The Eco House

Generation Green is a cross-curricular resource, with an emphasis on Active Citizenship and Personal Responsibility. It also supports the NFSS and Eco-Schools initiatives. The tabs below show how each lesson links into the Key Stage 1 and P1-3 curricula.

These 8 lessons and the assembly have the ultimate aim of making pupils aged 5-7 years old aware of where energy comes from and the effect its use has on the environment.

KS1/P1-3 Assembly Plan

The aim of this Assembly is to consolidate and share what the pupils have learned about energy.

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Teaching resources

Primary lesson plans

Secondary lesson plans

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Curriculum links

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The aim of this lesson is to make 5-7-year olds aware that although we need to use energy in the home, there are ways to save it and even produce it from renewable sources.

During this lesson, the class will make a Big Green Happy House!

Assembly option: If you wish to perform the Assembly you will find the resources to do so here.

We recommend that you make your house as big as possible using big pieces of cardboard and the templates from the Assembly section.

Otherwise, your Big Green Happy House can be smaller for classroom use, and you can use the templates in the resources supplied in this lesson.

Learning objectives

To know that the appliances in houses use energy.
Houses can be adapted to save energy (thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions).

Curriculum links
England (KS1)	Geography: Geographical Enquiry 5b Design and Technology 1e
Scotland (P1 – P3)	5-14 Guidelines Environmental studies – level C Interaction of living things with their environment Science: Earth in space 3-18 Curriculum for Excellence Science: Planet Earth: Sustainability, climate and earth sciences Energy in the environment: Energy transfer
Wales (KS1)	Design and Technology, 3