Wind farms are an important source of renewable energy, but many local communities dislike the idea of it being placed near them.<\/p>\n
Useful links<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Windfarms: for and against (BBC Newsround)<\/a><\/p>\n How we can use wind power when there\u2019s no wind<\/a><\/p>\n RenewableUK : wind energy<\/a><\/p>\n Wind farms: for or against (YouGov)<\/a><\/p>\n Advantages and disadvantages of wind power<\/a><\/p>\n Whitelee Windfarm<\/a><\/p>\n Reay protesters vow to keep up the fight against new wind farms<\/a><\/p>\n World’s best wind power producers (2019)<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Investigation Outline<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1: for and against.\u00a0<\/em> Task 2: information vs opinion\u00a0<\/em> Task 3: data and statistics Your final research task is to find more precise statistics to back up your information from library\u00a0books or online sources.<\/p>\n Task 4: campaign<\/strong><\/em> <\/p>\n Skills<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Curriculum for Excellence Experiences and Outcomes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I can identify the possible consequences of an environmental issue and make informed suggestions about ways to manage the impact. (3-08a)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wind farms are an important source of renewable energy, but many local communities dislike the idea of it being placed near them. Useful links Windfarms: for and against (BBC Newsround) How we can use wind power when there\u2019s no wind RenewableUK : wind energy Wind farms: for or against (YouGov) Advantages and disadvantages of wind … Continue reading Wind farms<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span>Pupils work individually to investigate wind farms and decide whether they are useful or not. Then they use their evidence to design and create a piece of campaign literature, either for or against a new wind farm in the local area e.g. poster, banner or leaflet.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Use this Newsround discussion<\/a> to identify five reasons for wind farms and five reasons against wind farms.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Look at your reasons for and against wind farms. Some of these reasons are providing factual information and others are offering opinions.\u00a0Try to work out which of your reasons are opinions and which provide factual information.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/em>Look at your reasons for and against again.<\/p>\n\n
\nUse your data to create a booklet, banner or poster to campaigner or against a wind farm being built in the local area.<\/p>\n\n