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Energy in everyday life
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Energy > Energy in chemical reactions > Energy in everyday life
In everyday life, humans use renewable and non-renewable sources of energy to transform energy into usable forms like electrical and kinetic energy to fulfil their needs.
Connection to Big Idea about the cell: Living organisms perform numerous processes to gain energy for their everyday needs.
Connection to Big Idea about Earth: Energy consumption is an essential part in every aspect of everyday life. Humans use renewable and non-renewable energy sources to produce usable energy.
Subjects related: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Sciences
Age ranges: 11-12
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PLATON is a two-year European project launched on September 2016. It aspires to provide teachers and school communities with a coherent teachers’ training framework which will update their current teaching practices. More particularly, PLATON aims to offer an open and innovative training framework to teachers of primary and secondary education which will focus on:
- Promoting student-centred teaching approaches;
- Promoting a holistic interdisciplinary approach;
- Support the use of online educational tools;
- Support the meaningful collaboration between teachers of the same school.
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