Module 2 – Energy Sources (ED)

Exploring renewable and non-renewable energy sources

Discuss the following topics (need icon)

• What are the three major types of fossil fuels?
• Why do we want to find alternatives to fossil fuels to power our lives?

Write some discussion notes below:

Sort the following technologies into renewable and non-renewable categories by dragging and dropping the energy resources into the right category:

Research Activity

Step 1:

Get into groups of 3 and write down on a piece of paper everything you already know about renewable energy under the heading of ‘Things we know’. This could also include knowledge about the specific types of resources ie. Solar, Wind

Step 2:

Then, individually, visit the video library below and select 3 videos to watch in the categories of your choice.

*TIP: Communicate with your group members what videos you will watch so that everyone is watching different ones.

Try to pick videos that you think will expand on your current knowledge.

After you’ve watched your videos, come back as a group to record any new information on the piece of paper under the title of ‘Things we Learnt’.

Climate Change – Video’s

*select the image to load the video in a new tab. Once you have finished the video close the new tab and return here

Renewable Energy – Video’s

*select the image to load the video in a new tab. Once you have finished the video close the new tab and return here

Solar – Video’s

*select the image to load the video in a new tab. Once you have finished the video close the new tab and return here

Wind – Video’s

*select the image to load the video in a new tab. Once you have finished the video close the new tab and return here

Remember once you have watched your video’s record any new information on the piece of paper under the title of ‘Things we Learnt’.

With all this information now in one place list some pros and cons of the renewable technologies below: