This Salters’ Chemistry Course unit from the University of York Science Education Group covered:
* Sources and uses of energy.
* Conservation of energy.
* Alternative and renewable energy sources.
* Solar energy as a fundamental source of biomass...

Produced by Solar Spark, this short activity challenges students to put a variety of common appliances into the order of their electricity consumption. The activity can be used to stimulate consideration of issues such as:

• energy generation and consumption
• renewable energy
• carbon...

The approach and the materials called Energy and Change were developed during the project 'Teaching about why things change'. The work was done by Jon Ogborn and Richard Boohan from 1992 to 1995 and a grant from the Nuffield Foundation supported the development work....

In Activities for the Classroom, the authors of the ‘Teaching about why things change’ project show how a new approach to the fundamental question 'why do things change?' can be adopted in teaching. They do this with a set of classroom activities which show how the...

In Background Stories for Teachers, the authors of the ‘Teaching about why things change’ project illustrate a new approach to the fundamental question 'why do things change?'. They do so with the help of stories about some scientific topics which show how the topics...

Introducing a New Approach outlines a fresh way of explaining changes that was developed by the ‘Teaching about why things change’ project. In this booklet, the authors address the fundamental question 'why do things change?', not simply by labelling phenomena with...

Personal transport is becoming safer as technological advancements are made and more and more safety features are designed. The resources in this collection explore current transport issues around safety and think about the future of global travel, considering the design of vacuum tube trains and introducing ideas...

Energy and Chemistry is one of the titles in the series of ASE Lab Books that were published in the early 1970s for the Association for Science Education by John Murray. Each title covered one or two topics and brought together the best of the teaching notes and...

This interactive online game from Siemens introduces students to the opportunities and challenges presented by different energy technologies. Students are required to implement an energy system that meets the demand to run a farm whilst minimising the cost and environmental impact. 

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This resource forms part of the Clean Growth resources from the Grand Challenges resource collection.  The introductory video can be found here.

The Energy Hacks activity consists of five...

This resource explores UK energy sources. Students will learn that the UK currently uses a mixture of non-renewable and renewable energy resources for its energy supply but to mitigate climate change, more renewables must be used. Students will be able to give examples of why, where and how, wind, solar,...

Resources which can be used to enhance a lesson on renewable energy or for homework activities. Includes:

• A loop game activity with all the key words and facts needed at KS4
• A renewable energy word search and the answer sheet
• Crossword to test knowledge of key terms around energy at...

This resource asks pupils to apply their knowledge of energy stores and transfers to different contexts to identify the energy stores and transfers taking place. The first task checks pupils' knowledge about energy stores and transfer.  Pupils are then asked to identify the energy stores from various images and the...