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Sun Light
SUN
Solar
Panel
on
house
Electricity
(EXAMPLE OF CHANT OR RAP – children could make a
different one for their own drama!)
(All: (chanting.....) (emphasise words in bold)
Yes! What can we do to find more energy! It mustn’t be dirty!
It must be clean! It must be green! )
Scene 2 – so what’s global warming
Prof E: (Sticks power station picture on fuzzy board. Gets 2 people
from audience to assist with holding up – (Prof)- COAL,
OIL and GAS labels, and 2 CO 2
blanket (fl imsy light material)
holders) to be ready to hold a blanket of carbon dioxide
over the earth,. and 1 globe holder to hold the globe - with
maybe a sad face stuck on it.) We call this gas, carbon dioxide,
CO 2
for short. CO 2
rises up (waves hands in upward
fl oating motion above power station picture) out of the chimneys
at the power stations when we burn (points to children
who hold up labels in turn.) – COAL, OIL, and GAS!
Prof S: (-encourages the CO 2
people to fl oat their CO 2
blanket
over the earth. She encourages Globe person to fan himself vigorously
and look very unhappy! ) So you see, the blanket of
Carbon Dioxide traps in the Sun’s heat a little bit. Not all of
the heat that gets through to the earth can escape so easily!!
This is called The Increased Greenhouse Effect, and it can
increase the amount of global warming!
Prof E: Now let’s see if we can slow this down a bit by
SAVING SOME ENERGY other wise the earth’ll get too
warm AND there’ll be no coal, oil and gas left at all!!
Scene 3 – let’s save it!
(No cost energy saving tips!)
Prof S: (Puts HOUSE PICTURE on fuzzy board – or a child
can draw a house.) Right then, Professor Energy is the Energy
Saving person but she(he) might need another expert!
We need 2 people. (Prof S prepares to choose 3 people.) Let’s
have you to hold this (energy saving light bulb) when Professor
Energy says, and you TWO to read out some important
TIPS in a loud voice.
Prof E: Right I’ve got the Energy Saving Tips here and these
won’t cost you anything!! (Prof E sticks the Energy Saving
Tips to the fuzzy board and helps everyone to read them out carefully
and loudly whilst pointing at the words with a stick!)
(Prof Solar points to the house on the fuzzy board/fl ipchart and
its ”roof” with her pointer as appropriate!!)
(The above is a starter idea only. The No Cost Energy Saving
Tips can be used by teachers as a resource for drama ideas – in
groups or as a class production) Use a QUIZ at the end to reinforce
the message – if time allows! – The children could make
up their own to ask the audience.)
Scene 4 – solar
Professor Solar places SUN picture on the fuzzy board, and
SOLAR ENERGY label.
(Prof ENERGY (encourages 1 person to hold the SUN and
2 people to hold a solar panel saying – you’re the house with
a solar panel on the roof)- and 1 person to hold the lightning
bolts saying – )
Prof S: (quietly, to chosen people) This stands for the
electricity that’s made. You have to jig about energetically
when the sunlight reaches the panel!! (2 people are given the
LIGHT STREAMERS and told to dance between the SUN
and the SOLAR POWERED HOUSE.)
Prof S: (dramatically, waving arms about….) So....... the
sunlight shines brightly from the SUN to the solar panel
on the house roof, as soon as the LIGHT gets to the..........
SOLAR PANEL..then ......ELECTRICITY is made!!
HOORAY! This is so exciting!!
AND ……. did you know this amazing fact……that
the sun is where all our energy comes from – so let’s use it,
it’s free energy!
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