Resources 1b: Oil, Energy & Consumption (KS3)

This is a full 1 hour KS3 lesson that introduces oil / fossil fuels and energy consumption in the UK. The lesson is the first lesson of a unit on natural resources and energy, though it could easily be adapted to other themes.

Learning Outcome 1 – ‘I understand non-renewable energy sources, their impacts, how we use energy in the UK and how this may change in the future.’

This lesson covers the following themes:

- Surprising uses of oil
- How competition leads to conflict including a video on the current South China Sea escalation
- Peak oil
- How fossil fuels are formed
- Changing energy consumption in the UK


Ease of use is the aim, so the lesson includes a compact presentation with full instructions and guidance in the notes section below each slide, it also includes labelled, organised, differentiated handouts with printing instructions and is of course, proof read.

These resources take me hours to pull together so please leave a review if they’ve helped you out in the classroom :)

Happy teaching!