of year 5 or 6 learners. One class will receive the activity in the morning and the second in the afternoon.
What's Involved?
Throughout the workshop learners will take part in a range of activities led by our education communicators. These activities include:
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Understanding what power is through an interactive demonstration.
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Recognise how different appliances use power through a higher or lower challenge and how they can save energy.
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Full class demonstration of the National Grid.
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Understanding what we mean by renewable energy and testing different wind turbine blade designs.
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Putting their learning together as they take part in the fantasy island challenge where they plan where to place the renewable energy resources.
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Discover more about careers in energy and sustainability.
Curriculum Links
English
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Articulate and justify answers, arguments, and opinions.
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Use spoken language to develop understanding through speculating, hypothesising, imagining, and exploring ideas.
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Participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations, and debates.
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Provide reasoned justifications for their views.
Mathematics
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Describe positions on the full coordinate grid (all four quadrants) – fantasy island activity.
Science
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Identify the effects of air resistance – wind turbine activity.
Design and technology
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Generate, develop and communicate their ideas through discussion and annotated sketches.
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Understand and use electrical systems in their products.
Geography
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Describe and understand key aspects of: human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water – fantasy island activity.
Logistics & Planning
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The session is designed for around 30 learners.
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The room can be a standard classroom, but a projector, screen and power are required.
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We ask that a teacher is always present throughout the activities, to support learner engagement and manage behaviour.
When booking, please let us know three date options between
September 2022 and October 2022.
