Stage 3 Science – Bright Sparks Energy Trailer

About this incursion

Engaging students through hands-on investigations!

When the ‘Bright Sparks’ energy trailer comes to your school, students go on a journey through the scientific discoveries that sparked the industrial revolution and our current dependence on fossil fueled electricity.

Student scientists use a variety of resources and materials to investigate, design and measure the performance of renewable and energy saving systems such as solar panels, batteries, wind turbines, solar thermal power and insulation as they aim to discover clean energy solutions for a sustainable future.

This is a 2 hour session for a maximum of 30 children per session. Two sessions can be run on a day.

Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

We are learning to:

• uses evidence to explain how scientific knowledge can be used to develop sustainable practices
• poses questions to identify variables and conducts fair tests to gather data
• interprets data to support explanations and arguments

We can:

• Recognise that an electrical circuit transfers electrical energy from a source, through a pathway, to a device that transforms electrical energy into other forms of energy.
• Plan and construct simple electrical circuits to model the transfer and transformation of energy.
• Pose questions, identify variables and safely conduct fair tests to identify materials that act as electrical conductors or insulators
• Identify renewable and non-renewable energy sources
• Research and present information describing the impact on resources and the environment of using a renewable or a non-renewable resource to generate electricity

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