Britain's Got Power's educational content

Full details of curriculum coverage are given in the teacher's notes for each activity.

Activity 1 is aimed at level 5 at KS3.

There are three stages in this activity. In the first, students need to be able to answer a series of questions related to reading information from a bar chart. The second stage is very straightforward and students just need to be able to sort sources of energy into renewable and non-renewable. The final stage is related to identifying regions of the UK which have the most positive or most negative opinions about three of the types of energy source.

Activity 2 is aimed at level 5 at KS3.

This is probably the most complex of the three activities. It is in two parts. In the first part, students have to work out fractions and percentages of large numbers. They will need to read the question carefully to identify what each of the percentages or fractions refer to. In the second part, students have to work out the details for one of the schemes from part one. This requires them to use a formula for calculating compound interest. Examples of the required calculations are given in the hints for each part. The formula for the loan repayment is given using words instead of symbols in the hint.

Activity 3 is aimed at level 5 at KS3.

There are three parts, all very similar in appearance. The students need to identify the two best regions in which to site each of the three types of energy source. After identifying which regions fulfil an initial criterion, they need to read pie charts and estimate, using the angle sizes, which regions have the most positive public opinion towards the energy source and drag the markers to each of the two.