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A series of demonstration, practice, extension and testing activities on energy, what it is? and the use of renewable resources.
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A glossary of energy terms As the title suggests this is an A-Z listing of words associated with energy.	Bella Buzz's Wasteful Week An interactive activity where learners have to identify examples of energy waste.	Building Bonanza Learners have to 'build' their own house choosing from the items provided. Their scores improve the more energy efficient they are.	Energy Action A 10 question quiz marked online. The range of topics covered limit this to more able learners.
Back to the source A series of pictures and text explaining 3 'energy chains' from source to use.	Building Bonanza Learners make decisions about shape, materials and direction. As each decision is made cartoon characters assess your choice.	Design an efficient home An online questionnaire to test your understanding of the energy efficiency of specific building materials for homes in different parts of the world.	Energy the Stuff of Life A 10 question online quiz testing a learners understanding of energy use.
Biomass Power An excellent animation explaining in simple terms how this form of power can be used to make electricity.	Energy Flows An excellent series of drag and drop activities placing items in the correct order for the energy to flow.	Energy information zone A series of links to written information on various aspects of energy.	Energy Word An online crossword puzzle involving 'energy words'.
Convection Carp An animation showing the effects of heat rising.	Energy Forever An interactive quiz where learners have to decide whether fuels are renewable or non-renewable.	Energy Transformation 2 A 'drag and drop' activity where learners have match up the energy equations.	Super Energy Challenge An online quiz to test learners understanding of how to reduce energy usage.
Convection Currents An animation showing the effects of heat rising.	Energy Hungry Mice Game A sort of energy PacMan Game where renewable and non-renewable energies have to be sorted.	Games and Puzzles A collection of games and puzzles around the topic of energy.	Wacky Wordsearch 1 A wordsearch involving 'energy words' but challenging as it is against the clock.
Electricity from coal A simple animation showing how electricity is made from coal.	Energy Ninjas Learners move around the site and find activities which when completed will reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The game element may detract from the learning potential.	Help! SOS Planet Earth An activity where learners 'drag and drop' words into a given text on alternative fuels. May only be suited to more able readers.	Wacky Wordsearch 2 A wordsearch involving 'energy words' but challenging as it is against the clock.
Energy & Environment A series of slides giving information on energy and transport, the school environment, energy from waste and from water.	Fix your house A 'drag and drop' activity where learners have to identify items of energy saving from a toolkit.	Make Energy Useful Learners have to move a solar panel to catch the sun, dams to catch the water and wind turbines to catch the wind.
Energy in Buildings Energy uses in buildings looking at heating, lighting, appliances and heat loss. Simple explanations as basic information.	Heat Movement A drag and drop activity where learners drop the correct labels to each of the types of heat movement.	Types of Energy A 'drag and drop' activity linking an energy type with a picture of an example.
Energy information zone A series of links to written information on various aspects of energy. Suitable for project work or extension activities.	Match the resources A drag and drop activity in which learners drop objects into one of three 'energy black holes'. A simple way to identify renewable and non-renewable energy sources.	Who's Got What A series of interactive world maps shown which areas of the world have specific types of energy.
Energy Sources A series of slides giving information on fossil fuels, alternative energy, renewable energy and nuclear energy.	Make energy useful A 'space invader' type game as learners use the arrow keys to collect a variety of fuels. It may well inform learners as to the range of energy available to us.
Energy Story A comprehensive topic covering all aspects of energy. Suitable as background information or extension work for more able learners.	No Way Out A 'drag and drop' activity where learners have match up the insulators with their objects.
Energy Transformation All energy on earth originally comes from the sun. Energy chains show how this is transferred. This simple animation explains a few of these.	Strange but true A 5 question quiz deciding which of sets of 3 inventions are true uses.
Energy Vampires Learners move through the rooms clicking on electrical items to see how much electricity they use. Although some American names the comparison of electrical use on the dial could be useful.	What to wear An interactive activity where learners have to identify the clothes people would wear in the desert and the Arctic.
Geothermal Power An excellent animation explaining in simple terms how this form of power can be used to make electricity.
Great Escape An interactive activity where learners identify examples of where heat is escaping from a house
Greenhouse Gases An excellent animation explaining in simple terms how these are formed and the affect it has on Earth.
How a bug battery works An excellent animation explaining in simple terms how this form of power can be used to make electricity.
How a fuel cell works An excellent animation explaining in simple terms how this form of power can be used to make electricity.
How a petrol engine works An excellent animation explaining in simple terms how a petrol engine works.
How coal was formed An excellent animation explaining in simple terms how coal was formed.
How Gas is made An excellent animation explaining in simple terms how gas is made.
How oil and gas are formed An excellent animation explaining in simple terms how oil and gas are formed.
How to make biofuel An excellent animation explaining in simple terms how biofuels are made and their use to power cars.
How nuclear fusion works An excellent animation explaining in simple terms how this form of power can be used to make electricity.
Hydroelectric Power An excellent animation explaining in simple terms how this form of power can be used to make electricity.
Hydrogen Power An excellent animation explaining in simple terms how this form of power can be used to make electricity.
Making Nuclear Energy An interactive animation containing information about the various parts of a nuclear power station.
Solar Power An excellent animation explaining in simple terms how this form of power can be used to make electricity.
Storing Carbon Dioxide An excellent animation explaining in simple terms how waste carbon dioxide could be stored under the sea.
Time Machine An animated timeline showing the various developments in the discovery and creation of electricity.
Top Tidal Power An excellent animation explaining in simple terms how this form of power can be used to make electricity.
Tree Power An excellent animation explaining in simple terms how this form of power can be used to make electricity.
Virtual Community A home page with a series of links to a variety of project fact files and activities looking at how our energy use is causing climate change.
Wave Power An excellent animation explaining in simple terms how this form of power can be used to make electricity.
Wasting energy = pollution An animation showing the formation of greenhouse gases.
What is energy? An explanation as to what is meant by energy with 3 examples.
Wind Power An excellent animation explaining in simple terms how this form of power can be used to make electricity.

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		Renewable Energy Crossword First, click on any of the word blanks in the puzzle to highlight it. If you click on the intersection of two words, only one of them will be highlighted. To highlight the other one, click once again. When you highlight a word, a clue will appear in a box to the right.	Farming the Wind A 5 question quiz to light the electric bulb.
		What is Energy Crossword? First, click on any of the word blanks in the puzzle to highlight it. If you click on the intersection of two words, only one of them will be highlighted. To highlight the other one, click once again. When you highlight a word, a clue will appear in a box to the right.
		What is Electricity Crossword? First, click on any of the word blanks in the puzzle to highlight it. If you click on the intersection of two words, only one of them will be highlighted. To highlight the other one, click once again. When you highlight a word, a clue will appear in a box to the right.
		Renewable Energy Crossword First, click on any of the word blanks in the puzzle to highlight it. If you click on the intersection of two words, only one of them will be highlighted. To highlight the other one, click once again. When you highlight a word, a clue will appear in a box to the right.