Year 8 Unit 3: Energy: A key resource
Year 8 Unit 3: Energy: A key resource
Year 8 Unit 3: Energy: A key resource
This unit finishes at half term –
Tick the bullet points when you can explain or do them
This unit finishes at half term –
Tick the bullet points when you can explain or do them
This unit finishes at half term –
Tick the bullet points when you can explain or do them
At the end of this unit you will understand many of the
following:
At the end of this unit you will understand many of the
following:
At the end of this unit you will understand many of the
following:
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That energy is a key resource
What global warming is, and its predicted consequences
That the fossil fuels are our main sources of energy
How electricity is made, that different sources of energy can be
used to make it
That there are renewable and non-renewable sources of energy
That use of a resource has to be planned and managed
That having a resource that’s in demand (such as oil) can change
a country
That our intensive use of fossil fuels is harming the environment
At the end of the unit you should also be able to do many of
the following:
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Explain that we convert energy from fuels into other forms of
energy (electricity, heat, light, movement)
Explain what global warming is, and its link to fossil fuels; describe
some predicted consequences
Name the fossil fuels; explain that they are stores of energy and
we can burn them directly, or use them to make electricity; say
why oil is especially important
Explain how electricity is generated, and describe different ways
to make the turbine spin (from jets of steam to wind and waves)
Give examples of renewable and non-renewable sources of
energy
Give the National Grid as an example of resource planning and
management
Describe how the discovery of oil has changed Dubai, and how it’s
planning ahead for when the oil runs out
Give at least five examples of how our use of fossil fuels can harm
the environment
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That energy is a key resource
What global warming is, and its predicted consequences
That the fossil fuels are our main sources of energy
How electricity is made, that different sources of energy can be
used to make it
That there are renewable and non-renewable sources of energy
That use of a resource has to be planned and managed
That having a resource that’s in demand (such as oil) can change
a country
That our intensive use of fossil fuels is harming the environment
At the end of the unit you should also be able to do many of
the following:
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Explain that we convert energy from fuels into other forms of
energy (electricity, heat, light, movement)
Explain what global warming is, and its link to fossil fuels; describe
some predicted consequences
Name the fossil fuels; explain that they are stores of energy and
we can burn them directly, or use them to make electricity; say
why oil is especially important
Explain how electricity is generated, and describe different ways
to make the turbine spin (from jets of steam to wind and waves)
Give examples of renewable and non-renewable sources of
energy
Give the National Grid as an example of resource planning and
management
Describe how the discovery of oil has changed Dubai, and how it’s
planning ahead for when the oil runs out
Give at least five examples of how our use of fossil fuels can harm
the environment
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That energy is a key resource
What global warming is, and its predicted consequences
That the fossil fuels are our main sources of energy
How electricity is made, that different sources of energy can be
used to make it
That there are renewable and non-renewable sources of energy
That use of a resource has to be planned and managed
That having a resource that’s in demand (such as oil) can change
a country
That our intensive use of fossil fuels is harming the environment
At the end of the unit you should also be able to do many of
the following:
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





Explain that we convert energy from fuels into other forms of
energy (electricity, heat, light, movement)
Explain what global warming is, and its link to fossil fuels; describe
some predicted consequences
Name the fossil fuels; explain that they are stores of energy and
we can burn them directly, or use them to make electricity; say
why oil is especially important
Explain how electricity is generated, and describe different ways
to make the turbine spin (from jets of steam to wind and waves)
Give examples of renewable and non-renewable sources of
energy
Give the National Grid as an example of resource planning and
management
Describe how the discovery of oil has changed Dubai, and how it’s
planning ahead for when the oil runs out
Give at least five examples of how our use of fossil fuels can harm
the environment
Key words to learn:
Key words to learn:
Key words to learn:
Global warming, power stations, non-renewable, renewable, fossil
fuel; generate, electromagnet, turbine, hydroelectric, windfarm,
National Grid, fossil fuels, developed, firewood, Middle East; tourism,
information technology, trade, groundwater, desalinates; pipeline,
tankers, acid rain, carbon dioxide, pollutant, particulates; greenhouse
gas, climate change; onshore windfarm, offshore windfarm; solar
power, kerosene.
[R1 = Readiness / R2 = Relationships / R3 = Resourcefulness
R4 = Resilience / R5 = Remembering / R6 = Reflective]
Global warming, power stations, non-renewable, renewable, fossil
fuel; generate, electromagnet, turbine, hydroelectric, windfarm,
National Grid; fossil fuels, developed, firewood, Middle East; tourism,
information technology, trade, groundwater, desalinates; pipeline,
tankers, global warming, acid rain, carbon dioxide, pollutant,
particulates; global warming, greenhouse gas, climate change;
onshore windfarm, offshore windfarm; solar power, kerosene.
[R1 = Readiness / R2 = Relationships / R3 = Resourcefulness
R4 = Resilience / R5 = Remembering / R6 = Reflective]
Global warming, power stations, non-renewable, renewable, fossil
fuel; generate, electromagnet, turbine, hydroelectric, windfarm,
National Grid; fossil fuels, developed, firewood, Middle East; tourism,
information technology, trade, groundwater, desalinates; pipeline,
tankers, global warming, acid rain, carbon dioxide, pollutant,
particulates; global warming, greenhouse gas, climate change;
onshore windfarm, offshore windfarm; solar power, kerosene.
[R1 = Readiness / R2 = Relationships / R3 = Resourcefulness
R4 = Resilience / R5 = Remembering / R6 = Reflective]