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Downloadable Online Resources for Schools
Primary Schools
The Story of Energy
Sustainable Energy Ireland
Introducing energy and its impacts to 8-12 year olds. Click to download
Experiments
Acid attack - create your own acid rain
Acid rain indicator - make your own
Air pollution - emissions from many sources pollute the air
Alka-Seltzer pop - releasing chemical energy
Bubbling yeast - food energy
Composting - a way to reduce waste
Erupting volcano - chemical energy
Insulation - can save energy
Lemon battery - food contains stored chemical energy
Make a wormery - worms help in the process of making compost
Make water pure - wasting water is a waste of energy
Make your own thermometer - measuring temperature
Model the greenhouse effect
Peanut power - food energy
Recycling - is a way of saving energy
Rocket balloon race - anything that moves uses energy/fuel
Sporting collisions - energy transfer
Test the efficiency of light energy
The obedient tin can - stored energy
The pizza-box solar oven - using the sun's energy to cook
The water cycle - water moves in a cycle
Try out the self inflating balloon - chemical energy
Things To Make
Build a water wheel
Make an elastic band fan
Create your own windmill
Construct a land yacht
Make a balloon buggy
Things To Colour In
Beware the energy guzzler - bright spark
Beware the energy guzzler - cup of tea
Beware the energy guzzler - guzzling appliances
Beware the energy guzzler - happy shoppers
Beware the energy guzzler - lunch time
Beware the energy guzzler - on the move
Beware the energy guzzler - shower not bath
Beware the energy guzzler - switch off, save energy
Beware the energy guzzler - wind power
Beware the energy guzzler - wrap up
Energy Worksheets
Energy chains
Energy in Ireland
Energy in school
Energy in your home
Energy worldwide
Sort out your rubbish
Test your energy IQ
The fun worksheet
Transport and energy
Secondary Schools
A CONSUMER GUIDE TO
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
Sustainable Energy Ireland
A booklet providing information on energy, climate change, saving energy and renewable energy. Suitable for Junior Certificate and TY students. An excellent booklet to introduce the topic. Click to download
How to make your home more energy efficient
Sustainable Energy Ireland
A booklet suitable for Home Economic students and teachers. Click to download
Wind Turbines in 50 questions and answers
Sustainable Energy Ireland
A comprehensive guide to wind energy. Suitable for teachers and students doing Leaving Certificate Geography, Physics, Architectural Technology and Home Economics.
Click to download
Renewable Energy in the Home
Sustainable Energy Ireland
this booklet gives an outlines of using renewable energy in the home. Suitable for teachers and students doing Leaving Cert Geography, Physics, Architechtural Technology and Home Economics. Click to download
Your Guide to Electricity in the Home
Sustainable Energy Ireland
A new publication from SEI, this booklet looks at the use of electricty in the home and explains energy labelling of appliances.
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Guide to Careers in Energy
Sustainable Energy Ireland
This booklet contains useful information for students looking at career directions in the energy sector. Various professionals working in the energy sector are interviewed to give students insights into possible future career options.
Click to download
EXPLORING ENERGY
Chapter 1 - Food & Energy
Energy in All of Us
Food Power
Chapter 2 - Plants, Humans & Energy
Hot house
How clean is the air you breathe
Rising tides & Climate change
Sun loving plants
Chapter 3 - Fossil Fuels & Acid Rain
A fossil fuel story
Acid Attack
Do-it-yourself acid rain
Piles of packaging
The life of plastic
Chapter 4 - Renewable Sources of Energy
Our sun - the primary source of energy
Solar Energy
Water Power
Wind energy - Make a wind sock
Wind energy - Make your own anemometer
Chapter 5 - Forms of Energy: Heat, Sound & Electricity
Best cup of tea
Bouncing Balls
Music to your ears
Pulling paperclips
Spiralling snakes
Chapter 6 - Saving Energy: Action in School
On the move
Over to you
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