OVERVIEW

The differences in renewable and non-renewable energy; how access to energy changes and reliance on fossil fuels can be reduced.

GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE

GEOGRAPHICAL SKILLS

NUMERICAL AND STATISTICAL SKILLS

LITERACY SKILLS

• To use comprehension skills to interpret case studies

ACADEMIC LITERACY

Affluence 

Carbon Footprints 

Biofuels 

Conventional Oil and Gas 

Ecologically Sensitive Areas 

Energy Security 

Environmental Groups 

Fracking 

Landscape Scarring 

Non-Renewable 

Renewable 

Recyclable Energy 

Unconventional Oil and Gas 

CAREERS

Geotechnicians collect and analyse geological data from rock, soil and water samples. £17,000 to £31,000. Average UK salary in 2019 was £30,378

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER (CROSS CURRICULAR)

• Maths: Logarithmic scale, Comparing data

• English: Comprehension skills to extract information about case studies

• Science: Density, composition of the earth and convection