for 11-to-14 year-olds

Welcome to ENA's Key Stage Three education area.

This section is full of information for children, parents and teachers, designed to fit the requirements for Key Stage Three.

These pages have been optimised for use in a classroom environement.

resources and teaching materials

During Key Stage 3, pupils are encouraged to get to grips with a range of familiar applications of science, such as how gas and electricity work in domestic and industrial contexts, and use scientific ideas and models to explain phenomena.

Other important aspects of the curriculum at this stage are the positive and negative effects of scientific and technological developments on the environment. Energy is a particularly relevant topic for study in this area.

Being able to recognise hazardous situations, and take steps to minimise risk to themselves and others, is also important at Key Stage 3. In addition to our own website, the following contain lots of useful information:

Education resources from ENA member companies

DfES KS3 Science

National Curriculum KS3 Science

educational resources for KS3

• what is electricity?
• what do we use it for?
• using electrical energy
• why we need power stations
• generating electricity
• moving electricity around
• electricity networks animation
• spot the danger game
• why electricity can be dangerous
• staying safe around electricity

• what is gas?
• how do we use it?
• how does gas work?
• where does gas come from?
• interactive map
• moving gas around
• gas transmission and distribution diagram

• If you have any questions about this page, please contact Victoria Richardson: victoria.richardson @ energynetworks.org

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