A Teaching Resource for Sustainable Power Generation

这个公众参与伙伴关系（PPE）项目的目的是让六年级学生参与未来发电战略的对话。这将通过开发一套教学资源来实现，这些资源将在一系列讲习班期间使用。在这些工作坊中，学生们将被邀请扮演政策制定者的角色，决定英国未来应该如何发电，以满足预计的需求和碳减排目标。教学资源将围绕能源计算器构建，该计算器将量化任何形式的发电的优点和缺点。例如，如果一个学生决定使用核裂变产生英国50%的电力，计算器将计算出需要建造的发电站的额外数量，这将花费多少以及需要储存的核废料的数量。研究结果也将以图表的形式呈现，例如，一张英国地图，显示需要多少新的发电站。研讨会将介绍不同的发电方式，它们的优点，缺点和成本。研讨会的重点将是一个实践会议，学生们在小组中决定由能源计算器指导的发电策略。我们可以要求每个小组支持一个预先设想的策略，或者简单地让他们遵循自己的倾向。然后，我们将要求每个小组在研讨会上提出自己的解决方案。我们将记录每个解决方案，并要求学生记录他们的决策过程，这将在项目结束时汇编成一份报告。研讨会将以一个评估环节结束，在评估环节中，学生和教师将被要求反思参加研讨会的情况。这是一个有趣的问题，没有一个微不足道的解决方案。所有的发电方法都有缺点，而这些缺点往往不为公众所重视。让年轻人有机会了解英国面临的问题，将鼓励更多的年轻人在未来发挥作用，并使研究人员、工业界和政策制定者更好地了解年轻人的观点。可持续能源生产是当今最重要的问题之一，为科学界与公众接触提供了一个独特的机会。

The aim of this Partnerships for Public Engagement (PPE) project is to involve sixth form level students in dialogue over future power generation strategies. This will be achieved through the development of a set of teaching resources that will be used during a series of workshops. In these workshops the students will be invited to take the role of policymakers to decide how the UK should be generating its electricity in the future in order to satisfy projected demands and carbon reduction targets.The teaching resources will be built around an energy calculator, which will quantify the advantages and disadvantages of any form of power generation. For example, if a student decides to generate 50 per cent of the UK's power using nuclear fission the calculator will work out the additional number of power stations that need to be built, how much this will cost and the quantities of nuclear waste that will need to be stored. The results will also be presented graphically, for example with a map of the UK showing how many new power stations will be required.The workshops will introduce the different ways of generating electricity, their advantages, disadvantages and costs. The focus of the workshop will be a practical session where the students decide in small groups on a power generation strategy guided by the energy calculator. We may ask each small group to champion a preconceived strategy, or simply allow them to follow their own inclination. We will then ask each group to present their own solutions to the workshop. We will record each solution, and ask students to document their decision-making process, which will be compiled into a report at the end of the project. The workshop will finish with an evaluation session in which students and teachers will be asked to reflect on taking part in the workshop.This is a fascinating problem without a trivial solution. All methods of power generation have disadvantages and these disadvantages are often poorly appreciated by the public. Giving young people the opportunity to understand the issues facing the UK will encourage more of them to play a future role, and enable researchers, industry and policymakers to understand young people's views better. Sustainable energy generation is one today's most important issues and provides a unique opportunity for the scientific community to engage with the public.