All Climate articles
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CPDHow 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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News
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.
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Looking at climatic data from the past
Data analysis worksheet looking at ocean sediment and water temperatures.
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Mario Molina puts ozone on the political agenda
A set of resources on Mario Molina’s work on ozone and its impact on global politics.
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Collecting climatic data that is millions of years old
To investigate what the climate was like millions of years ago, geologists look to fossilised plants. By studying different types of plants they can gather climatic information, such as annual temperature range and water availability that corresponds to the time when the plant was living.
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Feature
Climate research heats up
Nina Notman meets some of the atmospheric chemists fitting the pieces of the climate change jigsaw together
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Soundbite
Bark beetles eat Beatle’s memorial tree
Nina Notman discovers at how bark beetles are destroying pine trees at an alarming rate
