Kelso High School Geography

 2E Design an energy efficient home challenge!

• Design your own energy efficient house.

• You can either create your design on an A3 poster or make a model of your house.•        

Your house has to be VERY energy efficient.•        

Use p27 of your workbooks for help.•        

Ideas and Information available on these websites.  You may come and use the Geography Department computers for your work.•         http://www.selfbuildabc.co.uk/building/energy-efficient-home.asp•         http://www.ukhomeideas.co.uk/ideas/diy-building/wind-turbines/•        

http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/resources/features/features_archive/top_five_green_new_year_resolutions•         http://www.bbc.co.uk/homes/housekeeping/wastenot_index.shtml•       

  Draw the inside and outside of the house and label all the energy saving features and explain why you have included them. •         HOMEWORK IS DUE MONDAY 28TH JANUARY

For homework you have to make a table of 10 food items you eat each week.  You will need to fill in the type of food, country of origin, distance travelled (in miles) and price of item.

Handy Hints and Websites

http://www.mapcrow.info/

www.infoplease.com/atlas/calculatedistance.html

www.asda.co.uk/asda_shop/sys/web_deep-link.jsp  •Google Earth is also useful for measuring distances.– Go to TOOLS, select ruler, DOUBLE click on the place you want to start.  Draw a line to the place you want to finish, DOUBLE CLICK and ruler will give you the distance in miles between the 2 places.•Page 25 of workbooks is also useful for distances.DO THE HOMEWORK IN YOUR JOTTERS

FOODMILES HOMEWORK IS DUE FRIDAY 18TH JANUARY

S2 CARBON FOOTPRINT HOMEWORK

WEBSITES

1. http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Environmentandgreenerliving/actonco2/DG_067197

2. www.bp.com/carboncalculator.do?categoryId=9015635&contentId=7032696

3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_footprint

Instructions:

- Use website number 1 to workout your household carbon footprint. You may need your parents to help.

- Send your household carbon footprint totals for home, appliances and transport to me by using the ‘Contact’ option by FRIDAY 11TH Jan.  Remember to put your name on the email!

- I will use your totals to make a class table of our footprints.

- You also need to make an A4 poster explaining what a carbon footprint is, what they are used for and how you could make yours smaller. HOMEWORK IS DUE FRIDAY 11TH Jan