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Open resourceUnderstanding energy consumption
Learners read fictional monthly figures, calculate the change and discuss what the figures do not tell us. No technical causes or operational advice are given.
Teaching example from Prios · Draft
NumeracyReadingDigital skillsCritical thinking
Workplace situation
An employee reads a simple, fictional overview of a building’s energy consumption: January 12,000 kWh, February 10,500 kWh, March 9,000 kWh.
Learning objectives
- Read figures in a table.
- Compare values.
- Calculate a simple change.
- Explain what the figures show.
Suggested activities
- Find the difference between January and March.
- Calculate the percentage change from January to March.
- Show the figures in a chart.
- Write a short description of the trend.
- Discuss what information is missing if you want to explain why consumption changed.
Reflection questions
- Why can we not always know the cause of a change just by looking at the figures?