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Educational activities

Ages 6-9

National Geographic, Connect! Transform the Future
Sustainable Energy Sources - Students investigate the energy sources that people use to meet their
daily needs, with a particular focus on ways of generating electricity. They develop key understandings
about the environmental impact of different energy sources (non-renewable or renewable) and
opportunities for decisions and actions that can make a difference for a sustainable future.
Energy Education Activities and Games

Ages 9-12

National Geographic - What Are Our Energy Choices? (Activities for Grades 7 - 12)
An Energy Project for the Global Goals - Analyse and reduce energy and paper use in your school, and
maybe to compare with others around the world that you are connected to.
Energy and the Global Goals for Sustainable Development - To understand that energy is vital for a fair
quality of life for all people, everywhere and to know the Global Goals are a set of goals that were
set by countries of the United Nations to try and alleviate world poverty.
Renewable Energy - How can we keep the lights on? (3 activities for RES)

Additional Resources

SDG Resources for Educators - Affordable and Clean Energy, (Educational resources)
GOAL 7: Affordable and Clean Energy (Videos for students)
Renewable energy charts, graphs and maps (Data about RES worldwide)

References

• European Union – Central Asia Water, Environment and Climate Change Cooperation (WECOOP)
– EU Green Deal overview, Available at: https://wecoop.eu/glossary/green-deal/
• European Commission, Delivering the European Green Deal, Available at:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal/delivering-
european-green-deal_en#cleaning-our-energy-system
• Teach Engineering, Renewable Energy Lesson Plan and Background Information for Teachers,
Available at: https://www.teachengineering.org/lessons/view/cub_environ_lesson09
• Eurostat – Statistics explained, Translate Energy statistics - an overview, Available at:
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Energy_statistics_-
_an_overview#Primary_energy_production
• Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser (2021) – Energy. Published in Our World in Data. Online at:
ourworldindata.org/energy
• British Council, (2016): Renewable Energy - How can we keep the lights on, Online at:
https://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/renewable_energy__how_can_we_keep_the
_lights_on.pdf

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the
views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the

information contained therein.
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