1. Topic 1: Energy Security

2. What students need to learnSuggested teaching and learning There are many energy sources that can be classified in different ways (flows of renewable resources, stocks of non-renewable and recyclable sources) and that have different environmental costs. Investigating types of energy resources, their classification, and contrasting the environmental impacts associated with their production and use.

3. Energy Security Table.doc

4. Sustainability scale Look at your energy security table. On a separate sheet of plain A4 create a sliding scale with ‘most sustainable at one end and ‘least sustainable’ at the other. Place each energy type into the scale and then underneath explain its positioning on the scale.

5. Most sustainable Least sustainable Coal: Coal is the most sustainable because ……………………… ………………..