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Day Four: What we can do

Morning session: Planning for action – energy use at school
Key focus
Can we reduce our energy use at school?

> Morning activities

Afternoon session: Energy conservation at home
Key focus
Can we reduce our energy use at home?

> Afternoon activities

> Background information for teachers

Morning   Afternoon

Three activities: Three activities: > How energy efficient is our school? (30 mins) (154KB pdf) Pupils complete a survey to see whether their school uses energy efficiently. > How does insulation work? (111KB pdf) A scientific experiment to measure how effective certain materials are for insulation. > 71 steps towards becoming a sustainable school (1 hour) (151KB pdf) Pupils do a whiteboard activity to extend their thinking about using energy wisely. > Design an energy-efficient home (93KB pdf) Pupils draw and label a home with energy-saving features. > Action plan (1 hour) (136KB pdf) Pupils draw up a list of actions which their school could take and prepare to present them to others.   > School travel survey (93KB pdf) Pupils carry out a survey to find out how adults and children travel to school. Download a pdf of all morning activities with worksheets and information (273KB pdf)   Download a pdf of all afternoon activities with worksheets and information (128KB pdf)

This is an opportunity to use the learning from the week to make a real difference to the school’s contribution to climate change, by gathering information about current school energy use and developing an action plan. This would be a legacy that the pupils could leave for the school, as well as providing ideas that they could take on to their secondary schools. It would contribute to the Government’s Year of Action on Sustainable Development for Schools (2006-7) following the consultation on the Sustainable Schools Strategy published in May 2006 and could help the school towards winning an Eco-schools award.

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