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Science programme for students aged 11 to 16 years

Wind Energy

These resources include colour information cards about eight renewable energy sources:

  • Bio-energy
  • Geothermal energy
  • Hydroelectric energy
  • Hydrogen fuel cells
  • Solar energy
  • Tidal energy
  • Wave energy
  • Wind energy

The activity cards and teachers’ notes will help you to:

  • understand how each technology works
  • understand why renewable energy is so important for the UK
  • deliver practical activities exploring how different renewable energy technologies work, how they can be used and the role of renewable energy at home and at school.

Click each link to download the PDFs

Teachers’ notes [PDF 91KB]
Introductory sheet [PDF 22KB]
Activity sheets [PDF 342KB]
Information cards for 11 to 14s [PDF 6258KB]
Information cards for 14 to 16s [PDF 2658KB]
Renewable Energy poster [PDF 2658KB]
Energy Transfer poster [PDF 497KB]

When printing these materials, please note that they are all designed to be printed at A4, with the exception of the posters. These should be printed as large as your printer allows.