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QCA

Science at key stage 3    (Year 7)

Unit 7I: Energy resources
Section 12: Reviewing work

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • to relate use of energy resources to effects on the environment
  • to use their knowledge in addressing a moral or social issue
  • that the Sun is the energy source of almost all the Earth's energy resources

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Consolidate the learning of this unit by:
    • setting up a class debate introducing the moral and social issues of energy use in the context of application of their scientific understanding. This could involve the use of 'role cards', eg the views of scientists of different specialisms, of consumers, members of conservation organisations and those concerned with developing countries , or
    • extending the 'energy story' from key stage 2 by asking pupils to develop food chain diagrams so that they can show the network of energy from the Sun to a wide range of foods, fuels and devices and to all aspects of pupils' lives
  • contribute a view or appropriate evidence to the debate/role play
  • describe, eg in an energy diagram, how energy from the Sun links to everyday activities, eg a car ride to school

Points to note


Sections in this unit

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1. a. Why are fuels useful?
2. b. Why are fuels useful?
3. c. Why are fuels useful?
4. What are fossil fuels?
5. a. What are renewable energy resources?
6. b. What are renewable energy resources?
7. c. What are renewable energy resources?
8. Checking progress
9. a. How do living things use energy?
10. b. How do living things use energy?
11. c. How do living things use energy?
12. Reviewing work