Pupils use digital media and scientific enquiry to explore how nature uses the Sun to create energy.
Pupils use digital media and scientific enquiry to explore how nature uses the Sun to create energy.
Pupils explore light through a practical playground exploration of their own shadows over time.
Students study how photovoltaic cells have been used by a number of devices and evaluate which can make best use of solar power, before designing and making their own solar-powered device.
Pupils use an interactive globe to travel round the world seeing how and where different renewable energy resources are used, learning that some countries are more suited to using certain resources than others
Students use an interactive globe to travel round the world seeing how and where different renewable energy resources are used, learning that some countries are more suited to using certain resources than others.
Students conduct a survey to appreciate how much waste we generate and what proportion is recycled and what can be recycled.
A really simple, but fascinating visual experiment to explore the effects of heat energy transfer by conduction.
Students conduct a survey of their school environment to measure wasted heat and light energy.
Pupils survey of their school environment to measure wasted heat and light energy
An experiment to see how geothermal energy can be captured to generate electricity.
children will be creating a presentation linked to a sensitive food-related issue
Art and DT planning (to complement the 'ICT Medium Term planning' resource. Here the children will be designing a sculpture or totem pole using everyday items that usually get thrown out.
The children will be creating their own mini-composters in bottles and observing them.