All Ecology articles
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ResourceReciprocal reading task: agriculture and ammonia | 14–16 years
Provide context and help build cultural and science capital, while improving learners’ reading skills.
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Ideas
Sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems
From synthesising ammonia to keeping your school laboratory green, here’s how to link UN sustainable development goal 15 to your teaching
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Ideas
Add ocean acidification to your existing lessons
Use these tips to link UN sustainable development goal 14 to your lessons on dissolved ions, acids and the pH scale
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CPD
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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Feature
Reef-safe sunscreens
Nina Notman investigates the science behind UV-absorbing sunscreens and ‘reef-friendly’ formulations
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Feature
The massive problem of microplastics
As plastics fill up and pollute our oceans, recognising their value rather than thinking of them as disposable could help us deal with what has turned into a large, global problem
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News
Hairy plants aid oil-absorbing material design
Leaves of weed could even be used to mop-up slicks
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Magnificent molecules
Spilanthol
Jen Newton finds the active molecule in electric daisies is not to her taste
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Resource
The Stone Age: science ideas webs
A web of suggested ideas for linking science with the topic the stone age. You can learn history and science together with activities for different age groups.
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Resource
World War II: science ideas webs
A web of suggested ideas for linking science with the topic World War II. You can learn history and science together with activities for different age groups.
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Feature
The impossible water sensor
Hundreds of different chemicals can ruin our water, so measuring their levels is vital. Josh Howgego investigates whether building sensors that can do the job cheaply and remotely will ever be possible
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Feature
The other carbon dioxide problem
Carbon dioxide produced by human activity is acidifying the ocean at an unprecedented and alarming rate
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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
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The Mole
Adventurous science
Experimentation and exploration go hand in hand as Zoë Fleming takes to the field in the Arctic
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Feature
Iron ocean seeding
Carbon sequestration - the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere - is an active area of research
