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Science learning objectives

Year 7Year 8

4 Energy, electricity and forces

4.1 Energy transfer and electricity

describe how energy can be stored, e.g. food, fuels and electrical cells use a simple model of energy transfer to describe common observations
describe how energy is transferred in simple contexts such as heating and cooling, food chains and simple circuits explain why quantitative measures of energy transfer should also be considered when making informed decisions, e.g. building wind farms
recognise that quantitative measures of energy transfer are needed to inform decisions, e.g. about lifestyles explain how electricity is generated using a variety of energy resources
describe how energy stored in a range of energy resources, e.g. food, biomass, oil, gas, wind and waves, can be usefully transferred
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