The Green Machine is an interactive workshop that explores energy transfer and renewable electricity generation.

The class join our team of time-travelling science communicators to discover lessons from history to help work out how to make the perfect energy transfer machine. After a lively introduction to the subject featuring interactive demonstrations and experiments, pupils will work in teams to design and test a fully functioning, environmentally friendly, water-powered machine.

Learning Outcomes

• Recall that energy cannot be created or destroyed
• Describe that energy can be converted from one form to another
• Identify different forms of energy including kinetic, stored gravitational and electrical
• Explain how a variety of renewable energy sources generate electricity (i.e. wind, solar, hydroelectric)
• Link the burning of fossil fuels and the need for renewable energy to the climate crisis
• Recall that technology is being used to explore new methods of generating and storing renewable energy
• Experiment with the design of a water wheel that shows energy transfer