Investigating Energy Technologies

Your mission is to find out as much as you

can about different energy

technologies and report back

to the class

Learning Objectives

• To be able to talk about different energy technologies and how they affect people’s lives.

• To be able to work together to solve problems.

• To be able to communicate effectively.

Investigating energy technologies - films

People around the world are using different energy technologies to make their lives better. Find out about what people needed and how the energy technology helped, by watching the film and answering the questions below. With your group you will have five minutes to give a spoken presentation to the rest of the class about the film.

Instructions • Find the film which your group is going to work on.• Watch the film and answer the questions below about it.

You may need to watch the film more than once to answer the questions.• Work with your group to agree the answers to tell the rest of the class.• Decide in your group who will address which question in the presentation. Questions1. Where in the world does the film take place?2. What kind of energy technology is being used in the film?3. How does this energy technology work?4. How is this improving peoples’ lives?5. How does this technology affect the local and global environment?6. Would this technology be useful where we live and why/why not?7. What other interesting facts did you learn?8. What can you learn about your own way of life from this film?

Use this framework for your group notes

OR make up your own

Name of project

Where is it?

What technology?

What have we learnt?

Useful facts How useful is this technology for us?

How does it work?

How does it improve lives?

How does it improve the environment (local and global)?