When you switch on a light or charge a tablet, where does that energy come from? Hands up one idea.
Today we will sort energy sources into two big groups and feel one of them for ourselves.
Energy comes from an energy source — a place or thing that gives us heat, light or power.
Today we sort sources into two groups:
Turn and talk: if we keep using something for years and years, will nature make more of it quickly, or will it slowly disappear? Be ready to share one idea with hands up.
In your group, look at the six energy-source cards:
Sort each card into renewable (keeps coming back) or non-renewable (will run out). Talk about why before you place it. Be ready to share one choice with the class.
Look at the six cards on the interactive: wind, sun, turf, gas, moving water and wood.
We will answer the question on screen and send each one to renewable or non-renewable. Call out where you think each card belongs, and say why.
Ireland once burned a lot of turf; now many hills have wind turbines spinning in the same weather that flaps your coat.
Your teacher has an outline map of Ireland on the board. Together we will place each energy source where you might notice it in Ireland, and say renewable or non-renewable as it goes on:
When it is your turn, call out where the marker should go and whether that source keeps coming back or will run out.
You're previewing this lesson. Get full access to this lesson and hundreds more — each one ready to teach, with interactive activities, printable resources and pupil progress tracking built in.