IPCC - How do electric cars work?

Australian Curriculum content descriptions:

Year 6:

Year 6 Science:

• Electrical energy can be transferred and transformed in electrical circuits and can be generated from a range of sources (ACSSU097)

Relevant parts of the Year 6 Science achievement standards: Students analyse requirements for the transfer of electricity and describe how energy can be transformed from one form to another when generating electricity

Year 7:

Year 7 Science:

• Some of Earth’s resources are renewable, but others are non-renewable (ACSSU116)

Relevant parts of the Year 7 Science achievement standards: Students analyse how the sustainable use of resources depends on the way they are formed and cycle through Earth systems

Syllabus Outcomes: ST3-6PW, SC4-12ES. 

General capabilities: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability

This lesson is part of the wider unit of work IPCC Climate Change Solutions

Teaching Time required: 60 minutes.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – Discuss the IPCC report with students, directly instruct students on how electric vehicles work, and support them in independent work

• A device capable of presenting a video to the class (optional)
• Art materials – coloured pencils and textas
• Individual devices capable of accessing the internet – one per student (optional)
• Presentation Slides (optional)
• Student Worksheets – one copy per student (optional)
• Whiteboard

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• Communication
• Critical thinking

Cool would like to thank the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation and The Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation for generously supporting the development of these lessons.