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The inhabitants of Samsø are turning to sustainable energy sources in their homes – see how technology and knowledge make it possible to utilise renewable energy.
Samsø's private energy supply
Introduction, aims and target groups
A short introduction to the lesson plan with aims, goals, motivation and required resources.
This is a suggestion for a lesson plan with focus on different energy forms based on the stories of six of Samsø's inhabitants.
Conclusion, evaluation and communication of learning outcomes
Suggestions on how to conclude on the lesson plan and evaluate the pupils.
See how you might extend the lesson plan with inspiration from resources around the web.
Inspiration on how to cooperate with other classes.
Links and other resources related to this lesson plan.
Samsø: The Energy Island
Via the Energy Island project 1998–2008, the island has become 100 percent self-sufficient with renewable energy, produced by wind turbines, a communal plant with biofuel and solar power as well as private renewable energy installations. The energy consumption of the transport sector is compensated for completely by the energy production from an offshore wind turbine park.
It is unique that a small society is converted to using almost entirely renewable energy, and that makes Samsø an interesting topic for the classroom.
The two lesson plan series about Samsø take as their point of departure the island’s unique energy supply and provide the pupils with the opportunity to learn about:
- Renewable energy versus fossil energy
- The technology behind the utilisation of renewable energy sources
- Advantages and disadvantages of utilising different renewable energy sources
- Geographical analysis of a small Danish locality
- Cooperation via the Internet with a school class outside Denmark
- Comparison of the opportunities for utilising renewable energy in different places of the world.
