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Are heat pumps the answer?

Learn about what heat pumps are and why they're replacing gas boilers

Be an Energy Hero

An activity for primary pupils to think about why it is important to fight climate change through using less energy and to feel empowered to take action as ‘Energy Warriors’

Build a model floating wind turbine

A video on renewables and activity instructions to build a floating wind turbine

Find out about innovative renewable energy ideas

Find out about some amazing renewable energy generating inventions and design your own.

Find out about oil and its impact on the environment

Find out where oil comes from, what it's used for and the impacts it has on the planet

Find out why food waste is bad for the planet

Fascinating facts about why food waste is such a huge environmental problem

Hold a debate about renewable energy

Explore the different viewpoints around wind farm development by running this KS2 debate

Invite in an expert

Invite in a sustainability professional to talk about their job

Is biomass best?

A class activity exploring the advantages and disadvantages of biomass for heating and electricity

Learn about appliances that use energy at home and school

Learn about the appliances that guzzle energy at home and at school

Learn about Community Energy

Learn about the concept of local energy cooperatives

Learn about marine energy

Resources for KS2 and GCSE students on tidal renewables

Learn about water power

Video clips and experiments to learn more about water power

Learn about where our electricity and gas comes from and their impact on the environment

An overview of how electricity is produced, including fossil fuels and renewables, where our gas comes from and how our energy use affects the environment

Learn more about the COP climate change leaders gathering

An introductory video for our programme to get primary pupils thinking about COP27.

My impact on the environment

An activity to get KS1 children thinking about their environmental footprint

Research renewable energy cooperatives or initiatives in your area.

Find out more about renewable energy projects in your area

Run a silent debate on energy

An opportunity for pupils to consider and debate issues around energy use and production

Solar PV panels and how to increase their efficiency

Experiment to investigate the variations in electrical power generated with changes of solar panel angle, solar panel direction and shade

Solar thermal heating, solar furnaces and solar ovens

Solar thermal heating and cooking

Understand how our carbon emissions cause the Greenhouse Effect and Climate change

Demonstrate to pupils how the actions they take contribute to the warming of our planet

Understand how our transportation choices impact the environment

Activity plans and worksheets to understand the impact of transportation on the environment

Understanding energy bills and house hold energy use

A guide to reading energy bills and understanding household energy use

Understanding how our diet affects the climate

Understanding how some of the food that we eat can have a big impact on the climate and our environment.

Understand where the UK's gas comes from

Find out where we source our gas from and present the data as a chloropleth map

Understand why COP26 was important

An explainer video and follow on activity to get primary pupils thinking about COP26.

Voices of change - explore the vision and values of climate activists as part of COP27

Watch an animation about renewable energy

Find out about why renewable energy is better for us and the planet

Year 6 statistics - data handling, line graphs, bar charts and pie charts

Use real world data from Energy Sparks schools to cover the National Curriculum objectives of the Year 6 Statistics unit

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