The workshop is approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes in duration and should to fit into a double class period. The workshop can take place in a standard classroom. SEAI have created videos of some of the energy experiments in the workshops.
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Chat with us! Primary Workshops What is it all about The senior primary workshop is aimed at pupils from 3rd to 6th class. What you need to do In advance of the workshop, the school will be sent a selection of posters to promote saving energy, online resources including videos of experiments and instructions on how to conduct an experiment in class.
Curriculum links The workshop covers several strands of the science curriculum such as energy and forces and environmental awareness and care. Book a workshop. Primary Junior Workshops Meet Guzzler! Learn through games and activity The children meet Guzzler the puppet who loves to waste energy.
How it fits in with the science curriculum The workshop covers several strands of the science curriculum. Living Things Energy and Forces Environmental Awareness How food gets its energy and how the energy from food is used to make their bodies work.
How clothes keep heat in our bodies and how moving around can generate heat. Children learn that light, sound, heat and electricity are forms of energy. A mime game communicates different ways we use energy every day. The children learn how Guzzler wastes energy and they are can tell him how to waste less.
This prompts them to think about energy at home and at school. Interactive learning and fun Throughout the workshop, children are asked to come up to the front of the classroom to help out with the various games and activities. Workshop duration and location This workshop is approximately 45 minutes long and is for senior infants and 1st class.
Advance preparation In advance of the workshop, the school will be sent "Guzzler's Big Book on Energy" and "Guzzler Investigates Energy" to read with the children in advance of the workshops. Hands on fun and learning This is a great hands on workshop for students to explore the topic of energy. What we cover The workshop covers the following topics in an engaging and practical way. The principals of energy The current global problems and what we can do to help The science of energy and climate change How it fits in with the science curriculum.
Energy and forces Environmental awareness and care We use bouncing balls to show the conversion of kinetic energy to sound, heat and vibration. The workshop also uses potato or lemon batteries to investigate the conversion of chemical energy to electrical energy. Get ahead of the day with the morning headlines at 7. Enter email address This field is required Sign Up. SEAI said it was encouraged by the findings which were better than anecdotal evidence had suggested.
The secret shopper exercise comes amid plans by the Department of Transport to set up an office for low-emission vehicles to support EV use. Next to affordability, the most often cited barriers to buying EVs are car size and range anxiety. Yet average household size in Ireland is just 2. Central Statistics Office surveying pre-Covid showed the main daily car journey for most motorists was just 11km in Dublin and 16km in the rest of the country.
If that proportion bought EVs every year, the goal of one million in a decade would be within reach. Even accounting for motorists who must regularly travel long or unpredictable distances, or who need a large car for family reasons, the proportion buying electric is low. Dealers have made huge investments in their showrooms, in putting in charging points, in specialist training for staff.
Supply is not what it should be. But we will see an increase in EV sales this year. It doubled last year and we could see it double again this year. The part-time rugby coach lives in an A-rated home, is married to an environmental scientist and drives an electric car. When his old petrol-powered Volkswagen Golf started having engine problems about two years ago, it was the perfect time to start looking for his first electric car.
The range of cars are good enough for people who live and work in the cities. Derek invested in a second-hand Nissan Leaf about two years ago and vows never to drive anything other than electric. The main challenge for Derek has been range anxiety and making sure he has enough charge in the car before leaving the house.
No longer reliant just on public charge points, electric vehicle owners can enjoy peace of mind thanks to the availability of the home-charger. We had so much peace of mind knowing we had a personal point to charge the car. I use the vehicle almost every day of the week, usually travelling in the region of km," he tells us.
The first time to each location was stressful as I knew I needed to use a supercharger on the way and was hoping they were not broken or that there was a big queue at the charger. One of my functions will be use digital end data to look at the sites energy consumption and be part of a team that works to ensure we keep emissions as low as possible," he states.
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