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ACTIVITYPLANNERS
In the Climate Cops resource you will find a suite of activities that will help you to deliver the learning
objectives outlined for The Energy Journey: Part 1 – “What is electricity and where does it come from?”
Every activity is supported with PowerPoint slides and relevant stimulus materials e.g. worksheet, poster,
flash card, animated diagram, information card and/or interactive whiteboard game.
You can select the activities that are best suited to your pupils and devise lesson plans accordingly. To give
you a flavour of what to expect, we have detailed one of the activites below.
TASTER ACTIVITY…
Sourcing Electricity
Use the ‘Sourcing Electricity’ PowerPoint slides to explain that electricity is created from the conversion of
other sources of energy. The presentation can be used in conjunction with the ‘Sourcing Electricity’ poster
and corresponding flash cards to introduce pupils to renewable and non-renewable sources of energy.
Detailed examples from each category are provided.
Pupils are given a series of energy cards. Each card contains a picture, a description and key facts about an
energy source. The challenge is to correctly sort the cards into renewable and non-renewable energy sources.
A drag and click whiteboard activity provides an alternative means for volunteers to attempt the sorting
process. Once a correct answer is reached pupils can re-sort their own cards and stick them into their
workbooks for reference.
Then divide the class into groups and assign one source of energy to each group. Using the available
resources the groups should create a mind map of the benefits and limitations of that particular energy source.
Resources
ENERGY JOURNEY: PART 1 – POWERPOINT SLIDES WITH
WHITEBOARD ACTIVITY X-X
RENEWABLE AND N0N-RENEWABLE – FLASH CARDS (X2)
SOURCING ELECTRICITY – CLASS POSTER
ENERGY CARDS – WORKSHEET 1
CREATING ELECTRICITY - INFORMATION CARDS 1 – 6
CREATING ELECTRICITY – ANIMATIONS
Resources
You can download the energy cards
and flash cards when you go back to
the ‘Lesson Planner’ page of this site.
They give you the opportunity to see
the type of materials you can expect
to find in the Climate Cops programme.