Learning Objectives To know that we can make electricity in different ways. To begin to understand how the way we get electricity can affect our environment
gas
oil
coal
Nuclear power plants use a material called uranium to produce electricity. Nuclear power plants make electricity by splitting tiny atoms of the uranium to release energy. Nuclear plants also have waste materials that are very dangerous and have to be looked after safely for thousands of years.
These are some of the ways we can get renewable energy. This means that the source of the energy will not run out.
Water wheels
Now watch the film of Cassop Primary School and see how they get their electricity
How does your school get its electricity? Do you use any renewables?
Renewables
Non-renewables
Glossary
Atom an incredibly tiny particle of matter Electricity the flow of electrical energy Fuel something that is burned to give heat Furnace a place where a fuel is burned, which gets very hot Gas something that is not a liquid nor a solid at ordinary temperatures (like air) Generate to produce electricity Global warming an increase in the worlds temperature believed to be mainly caused by the greenhouse effect Greenhouse effect warming of the earths surface caused by pollution from some gases Pollution too much of something we dont want in the wrong place, causing harm PV panel a panel containing photovoltaic cells which convert energy from the sun into electrical energy Turbine a machine with blades that can be turned to generate power
Renewables
Non-renewables
Atom Fuel Gas an increase in the worlds temperature believed to be mainly caused by the greenhouse effect the flow of electrical energy
Electricity an incredibly tiny particle of matter Furnace something that is burned to give heat
something that is not a liquid nor a solid at ordinary temperatures (like air) Generate Global warming Pollution a panel containing photovoltaic cells which can convert energy from the sun into electrical energy a machine with blades that can be turned to generate power warming of the earths surface caused by pollution from some gases
a place where a fuel is burned, which gets very hot to produce electricity Greenhouse effect too much of something we dont want in the wrong place, causing harm PV panel Turbine