Saving Energy ppt

3. Learning Objectives To take part in a simple debate about topical issues. To realise that people and other living things have needs, and that we have responsibilities to meet them. To know what improves and harms our local, natural and built environments, and about some of the ways people look after them.

7. …. and we also need heat for cooking.

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11. And our central heating boilers usually burn gas or oil.

12. The trouble is, this makes lots of ‘greenhouse’ gases which scientists believe are warming up the Earth and the air around it.

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17. You can turn off the lights when you don’t need them!

18. Suggest that the grown ups who do the shopping buy energy saving light bulbs.

19. Ask an adult to turn the heating down a notch …

20. Remind everyone to keep the doors and windows shut when the heating is on, to keep the warmth in.

22. Ask the people who put the kettle on to fill it only with the amount of water that is needed.

23. Remind the people who do the cooking to put lids on the saucepans to keep the heat in while the food is cooking?

24. Switch off! Don’t leave it on standby!

28. Glossary convenient – handy, suitable Source - starting place Habitat - home, surroundings Thermostat – a switch which turns something off when it reaches a given temperature. Insulation – material which isolates things from the outside air temperature.