All Climate articles
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IdeasTackle poverty in chemistry lessons
Link the science you teach in your classroom to poverty and inequality targeted by the UN’s SDGs
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Sustainable consumption: individual action | 14–16 years
A research and reflect activity to get your learners thinking about the materials they consume and the impact of individual actions
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Fertilisers and sustainability | 16–18 years
Investigate the rate of hydrolysis of urea and assess your learners’ practical skills, includes extension green chemistry questions on sustainable fertilisers
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Understanding climate change as a process | 14–16 years
A flow diagram activity to bring together learning about the greenhouse effect and climate change, with questions to consolidate understanding
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The pH scale and the chemistry of ocean acidification | 14–16 years
Worksheet to develop understanding of the pH scale and apply it in the context of ocean acidification. Extension questions provide more challenge on carbonic acid and acid base equilibrium, leading to a research task on the consequences for marine organisms
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Real-life contexts for thermodynamics
Use this infographic with your 16–18 students and get them working with thermochemistry, intermolecular forces and free energy
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How to teach the carbon cycle at 11–14
Ensure your students have a firm understanding of the chemistry behind climate change
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Carbon cycle lesson plan
Use this lesson plan to structure a lesson on the carbon cycle at 11–14
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Why you need A-level chemistry to study geology
Knowledge of chemistry topics such as isotopes, analytical techniques and earth science is essential for studying geology
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Interview
‘Structure and bonding really gets to the heart of chemistry’
Meet Niki Kaiser, a chemistry teacher inspiring others to embrace evidence-based teaching practices
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Carbon dioxide catalysis making jet fuel
Use this starter slide to begin your lessons on catalysts or ways of reducing global warming
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Human activity and climate change
Develop students’ speaking and listening skills with this debate activity
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Soundbite
Can seaweed-eating sheep curb methane emissions?
Seaweed may not be the silver bullet to farming’s methane problem
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Frozen in time: hands-on evidence
Ask students to plan experiments, record data and draw conclusions in this practical activity
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Magnificent molecules
Sulfur hexafluoride
A gas widely used in electrical devices with 23,500 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide
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Organic chemistry starters (16–18)
Starter for ten questions covering some of the main aspects of organic chemistry at GCSE and A level, including functional groups, nomenclature, isomerism and mechanisms
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Experiment
Modelling the greenhouse effect
Use this demonstration to illustrate the greenhouse effect and the role of carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
