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Analysing data categories

A collection of 16 activities relevant to a range of subjects and key stages.

Analyse a school's solar data

Analyse data from your school's solar panels or a typical school with solar panels on Energy Sparks

10 KS2 KS3 Mathematics and Numeracy

Analyse community use of your school buildings

Analyse how much electricity is being used by community groups using your school and what it's costing in £ and CO2.

15 KS3 KS4 KS5 Citizenship Mathematics and Numeracy

Analyse how much greenhouse gas is being produced by your school's food waste

Calculate what your food waste is costing your school and the planet

10 KS1 KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5 Citizenship

Analyse your school energy use - review heating timings

Analyse what your school's gas data tells you about when the heating comes on and turns off

10 KS1 KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5

Analyse your school energy use - what's happening in the school kitchen?

Analyse your school's kitchen energy use and interview kitchen staff to understand how their behaviour fits with the data

10 KS1 KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5 Citizenship Mathematics and Numeracy

Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied?

Find out when and how your school is occupied and understand how this fits with energy consumption patterns

10 KS1 KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5 Mathematics and Numeracy

Analyse your school energy use - when pupils are at school

Use your knowledge of the school day and your school data to analyse when electricity is being used by pupils

10 KS1 KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5 Citizenship

Examine the carbon emissions from UK's electricity generation

Calculate the carbon load of the National Grid (the mix of fuels and energy sources generating electricity for our country)

10 KS3 KS4 Humanities Mathematics and Numeracy

How has installation of our heat pump changed our energy consumption?

Analyse

20 KS3 KS4 KS5 Citizenship Mathematics and Numeracy Science and Technology

Making sense of our school's carbon footprint

This activity will give older children the opportunity to think more fully about their school's carbon contribution

10 KS2 KS3 KS4 Mathematics and Numeracy Science and Technology

Participate in an Introduction to Energy Sparks workshop

Attend an Energy Sparks pupil workshop to kickstart your school's energy saving and carbon reduction journey

30 KS1 KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5

Review and reflect/ Follow up check

Check the data to see if you've made a difference to your school's energy use

5 KS1 KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5 Citizenship Mathematics and Numeracy

Review heating performance of your heat pump

20 KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5 Citizenship Mathematics and Numeracy Science and Technology

Staff and pupils receive an Energy Sparks energy audit

Arrange free help from Energy Sparks to reduce your school’s energy costs and carbon emissions

30 KS1 KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5 Citizenship

Understand your school's baseload

Analyse how much electricity is being consumed when the school is empty (evenings, weekends and holidays)

10 KS2 KS3 Mathematics and Numeracy

Use energy data during maths lessons

Practise looking at real data using Energy Sparks charts

10 KS2 Mathematics and Numeracy