Mastery Science
Energy savers
Energy savers
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Description
Elon Musk's company Tesla invent electric cars to reduce our fossil fuel emissions from transport. Other companies invent devices to reduce energy consumption at home. The challenge for all inventors is to raise money from investors.
This is the context for 'Energy savers'. Students use their knowledge of energy transfers and wasted energy to help an inventor design an energy-saving device, and write the crowd-funding webpage.
Energy savers can be done in 1-2 lessons, to practice higher-order thinking and prepare students for the demands of 'AO3' at GCSE.
Blueprint curriculum links
- Concepts: Energy transfers, Wasted energy
- Skill: Represent with models, Use fractions and percentages.
- Learning stage: Analyse
The lesson resources are delivered as a zip file. After you checkout, you will be sent an email with the link to download them.
Work with a scientist
This activity is ideal for use with a scientist in the classroom, or online. We can help you set up a partnership - just complete the form (only open to UK schools).
Energy savers is a resource developed for the CONNECT project.
