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This year’s theme—Decoding the Universe: Exploring the unknown with nature’s hidden language—invites students to dive into the mysteries of the natural world. Browse resources here.

  • Conduct Your Own School Energy Audit With Smart Ease

    These lessons are designed to make energy audits engaging and accessible for Australian teachers and students. We're nurturing the next generation of environmentally conscious leaders by encouraging a sense of responsibility for energy conservation early on.

Primary and Secondary lessons

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Save the Sparks: School Energy Audit

  • Primary
  • Year 5 - 6
  • Technology
  • Design and Technologies
  • Environmental
  • Sustainability
  • Economic
  • Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
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  • Free
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Conducting a Student Led School Energy Audit

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 10
  • Science
  • Human Endeavour
  • Environmental
  • Energy

About the resources

How energy efficient is your school? In the two lesson plans provided, students will conduct a whole school energy audit and using their data, calculate usage, kilowatts and greenhouse gas emissions. They will consider solutions and make recommendations on how energy use could be reduced at their school. Secondary students will go a step further and discuss the social, economic and environmental impacts of reducing energy usage.

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About Smart Ease

We are so proud to work with Smart Ease to develop these learning materials. Smart Ease have helped thousands of organisations, businesses and schools decarbonise and digitise their operations through their funding solutions.
 
As part of their 1% for the Planet initiative, Smart Ease are committed to educating the next generation on sustainable practises. This new curriculum serves as an important means to assist schools in their journey to reduce energy consumption.

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