ENERGY
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Vegetable Orchestra Explore the science of sound while making music using vegetables! |
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What do you know about electricity? Will the circuit light? Test your knowledge with this acitivity! |
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Musical Glasses Meet the AECOM Acoustics Team and find out how to make music with everyday items! |
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Underwater Sound Take part in this easy experiment from AECOM to find out how sound travels differently in water than to in the air! |
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Shadow TV Instead of turning on the TV today, why not make your own TV and get creative with light to make your own shadow shows! |
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Farmvention Renewable Energy Competition Create an invention to help British farmers become Climate Super Heroes and enter the Farmvention competition! |
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Investigating Wind Power A video from EDF Energy’s The Pod, follow along as Busta and Pong investigate wind power. |
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Colourful Energy! Through a simple investigation, learn about how energy is transferred and how colour can affect the heat energy in an object. |
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The Story of Energy A video from the SEAI about how we use energy, from fossil fuels to renewable sources. |
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The Domino Challenge! Learn about the transfer, or movement, of energy with the simple tap of a domino! |
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Paddle Power! Store energy in a simple elastic band that can make your model boat move for metres! |
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Whirling Water Recreate how water is used to make electricity at power stations using what you have at home! |
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Bouncing Beans Use the force of gravity to make a mysterious, magic bean that moves on its own! |
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Balancing Act Learn about gravitational energy and finding the centre of gravity with a quick and easy investigation! |
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Grinding Gears Cause kinetic energy to move objects, and learn about the transfer of energy by making your own gear system. |
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Driving the Future of Green Engineering Anushka, from McLaren Automotive provides an overview of how the automotive industry continues to thrive while embracing changing technologies. |
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Renewable Energy Debate An activity from the IET, choose your position and debate on a proposed wind farm in your local area. |
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Solar Power, Hydropower, Distillation Power! Learn how solar energy can be used to energise other processes...how can this help the world? |
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Can 100% renewable energy power the world? A video from TedEd, learn about how the world could develop ways to get all our energy from renewable sources, but discover the developments needed to get there! |
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Energy for Cleaner Air? This investigation will help you realise why energy is spent on cleaning the air we breathe – why do we need to ventilate? |
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Winding Wind Use wind energy to spin a windmill that has the energy to lift a weight. |
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Balloon Behaviour Learn about static electricity and its potential energy by playing some fun and simple balloon tricks! |
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Temperature Trick Discover the effects of thermal energy and the movement caused by this energy. |
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Solar Power Tower Learn about solar energy by creating a tower that will move a pinwheel and create a moving tower in the sun! |
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The Power of Water Learn about hydropower and how this can be used to transfer energy, and in this case lift an object! |
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Solar Snacks Cook using a solar oven, helping you learn about solar energy and how to reduce your energy expenditure to become more energy efficient! |
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Offshore Wind Farm Construction A film contributed by STEM Ambassador Rupert, watch how London Array built their offshore wind farms to produce renewable energy. |
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Types of Energy Learn from George, an Electrical Engineer, about the different types of energy we use everyday to power our world! |
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The Science of Materials and Energy Learn from STEM Ambassador Rallou, as she discusses the work that Ceres Power does, including solid oxide fuel cells, and how her work directly effects the environment by creating sustainable energy solutions. |
