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Curriculum links

Scotland

Use the tables below to see how each activity in the Energy Home supports the curricula for science and environmental studies in Scotland.

Science curriculum links
Environmental studies curriculum links

Science

	Strand	Level	Pupils are able to	Online challenges	Activity cards
Skills in Science: Investigating	Carrying out tasks	B	use simple equipment and techniques to make observations and measurements	The search for energy: Part 1 Energy at home The search for energy: Part 3 Power! On the trail of the energy wasters Our new school	1, 7, 8
		C	select and use appropriate measurement devices or make appropriate observations	The search for energy: Part 1 Energy at home The search for energy: Part 3 Power! On the trail of the energy wasters Our new school	1, 7, 8
		D	make an appropriate series of accurate measurements		8
Energy and forces	Properties and uses of energy	A	give examples of everyday appliances that use electricity	The search for energy: Part 1 Energy at home On the trail of the energy wasters	1
		A	identify some of the common dangers associated with use of electricity	The search for energy: Part 1 Energy at home The search for energy: Part 2 Substations On the trail of the energy wasters	3, 7
Energy and forces	Properties and uses of energy	C	construct simple battery-operated circuits, identifying the main components classify materials as electrical conductors or insulators and describe how these are related to the safe use of electricity	The search for energy: Part 1 Energy at home	4
		D	construct a series circuit following diagrams using conventional symbols	The search for energy: Part 1 Energy at home	4
Earth and space	Materials from Earth	B	make observations of differences in the properties of common materials relate uses of everyday materials to properties	Our new school	8
Energy and forces	Properties and uses of energy	E	give examples of everyday uses of good and poor conductors of heat	On the trail of the energy wasters Our new school	8
Energy and forces	Conversion & transfer of energy	D	give some examples of energy conversions involved in the generation of electricity describe how electrical energy is distributed to homes name some energy resources	The search for energy On the trail of the energy wasters Our new school The town is going renewable	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10
		E	explain the difference between renewable and non-renewable energy resources	The search for energy: Part 3 Power! The town is going renewable	6, 9, 10

Environmental studies

	Strand	Level	Pupils are able to	Online challenges	Activity cards
People and Place	Human-physical interactions	B	give some ways in which everyday resources are conserved or recycled locally	On the trail of the energy wasters Our new school	7, 8
		C	describe the main features of some common types of land use	The town is going renewable	10
		C	describe ways in which resources in Scotland are conserved and recycled	On the trail of the energy wasters Our new school	7, 8
		D	for a selected land use change or industrial process, describe possible effects, good and bad, on the landscape/environment describe some methods used and reasons for conserving major resources	The town is going renewable	10
People in society	Conflict and decision making in society	A	identify the conflicting points of view of the participants in a disagreement within a familiar context	The town is going renewable	10
Skills in social subjects	Preparing for tasks	C	plan a sequence of activities for tackling an enquiry, class or homework task suggest relevant sources of information that might assist in a particular enquiry task		9
	Carrying out tasks	B	select and record specific information for a given purpose from a variety of sources available in the school or local community select simple techniques to process/classify straightforward information in a variety of ways		9
	Reviewing and reporting on tasks	C	present conclusions giving reasons		8, 9