Resources for teachers
Use these books, lessons, interactive white board activities, animations and worksheets to teach your pupils about energy through the Primary Science Curriculum.
A whole school resource for teaching sustainable energy
Our resources make it easy and exciting to teach sustainable energy in line with the Primary Science Curriculum. Designed for children from Junior Infants to 6th Class, these materials help students explore energy in real-life contexts—why we use it, how it affects our world, and what we can do to power a better future.
As they learn about sustainability, children develop positive habits that benefit themselves and society, gaining a deeper understanding of today’s energy challenges and the creative solutions that lie ahead.
All lessons and activities have specific links to the curriculum strands for planning purposes.
Interactive whiteboard lesson
In order to use the Interactive Whiteboard Lessons you will need to download Active Inspire from Promethean World. Downloading the software will only take moments following our instructions on downloading and Installing Active Inspire.
Resources to order
At the end of this page you will find additional resources including books and posters that you can order for your school. You will also find factsheets on a variety of energy topics including climate action.
Fill in this short form to order the resources you need.
| Interactive White Board (IWB) | PowerPoint (PPT) | Worksheets | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapter 1 Introducing Energy | |||
| Chapter 2 Energy in our lives | |||
| Chapter 3 Energy long ago | The story of cooking IWB 6 | The story of cooking PPT 6 | |
| Chapter 4 Energy Science | |||
| Chapter 5 Saving Energy | |||
| Teacher's Book |
Web quest mission
Learn all about energy with our thought provoking web quest mission. Your mission will be to investigate our energy supply and how we can sustain it.
Additional resources
These additional resources can be downloaded by clicking on the links, resources marked with an asterisk are also available to order for free in hardcopy.
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Climate SOS*
A fun and thrilling read about climate change for senior primary. Order your copy or download the e-book.
Guzzler’s Party
It’s party time! Join the fun with Guzzler and Alina. Learn how they reduce and reuse to save energy at home, at school and in their community as they get ready to party. Download the English or Irish version here.
The Energy File book*
This book contains lesson outlines and worksheets for teaching third to sixth classes all about energy and sustainable energy use. Contains easy to follow instructions for design and make activities, as well as over 20 classroom experiments using readily available household items. This resource will provide teachers with practical hands-on activities for teaching energy to senior primary classes in the SESE curriculum. English version / Irish version
The Story of Energy
A short animation video about The Story of Energy is available in English and Irish on the SEAI Schools YouTube channel.
Guzzler resources
Guzzler Posters*
Raise awareness in your school about energy with these 5 posters.
English one side, Irish reverse
Guzzler's Big Book on Energy
A large story book suitable for infants and 1st class.
English version / Irish version
Guzzler Investigates Energy
Ideas for teaching energy in the SESE curriculum for junior primary classes
English version / Irish version
Worksheets
Make your own windmill
Download the template and make windmills with the class.
Lesson plans for senior primary classes
- Renewable Energy English / Irish
- Energy: See it, Hear it, Feel it English / Irish
- Food for thought English / Irish
- Hot House English / Irish
- Don't lose your cool English / Irish
- Keep warm English / Irish
- Acid attack English / Irish
- Danger! Acid rain English / Irish
- Quizzes: Junior primary 1, Junior Primary 2, Senior primary 1, Senior Primary 2
Useful Links
- The Climate Jargon Buster website to help you understand all the terms used when taking about energy, climate change and the environment.
- Wind Energy Ireland have some useful educational video and information to learn more about wind energy.
Factsheets
These factsheets will give you ideas to discuss the various topics in class, resources to help you teach them and ideas for projects your pupils can do. Many of these activities can help towards various Green Flags.
| English Version | As Gaeilge |
|---|---|
| Saving energy at school | |
| Saving energy when you travel | |
| Climate Action | |
| Energy and the clothes you wear | |
| Energy and the food you eat |
The Story of Energy
This video explains where energy comes from, how we all use it and what changes we can make. It is also available in Irish.
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