Invitation to

The British Energy Challenge

for schools

We need to decide how the UK is going to power itself. The British Energy Challenge events will get the public thinking about how we can move to a low carbon economy.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change and Newcastle City Council would like to invite you and your students to join us at St James' Park to take part in the British Energy Challenge.

10.30 - 12.00 Take the challenge

10.00 - 16.30 Interactive exhibition

The event will help students aged 14 to 18 and their teachers to understand how we power our city and the country today and in the future.

The Challenge to move to a low carbon economy is one of the most urgent issues facing the UK. Changing the way we use energy will:

• Support economic growth
• Keep bills down
• Secure our energy supply
• Keep the lights on
• Help prevent climate change

At the event David MacKay (Chief Scientific Adviser) and Mark Lynas (Climate Change author) will work with and challenge local students to think of different ideas to solve the problem. Students will be able to use the My 2050 Calculator to consider options for our future energy provision.

The Exhibition You will also have the opportunity to take part in an interactive exhibition where you will be able to get tips on saving energy and cutting costs. You can visit the stands of local and national organisations, check out an electric car, visit the Met Office TV studio and see a working model of mini robots moving waste. You can find more information on the exhibition here.

The event is an excellent opportunity to link climate change to areas of the curriculum such as Maths, Science, Geography, Design and Technology, Economics, PSHE, Ethics and Citizenship and ICT.

For more information:

2050 Pathways - https://www.gov.uk/2050-pathways-analysis

My 2050 Schools Toolkit - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/my2050-schools-toolkit

Contact angela.hamilton@newcastle.gov.uk

Please confirm your attendance by 13 September 2013