Switched On
This multimedia resource aims to equip students with essential consumer and financial skills using utilities as the context. This resource allows students to research and evaluate real information to choose a gas and electricity supplier, learning a range of highly transferable skills.
Contained within the resource are a range of six interactive modules from exploring issues including energy creation to consumption and customer service issues. It has a wide range of uses that all contribute to empowering young people to make more informed financial decisions.
- COST FREE
- DURATIONbetween 6 and 20 hours approximately
- PUBLISHED08/03
- PHOTOCOPIABLE Yes
- SPONSOROFGEM
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ENGLAND
Suitability
- Suitable for key stages 4 & 16-19
- Suitable for year groups 10, 11, 12 & 13
- Suitable for 14 - 19 year olds
Secondary Key Concepts
- Capability (PSHE Education EWBFC 1.2)
Secondary Key Processes
- Exploration (PSHE Education EWBFC 2.2)
- Financial capability (PSHE Education EWBFC 2.4)
- Decision-making and managing risk (PSHE Education PWB 2.2)
Secondary Range and Content
- Personal budgeting (PSHE Education EWBFC 3)
- Money management (PSHE Education EWBFC 3)
- Calculations and manipulations with real numbers (Mathematics Number and Algebra 3.1)
- The rights and responsibilities of consumers, employers and employees (Citizenship 3)
NORTHERN IRELAND
Suitability
- Suitable for key stages 4 & 16-19
- Suitable for year groups 11, 12, 13 & 14
- Suitable for 14 - 19 year olds
WALES
Suitability
- Suitable for key stages 4 & 16-19
- Suitable for year groups 10, 11, 12 & 13
- Suitable for 14 - 19 year olds
SCOTLAND
Suitability
- Suitable for year groups S3, S4 & 16-19
- Suitable for 14 - 19 year olds
Assessor's comments
An impressive resource, especially the activity which gets the pupils thinking about the cost of their personal use of electricity. Also, How Green is my Valley could provide an interesting enterprise activity. The students, as researchers for a new energy company, identify the different sources of energy and the best production costs to provide energy in a region, using a computer simulation.
Big Deal encourages students to see how energy companies market their services and helps develop an understanding of different ways of persuading customers to buy, including loyalty cards, introductory offers, on-line savings. The students develop an understanding of the impact of these schemes on what the customer pays.
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Your comments
R Hughes
Consultant
R Hughes's comment:
Switched On
Really useful! A great resource for getting students thinking about being a green consumer. Lots of opportunities to develop and adapt to student needs and great web links for independent study.