Learning objective

  • To know why energy sources are important.

Success criteria

  • I can describe

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National curriculum

Geography 

Locational knowledge

Pupils should

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Before starting this unit you might want to check children can recall: Trade is the buying and selling of goods or services. That energy is often changed from electricity or gas into light and heat.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Can use the Activity: Mapping energy (support) to map exports and imports using the pre-labelled countries.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should consider:

  • What type of energy sources are typically traded? (Non-renewable.)
  • What does this tell us about energy in the different countries? (Some produce more than enough and some, not enough.)

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: describing the significance of

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Vocabulary definitions

  • energy source

    Something that stores large amounts of energy, such as fuels, geothermal or solar devices.

  • coal

    A black rock found underground, made millions of years ago; a non-renewable source.

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