Grand Challenge 3: Clean Growth
The Grand Challenges was a successful programme that ran from 2018 to 2023. This programme aimed to help young people develop the skills needed to bridge the gap between learning and career choices.
Heating and powering buildings accounts for 40% of our total energy usage in the UK. This resource collection explores how smart technologies can cut household energy bills, reduce demand for energy and reduce our carbon footprint.
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Passive House
Heating accounts for over half of the energy used in homes in the UK. This Catalyst article looks at buildings designed to cut heating demand almost to zero. There are over 70,000 passive houses in Europe – just a few of them in the UK. To be described as ‘passive’, a house must meet strict criteria for energy use...
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Exploring Energy
The ten activities within this pack investigate environmental issues including: the greenhouse effect, recycling, sustainable energy sources and thermal insulation. Aimed at primary level, they are designed either for use in class or within a science week or club. The activities promote investigative work and...
Energy and Appliances
Produced by Solar Spark, this short activity challenges students to put a variety of common appliances into the order of their electricity consumption. The activity can be used to stimulate consideration of issues such as:
- energy generation and consumption
- renewable energy
- carbon...
Smart Energy
Through energy use, each UK home creates around six tonnes of carbon dioxide a year. Much of this is the result of electricity generation. In this activity, from the Centre for Science Education and the Comino Foundation, students look into the advantages and disadvantages of the Smart Meter – an innovative device...
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| Subject(s) | Design and technology, Science |
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| Age | n.a |
| Published | 2010 to 2019 |
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cxfoku |
