Home energy use

Reducing carbon dioxide emissions and sustainable energy use and are two of the major issues facing the world today. This project explores energy use in homes, and compares individual energy use with the class average and calculate and graph CO2 emissions.

Additional details

Year band(s)	5-6
Content type	Lesson ideas
Format	Web page
Core and overarching concepts	Data acquisition, Data interpretation
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s)	AC9TDI6P01 Define problems with given or co developed design criteria and by creating user stories AC9TDI6P07 Select and use appropriate digital tools effectively to create, locate and communicate content, applying common conventions AC9TDI6P08 Select and use appropriate digital tools effectively to share content online, plan tasks and collaborate on projects, demonstrating agreed behaviours
Keywords	Data collection, Data analysis, Spreadsheets, Excel, Graphing, Tables, Greenhouse gas emissions, Energy use
Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs	Mathematics, Science, STEM
Organisation	ESA
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated.