1. Supercharged: Fuelling the future Lecture 2: People power
Lesson summary
Step 1: Engage & elicit: Starting the lesson by stimulating curiosity Step 2: Explain: Pupils recognise that movement is essential to generating electricity Step 3: Explore: Pupils create questions and categorise into those that can be answered from previous research compared to a scientific question that is testable
Step 4: Experiment: Pupils make and test a windmill that could be used to turn a turbine
Image credit: Paul Wilkinson

2. Why do we poo less than we chew?
I think that Saiful will be 3.5kg heavier
I think that Saiful will be 3.5kg heavier
I think the food has just disappeared
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3. Which foods have been super charging you?
What have YOU eaten in the last 24 hours?
What do we need all this food for?
What happens to the food/energy if we don’t use it?
Meal
Foods
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Snacks

4. Where?
Why?
What if…
When?
Slide 3

5. Are some foods more ‘super-charged’ than others?
Look at your food label.
How much energy per 100g is in your food?
How many g of fat, protein and carbohydrate is there in your food?
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Slide 4

6. What super charges our food?
Humans cannot create their own food. They have to eat animals and/or plants. Where do plants get their food from?
Video clip:
Are humans really solar powered?
Slide 5

7. Acknowledgements Authors
Christina Whittaker, SEERIH Professional Development Champion
Dr Lynne Bianchi, Director of SEERIH
Primary Science Teaching Trust Fellows
Eleanor Atkinson
Jessica Bolton
Photography
Paul Wilkinson
Images: Royal Institution