Power for the World

Working in teams pupils explore issues around renewable energy in the developing world and build their own wind turbines.

Energy

Years: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Duration: 90mins

Curriculum Objectives: 7

Subjects: D&T, Science

Resource Overview

The Power for the World Activity was originally designed to be delivered by university engineering students from Engineers Without Borders-UK as a schools outreach activity but has since been amended so teachers can deliver directly without additional support They are designed for both primary and secondary students and are suited to a 60 or 90 minute session, but could be extended.

A perfect activity for a science or STEM club.

Thank you to Practical Action for allowing us to share this resource.

Resource Assets

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Power for the world teacher's pack secondary

Everything required to teach this inspirational lesson to secondary aged students..

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Power for the world PowerPoint secondary

Introduce secondary aged students to their challenge.

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Power for the world congratulations certificate

Celebrate successes with these downloadable certificates

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Energy from the wind - technical brief

Technical information in this document is used by engineers in the developing world to help them build wind turbines.

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Power for the world teacher's pack primary

Everything required to teach this inspirational lesson to primary aged students.

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Power for the world PowerPoint primary

Introduce primary aged students to their challenge.

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Power for the world well done certificate

Give recognition to success.

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Case study - Renewable energy in Kenya

A case study of a micro hydro project in Kenya, describing how a local community worked together to get access to electricity

Curriculum Objectives

D&T

D&T Key Stage 2 (Age 7-11)

Apply their understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures
Evaluate their ideas and products against their own design criteria and consider the views of others to improve their work
Generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, pattern pieces and computer-aided design
Investigate and analyse a range of existing products
Select from and use a wider range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities

Science

Key Stage 2 (Age 7-11)

Year 4 (Age 8-9)
- Identify common appliances that run on electricity.

Science

Key Stage 2 (Age 7-11)
- Key Stage 2 (Age 7-11)
  - Year 4 (Age 8-9)
    Year 3 (Age 7-8)
    Use straightforward scientific evidence to answer questions or to support their findings

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