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Planet Protectors · OSHC · Week 2

Power patrol

Materials checklist

  • Clipboards
  • Audit sheets
  • Pencils
  • Torch
  • Sticky notes
  • Service floor plan

Step by step

  1. Explain what 'standby power' and 'drips' mean.
  2. Pairs take a zone of the floor plan to audit.
  3. Record devices on, lights, and dripping taps.
  4. Regroup and total the findings.
  5. Children design 'switch off' reminder signs.

Look for & extend

  • • Notice children who notice patterns (e.g. same room always) — extend with a weekly check-in role.
  • • Use findings to create a graph comparing week-to-week.
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Planet Protectors · OSHC · Week 2

Cut out along the dashed lines and laminate.

Power patrol

What in our room is using power right now? Does it need to be?

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Power patrol

How could wind or sun make your gadget move?

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Power patrol

Where does the water in your jar 'go' — and where does it come back?

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Power patrol

Notice children who notice patterns (e.g. same room always) — extend with a weekly check-in role.

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Power patrol

Use findings to create a graph comparing week-to-week.

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Planet Protectors · OSHC · Week 2

Observation record — Power patrol

Child / group:
Date:
Educator:

What I saw and heard (child's voice)

Learning I noticed (outcomes)

Where to next / how I'll extend

Outcomes this week: 2.4 · 4.2 · QA1