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Renewable Energy Links for Schools

HELPFUL LINKS:

Renewable Energy for Schools - 'It's Only Natural' - from BERR
Downloadable teaching resources for primary and secondary schools.

http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/sources/renewables/schools/teaching-resources/page23238.html

Energy Zone - Curriculum maps for energy education - from CREATE

http://www.create.org.uk/schools/teachers_resources.asp#downloadables

Climate Change from the BBC and news updates on global warming issues
http://www.bbc.co.uk/climate

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2004/climate_change/

• How environmentally conscious are you? Find out by playing our game "I'm Alright Jack".
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/climate/adaptation/jack.shtml
• Animation to explain the Greenhouse effect
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/climate/evidence/greenhouse_effect_img.shtml

A week of climate change activities - from Oxfam

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/climate_chaos/

Energy education in Ireland

Discover what's happening in Irish schools.

http://www.allaboutenergy.ie/education/

Energy Activities for Kids

From the National Energy Information Center of the US government.  Activities and quiz would need to be adapted for the UK.

www.eia.doe.gov/kids/

Kids Corner on the Managenergy website

Learn about saving energy and renewables in a fun way.

http://www.managenergy.net/kidscorner/index.html

Fun Games on-line

Some useful games from an American 'fun school'.

• Clean Up Your World: Clean up natural areas and place litter in the correct recycling bins.
• Earth Day: Answer questions about Pollution.
• Free the Beach: Locate and place into proper bins litter which may be recycled.

Think Energy
Online activities for 7 to 14 year olds. Parents and teachers zones with energy factsheets.
http://www.think-energy.com

• Energy forever? Do you know the difference between renewable and non-renewable energy sources?

European Sustainable Energy Education Forum (ESEEF) is a network of European organisations. The aim of this project is to initiate the establishment of a Union-Wide network for energy education, the European Energy Education Forum. The EEEF will be an essential Union-wide network for teachers, pupils and students to get up to date education on Renewable Energy.
http://www.school4energy.net

Energy Services Direct - offer a wide range of services tailored for individual schools and companies

http://www.es-direct.co.uk/

Environmental Education for Norfolk schools
http://www.norfolkesinet.org.uk/envedu

Environmental and Sustainable Development Education in Suffolk Schools
http://www.slamnet.org.uk/edusus

Cambridgeshire's Environmental Education Service
http://www.cees.org.uk

Science Museum Energy - fuelling the future
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/exhibitions/energy/index.asp

Action Renewables - Education Programme - a school programme from Belfast, Northern Ireland
http://www.wiseuptorenewables.com/Introduction.asp