Energy storage: how geology can help to balance supply and demand. A complete lesson on the topic of energy storage with video, worksheets and class certificate.
Outline:
To investigate how renewable energy can be stored, using the context of home heating.
Activities:
• Video introduction to large-scale energy storage as a solution to the challenges of balancing the UK’s energy demand with the variable and intermittent supply from renewable energy resources
• Drawing and analysing bar chart of temperature data
• Mapping locations using six-figure grid references
• Interviewing a family member about home heating systems
Curriculum links:
National Curriculum > Key stage 3 > Geography > Human and physical geography
Curriculum for Excellence > Third level > Science > Planet Earth > Energy sources and sustainability
For more geoscience information and resources for learners visit Discovering Geology from the British Geological Survey https://www.bgs.ac.uk/discovering-geology/
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