Academy 360

Laura Bulmer, Matthew Walton, Jasmine Boyd and Natalie Blyth

Comenius Project

We are from Academy 360 in

Sunderland, it’s a unique school in the

UK as we have students aged

between 4 - 16 years of age.Sunderland is in

the North East of England.

Energy and water is a big part of every day life in every part of the world. With out them

we wouldn’t be able to survive.Through out the project we have researched how we currently use water and energy, how

to conserve them and new methods of retrieving them.

When returning to the academy we hope to encourage the school to become more

efficient in using energy and water.

Only 1% of the Earths water is available to

drink!

Every time someone flushes the toilet

they use 7.5 liters of water, which is 21% of your daily water

usage!You need water to survive, without it, your body wouldn’t

cope!

In the North East of England we have water that is classified as hard water.

Hard water is water that has high mineral content (in contrast with soft water).

Hard water has high concentrations of magnesium and calcium.Hard water is generally not

harmful to one's health but can pose serious problems to boilers

ect.

Stronger BonesHealthier Teeth

Helps your blood to ClotKeeps your brain and spinal cord

workingKeeps your muscles working

properly.

Helps your heart pump more effectivelyLowers blood pressureHelps improve asthma

Lowers cholesterolHelps constipation

Helps Kidney Stones

People around the world use different amounts of water on average:

Place Average amount used per person (l)

UK 150

Denmark 200

Italy 400

Norway 300

Greece2389 m³ per

person per Year

Poland1103 m³/per

person per year

In the UK we are

renowned for being

very careful with our water,

meaning we don’t use as much water

as other countries.

Kielder dam

Sunderland

Kielder Dam holds 200 billion litres of

waterKielder Water is also the site of

England's largest hydro electric plant.

It was opened by Queen Elizabeth on 26 May 1982. The hydro electric dam is controlled from

Wales.

In the North East of England we are ‘rich’ in water, this is due to

the amount of rain fall we get and the land we have to store the

water.

The amount of rain we have is

because we have many mountains,

unlike the South of England

Thanks to Keilder, we have an abundance

of water.

Many people around the world are working hard to make our water delivery efficient,

and safe.They are developing ways of transporting water underground from water rich places (Sunderland) to water poor places (South

East England).

Water turbines are currently being developed, much like wind turbines, using tides and currents to generate

electricity.

Much like the national electricity grid, scientists are developing a national water

grid. This will mean water will be available in bigger amounts to more people.

Northumbria Water (Sunderland’s water supplier) is currently running a campaign called ‘bad

habits’.This campign is run in most schools, which

involves a performance by a theatre company and a Northumbrian Water representative visiting the

school. Northumbrian Water also provides CD-ROM’s to schools and families to help them save

water.

The water saving kit provided by Northumbrian

water is also part of the campaign.

The campaign engages children and makes them think more about saving water. It also provides

children with information about water.

In the UK we use six main sources of energy: coal, oil, gas, nuclear, renewable

and imported.The average UK household uses 3300 kWh per year.

A high percentage

of the energy

being used is gas.

Oil is a form of fossil fuel highly used in the UK.

It’s a natural source of energy created millions of years ago, oil is created beneath the sea.

In the UK we use oil for many things such as:

fuel for transport, industrial, in our homes, electric power and commercial use.

In the U.K we are starting to introduce Renewable Energy,

using appliances such asWind/Water Turbines

Solar PanelsHydroElectricity

Wind farms are being increasingly used in Britain.

This is an effective way of using the power of wind to turn large turbines to produce clean

electricity. Water turbines are soon going to be introduced into Britain.

They use the power of the waves and the current to turn

the large turbines to produce electricity.

Solar panels are a great way to absorb, and keep energy.

They are still quite expensive in the UK but, once you have them for a long period of time,

they pay for themselves.The positive thing about solar panels is that you don't have to use all the energy you get, you can also sell the energy to the National

Power Grid.

Hydroelectricity is generated by the force of falling. It’s one of the cleanest sources of energy, and it’s also the most reliable and

costs the least.

The closest hydroelectric dam to Sunderland is Keilder.

Hydroelectricty only provides a small amount of the UK’s power, however we are

trying to make it more.

The survey carried out in all schools questioned use of water. The Greek Results

show that:70% of Greek students can drink water from their taps.

85% Know that their parents pay for the water used.

65% don’t have anything in their home to reduce water consumption.

In Greece 78% of students are not aware of any restrictions on water usage.

45% of students have a long shower instead of a bath/ short shower.

80% turn the tap of whilst brushing their teeth.55% will turn of a dripping tap.

85% leave the tap running whilst washing dishes/ vegetables.

30% of households use their washing machine 3-4 times a week.

50% of households use their dish washer 3-4 times a week.

40% of households do not fill their dish washer/ washing machine when in use.

No households have a system to collect rain water.

45% of households use tap water to water the gardens, however 50% do not

have a garden.80% Have an understanding of how their

water is cleaned and treated.Ways to Save water, suggested by Greek Students:

Collect rain waterClose taps

Fill dish washers and washing machinesGovernmental restrictions to be

implementedShorter Showers

The UK is very good at saving water however there are many more ways to improve our usage. If we as a school improves our usage, we hope other schools

will, meaning families will, improving our nations usage, helping the world.The UK is always finding new ways of conserving

energy from big things such as new turbines to turning our lights off. During the project we have discovered that there is a lot more research into

energy than the public knows. We hope that more people will learn and discover ways of conserving

energy.If we save water, we save energy, helping to reduce climate change.