What size is your carbon footprint?

The Sun, wind and rain can be used to make electricity

There is much more power in the weather than you

think. Lets see how we

can use it!

Did you know that the sun, wind and rain can

be used to make electricity? Let’s find out how.

How’s that? They just make me

hot, cold or wet!

What size is your carbon footprint?

The Sun, wind and rain can be used to make electricity

Rainwater can be very useful.

If we collect it in a water butt like this one …

…then we can use it to

water the garden.

What size is your carbon footprint?

The Sun, wind and rain can be used to make electricity

We can also use rainwater to produce electricity. The water that collects in streams and rivers is stored in a lake called a reservoir, held in by a wall called a dam. The water that flows out through

the dam is used to turn a turbine and it makes electricity.

What size is your carbon footprint?

The Sun, wind and rain can be used to make electricity

We can use the power in wind to make electricity too.

Do you know what these things

are called?

wind turbines

As the wind turns the turbine it

produces electricity. This one is in a

school

What size is your carbon footprint?

The Sun, wind and rain can be used to make electricity

This PowerPoint and lesson are based on work by Ian Mitchell, The Green Egg Company, developed & edited by Amie Andrews for TLCP and Ali Ross, Sundog Energy.

We can also use the sun to make electricity using solar panels.

Solar panels get plenty of sunlight on the roofs of houses and schools. They turn the sun’s energy into electricity.

What size is your carbon footprint?

The Sun, wind and rain can be used to make electricity

Electricity that is produced from the sun,

wind or water is called renewable. That’s because it won’t run out!

It is also called clean energy because it doesn’t cause

pollution!