Educational Resources
Teaching Materials for Schools
University & College Courses
Teaching Materials for Schools
BERR (DTI) has a set of free resources covering the subject of Renewable Energy in three categories:
- Cross-curricular programme for pupils aged 5 to 11 years
- Geography programme for students aged 11 to 18 years
- Science programme for students aged 11 to 16 years
with Teachers Notes, Activity Sheets, Posters, Case Studies and useful links. http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/sources/renewables/schools/index.html
Welsh language version available at: http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/sources/renewables/schools/welsh-cymraeg/index.html
* Photo of Seaflow project courtesy of Marine Current Turbines Ltd
The National Energy Foundation’s PowerEd site has Activity and Fact Sheets, Presentations, details of how you can organize a visit from the Green Energy Machine Road Show and demonstration kits for schools that want to build their own Wind turbines, Solar water heaters, and Solar PV demonstrators. www.nef.org.uk/powered/index.htm
The Teacher Resource Exchange has teacher-designed resources on Energy and Renewable Energy. Visit www.tre.ngfl.gov.uk and search on Science.
E4S - Environmental Teaching Resources provides teachers with lesson planning materials on the sustainable use of water, textiles and timber resources and issues surrounding waste management. www.e4s.org.uk
BP Educational Service has a variety of downloadable free resources, films on DVD and projects kits which can be purchased. Heavy bias to fossil fuels although does have useful Energy and Renewables materials. www.bp.com/genericsection.do?categoryId=1030&contentId=7004432
The E.ON Energy Experience has free activities, teachers notes, classroom guides and curriculum links for energy topics including fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables for Key Stages 1-4. Good graphics and comprehensive coverage of the subjects. http://www.eon-uk.com/energyexperience/
CAT Publications have teachers’ and pupils’ guides to renewable technologies from £2 to £5 + vat per copy downloadable from their website at www.cat.org.uk/catpubs/education.tmpl
The Standards Site from the Dept for Education describes what is expected of pupils in Science Key Stage 3 (Year7); Unit 71 Energy Resources; www.standards.dfes.gov.uk
Lior International has a multimedia encyclopedia on Renewable Energies available in CD-ROM or for download. Expensive but very comprehensive. Components or the complete encyclopedia may be purchased or rented. www.lior.be
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University & College Courses
The Camborne School of Mines, now part of the University of Exeter teaches a three year BSc. course in Renewable Energy at the Falmouth, Cornwall campus. For details see: www.uec.ac.uk/csm/undergraduate-study/renewable-energy/index.shtml
University of Dundee runs BSc and MSc Honours courses in Renewable Energy. For details see: www.dundee.ac.uk/prospectus/undergrad/courses/renewable.htm
At its Chrichton Campus in Dumfries, The University of Glasgow runs a new MSc degree in Carbon Management which contains many elements of renewable energy. For further information see: www.gla.ac.uk
The Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST) is in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at Loughborough University. For more information, visit http://www.lboro.ac.uk/crest/
The Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development is part of De Montford University based on the University’s Leicester campus. It offers an MSC course - Energy and Sustainable Building Design. For more information, visit www.iesd.dmu.ac.uk
The University of Ulster offers an MSc/PGD course in Renewable Energy. prospectus.ulster.ac.uk/course/
Reading University’s School of Construction Management and Engineering offers MSc and Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) courses in Renewable Energy: Technology and Sustainability. http://www.reading.ac.uk/Study/courses/taught/mscrenewable.asp
Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh offers an MSc course in Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation. www.graduateschool.eps.hw.ac.uk/taught/REDG.html
The University of Nottingham has an MSc Electrical Technology for Sustainable and Renewable Energy Systems course already running and an Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy Systems (BEng/MEng) undergraduate course for which it is now recruiting for the first intake in 2008.
Tell us about your College or University. If you provide courses in the UK on Renewable Energy and wish to see them featured here, please email info@therenewableenergycentre.co.uk
