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Power consumption

Year

4th-5th grade

Length

90'

Price

9.99 €

Summary

The students learn essential basic facts and discuss fossil and renewable energies. The kWh is defined and illustrated with everyday analogies. The students bring electronic devices from home, which are sorted according to their electrical consumption. Written multiplication is used to calculate how many PV modules are needed to operate the devices brought along.

Subject

Nature, Technic

Learning goals

  •  Basic facts about fossil vs. renewable energies

  •  Estimation of the consumption of electrical devices

  •  Photovoltaics as a cornerstone of green energy generation (security, scalability)

  •  Intuitive understanding of energy and electrical consumption

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