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Sustainable Living - Energy

Audience: KS2 Citizenship
Location: Cuffley

Description of Activity
  • Sustainable energy - follow a trail using maps to show potential energy sources and energy conservation
  • Solar experiments
  • Wind / water powered mills
  • Waste aware lunchtime - reducing, re-using and recycling materials
  • Sustainable habitats trail
  • Organic gardening tasks
  • Biodegradability and composting
Learning Outcomes

Children will:

  • Gain an understanding of what is sustainable development means and what personal responsibility to its principles might mean
  • Discover the potential of sustainable energy sources
  • Learn how to conserve energy
  • Experience making a model or artefact from recycled materials
  • Know how food is grown organically
  • Appreciate what can be done to conserve the natural environment