Geography Case Study
A bigas company wants to build a biogas plant on a 6 hectare site near Sewstern in Leicestershire
The company states that it will use local crops to create enough methane to power a town the size of Grantham
Sewstern residents have raised objections such as visual pollution, increased traffic, loss of farmland
This resource includes a variety of lesson activities to pick and choose:
5Ws & 1T starter analysing photo of an existing biogas plant (choice of two photos)
Which energy source is the ODD ONE OUT ?
Which type of pollution is the ODD ONE OUT ?
Location map
Link to video showing ‘Farm Gas to Grid Plant’
DEVELOPMENT COMPASS activity worksheet
Biogas information sheet to highlight (three colours : (a) key terms, (b) processes, and © ideas)
Diagram of a biogas plant to annotate using info learned from info sheet and video
Inputs-Processes-Outputs worksheet to show the industrial process involved in biogas production
‘SIX HATS’ worksheet based on de Bono’s Critical Thinking theory - weblinks are provided, so pupils could complete this online
TEACHERS’ BACKGROUND INFORMATION sheet with links to developer’s website and BBC News article
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