Explorers Renewable Ocean Energy Resources - The Power of the Future

Explorers Renewable Ocean Energy – The Power of the Future provides children with an opportunity to develop an understanding about where our electricity comes from and using clean ocean energy resources and more. The educational materials will help children develop their key competencies and skills including: STEM, communication & using languages, being creative, learning to be a learner, being digital learner, and lots more.

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Explorers Renewable Ocean Energy: Teachers Guide provides teachers with links to lessons and activities and a range of ideas to develop a range of class activities and projects with children in the classroom.

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Explorers Renewable Ocean Energy & more: Class Presentation and notes:

Chapter 1. UNDERSTANDING ENERGY AND FORCES

This presentation aims to apply learning scientific concepts related to energy and forces. It introduces children to Ocean Energy - The Power of the Future new words for a wall chart & glossary.

Chapter 2. UNDERSTANDING ENERGY SOURCES THAT GENERATE POWER

This presentation aims to explore, develop, and apply scientific ideas and concepts through communication, language, math, design, and creativity. The students will learn about and understand energy sources that generate power through discussion and interactive activities.

Chapter 3. LEARNING ABOUT RENEWABLE OCEAN ENERGY RESOURCES

This presentation aims to explore, develop, and apply scientific ideas and concepts through design and making activities. The students will learn about mimicry and how nature inspires engineering and new inventions. The students will learn about renewable offshore, tidal, and ocean energy sources.

Chapter 4. LEARNING ABOUT OUR ELECTRICAL GRID, CONSERVING ENERGY & DESIGNING A SMART CITY for the FUTURE

This presentation encourages children to work together in teams to explore ideas about energy, tracking how energy reaches our homes, and how much electricity is consumed in Ireland and worldwide. The students will design pylons and build an innovative Smart City using electrical circuits that showcases the benefits of using ‘Renewable Ocean Energy—The Power of the Future’.

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Explorers Renewable Ocean Energy: Project Lesson Plans and Activities support the Explorers Renewable Ocean Energy PowerPoint presentations. off shore energy resources.

  1. LESSON PLAN: ENERGY IN MOTION - UNDERSTANDING ENERGY AND FORCES
  2. LESSON PLAN: UNDERSTANDING ENERGY SOURCES THAT GENERATE POWER
  3. PROJECT/LESSON PLANS: LEARNING ABOUT BIOMIMICRY & OCEAN ENERGY: NATURES BRILLIANT ENGINEERS!
  4. PROJECT/LESSON PLANS: RENEWABLE OCEAN ENERGY – A STEAM EXPLORATION OF WIND, TIDE & WAVE ENERGY
  5. PROJECT/LESSON PLANS: EXPLORERS OCEAN ENERGY ENGINEERS: TRACKING THE POWER AND CREATING SMART CITIES
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Explorers Renewable Ocean Energy: Quiz for Kids covers 20 multiple questions relating to each of the renewable energy and more. It is a fun way to gauge the level of understanding about energy and forces as well as learning about sources of electricity and power in Ireland.