1. 1.2.2 GENERATING ELECTRICITY
1.1 ENERGY AND LIFE
1.2.2 GENERATING ELECTRICITY
(a) the advantages and disadvantages of renewable energy technologies (e.g. hydroelectric, wind power, wave power, tidal power, waste, crops, solar and wood) as a means of generating electricity on a national scale using secondary information
(b) the cost effectiveness of introducing domestic solar and wind energy equipment, including fuel cost savings and payback time by using data
(c) sustainability, carbon footprint, cost, reliability, environmental impact to compare different methods of power generation e.g. use data to assess their impact on the environment by considering atmospheric effects (acid rain and carbon dioxide emission), pollution including visual and noise pollution
(d) the lifetime and the useful power produced by renewable energy devices and power stations e.g. solar cell, fuel cell, wind turbines and water turbines
(e) the need for the National Grid as an electricity distribution system including monitoring power use and responding to changing demand
(f) advantages and disadvantages of using different voltages of electricity at different points in the National Grid to include transmission of electricity and use in the home
(g) the use of transformers in the transmission of electricity from the power station to the user in qualitative terms (they should be treated as voltage changers without any reference to how they perform this function)
(h) efficiency, reliability, carbon footprint and output to compare different types of power stations in the UK including those fuelled by fossil fuels, nuclear fuel and renewable sources of energy
SPECIFIED PRACTICAL WORK
Investigation of the factors affecting the output from a solar panel

2. SOLVE THE ENERGY RESOURCE ANAGRAMS
Arrows Pole
Weird Bun Tin
Correctly Hide
Powder Tail
Solar Power
Wind Turbine
Hydroelectric
Tidal Power

3. Energy Resources
LO: Compare advantages and disadvantages of renewable energy resources
WWOTD: Adnodd ynni - Energy Resource

4. Think - Pair - Share
What does ‘Renewable energy’ mean? Can you give an example of a renewable energy resource?
What I think ...
What my partner thinks…
My definition is...

6. Market Place - 7 Groups
Get your number from your teacher and sit where instructed.
Read the information sheet and use information to fill out table
You are now the experts on that resource. Move around the room to each group and explain how it works
Complete the rest of your table based on the explanations of other experts

7. Table - Copy and complete
Resource
Brief summary
Advantages
Disadvantages
Generating capacity
Lifespan

8. COAL Plenary Quiz Which of these is a non-renewable energy resource?
Geothermal
Wind
COAL

9. Plenary Quiz
2. What does wind directly turn to generate electricity?
Generator
Motor
Turbine
C. Turbine

10. B. No harmful gases are produced
Plenary Quiz
3. Which of these is an advantage of wind energy?
There is no electricity when there is no wind
No harmful gases are produced
Turbines may be noisy
B. No harmful gases are produced

11. Plenary Quiz 4. What is required to harness tidal power? A barrage
A wind turbine
A photovoltaic panel
A barrage

12. Plenary Quiz
5. Which of these is a disadvantage of hydroelectric power?
It is very reliable
Dams destroy the habitats of estuary species
There are no fuel costs
B. Dams destroy the habitats of estuary species

13. Key Word Bingo Biomass Greenhouse gas Global Warming Wind Solar
Hydroelectric
Eyesore
Renewable
Non renewable
Fossil fuels
Nuclear
Tidal
Generator
Geothermal
Key Word Bingo

14. Lesson 2:

16. Using the data on the table, pick out
Task:
Using the data on the table, pick out
3 Advantages of Nuclear power over Wind
3 Advantages of Wind over Nuclear power

17. 6QER
A planning department is considering proposals for two different types of electrical power generation.
Compare the advantages and disadvantages of generating electricity using wind and nuclear power.

18. Mark Scheme: WIND: +renewable, no air pollution, low running costs,
unreliable, unsightly
NUCLEAR:
+no air pollution, reliable,radioactive (waste),
leaks,terrorists, non-renewable, radioactive (waste),

19. Self assess and redraft

20. Plenary Quiz 1. Which type of energy does not come from the Sun?
Biomass
Wind
Geothermal
C. Geothermal

21. Plenary Quiz 2. Which of these is a disadvantage of geothermal energy?
Power stations can only be built in certain areas
It is renewable
No harmful gases are produced
Power stations can only be built in certain areas

22. Plenary Quiz 3. What do photovoltaic panels generate? Electricity
Steam
Hot water
Electricity

23. Plenary Quiz
4. Which of these is a disadvantage of photovoltaic panels?
They are renewable
They do not work at night
They only slowly heat water
B. They do not work at night

24. Plenary Quiz
5. Where does the energy come from in geothermal power stations?
Fuel
The Sun
The Earth's hot core
C. The Earth's hot core