Discovery challenges (ages 10-14)

Typically completed by 10-14 year olds, students work collaboratively on a five hour project or challenge in self-managed groups. During the project, they use a CREST Discovery passport to record and reflect on their work. Afterwards, students communicate their findings as a group presentation.

Each pack provides teaching guides, kit lists, example timetables and suggested starter activities to help you run your day. Find out more about CREST Discovery Awards.

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Research workshop: Electricity Fact file: Power usage When power companies measure electricity usage for bills, they will write this down in terms of a kilowatt hour. This is a measure of energy. However, appliances are generally described in terms of the power they use, and this is measured in watts or kilowatts. The power needed to run a variety of items found in the classroom can be found in the table below. Item Power (kilowatts) Desktop computer 0.2 Laptop 0.65 Lighting 1.0 Interactive whiteboard 0.0025 Digital projector 0.2 To find the total energy in kilowatt hours for each item you should multiply the power by the number of hours the item is used for (this could be a fraction of an hour): Energy (kilowatt hours) = Power (kilowatts) x Time (hours) To get the total electricity used in the classroom for one day, you should perform this calculation for each item based on how many hours it is used for, and then add up the energy used by all the items. Don’t forget that there may be multiple computers or laptops in the one classroom. 18

Feedback Use the worksheet below to make notes about the feedback from the different workshops and start making links between them. Coding Nanotechnology Ergonomics Magnetism Electricity Links 19