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Description
Do you think about your environmental impact when you replace a lightbulb, leave your computer on, or open the refrigerator? This activity encourages students and their families to examine electricty consumption by completing a simple home energy audit. With a worksheet, pupils check light bulb efficiencies, count electronics that use "phantom" energy, find drafts and measure fridge and freezer temperatures. This audit helps families reduce energy use through easy changes like unplugging unused devices, switching to LED bulbs or sealing window drafts. These steps lower electric bills and make homes more sustainable, while teaching students that small actions can make a big difference in cutting energy use and supporting a greener future.
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This resource supports Grade 4-6 Science outcomes related to renewable vs. non-renewable resources, energy efficiency, energy consumption and technological innovation in electrical products. The activity also encourages discussions about sustainability, carbon emissions and climate change.
Students could use their home energy audits to create a school awareness campaign encouraging environmental action through "Lights Out". Classroom energy monitors could ensure lights are turned off in unused rooms, pupils could make posters to place by light switches and the class could create a school display featuring electricity conservation tips. This information could also be featured on the school website to encourage community involvement in energy conservation.
Relevant Curriculum Units
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- Alberta
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- Grade 5
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- Science
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- Matter and Energy: Understandings of the physical world are deepened through investigating matter and energy.
- Grade 6
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- Science
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Matter and Energy: Understandings of the physical world are deepened by investigating matter and energy
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland & Labrador
- Northwest Territories
- Nova Scotia
- Nunavut
- Ontario
- Step 2Select a grade level
- Grade 5
- Step 3Select a subject
- Science & Technology
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Earth and Space Systems: Conservation of Energy & Resources
- Grade 6
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- Science & Technology
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Matter and Energy: Electrical Phenomena, Energy, and Devices
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Step 2Select a grade level
- Grade 4
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- Science & Technology
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- Material World
- Grade 5
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- Science & Technology
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- Material World
- Grade 6
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- Science & Technology
- Step 4Relevant matches
- Material World
- Saskatchewan
Themes Addressed
Citizenship (1)
- Sustainable Consumption
Energy (1)
- Energy Use