All Environmental science articles – Page 4

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    Challenging Plants: Fertilisers - Practicals

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    Nutrients essential for plant growth are obtained naturally from soil or other growing media. However, supplies become depleted and fertilisers are needed to increase the availability of nutrients to plants. An understanding of chemical changes is used to making fertilisers, often designed to meet specific requirements such as particular nutrient ...

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    Precious water

    2017-11-20T12:39:00Z

    New off-grid water treatment technologies are saving lives supplying clean water where there are no taps or pipes

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    Brick by brick

    2017-10-23T12:16:00Z

    From green LEGO bricks to compostable shoes, Fiona Case investigates how Lego and Reebok are making biomaterials mainstream

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    Polyethylene terephthalate

    2017-01-13T14:17:00Z

    Fernando Gomollón-Bel discovers the story of one of the most ubiquitous artificial compounds

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    Water! Water!

    2016-12-12T13:37:00Z In association with

    A resource pack including a student worksheet, teachers’ notes and four presentations looking at one of the most vital substances on planet Earth - water.

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    Plastics challenge

    2016-12-12T13:31:00Z In association with

    Links to Practical Action’s plastics challenge, where students develop products from recycled objects, as a possible way of tackling environmental problems caused by plastic waste.

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    The massive problem of microplastics

    2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

    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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    Hairy plants aid oil-absorbing material design

    2016-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Leaves of weed could even be used to mop-up slicks

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    Streamwatch - a UK water analysis science project

    The resource provides access to a water analysis kit and instructions on how to use these. Using this resource provides teachers with great potential to engaging students and enable them to see the purpose and benefits of chemical analysis. The resource could be used for project work and is particularly ...

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    Ancient Egypt: science ideas webs

    A web of suggested ideas for linking science with the topic Ancient Egypt. You can learn history and science together with activities for different age groups. 

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    Tales of the riverbank: environmental

    This problem-based case study looks at the environmental problems found within the fictitious Coley River system in the county of Midshire. The environmental problems found in the river are organic, inorganic and physical in nature. 

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    Isoprene

    2015-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton explores nature’s building block

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    A bright future for silicon solar cell recycling

    2015-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Hydrofluoric acid eliminated from silicon salvage process

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    Waste not, want not

    2015-11-01T11:04:00Z

    Elinor Hughes investigates some of the latest developments in recycling food waste 

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    The Titan project

    This problem-based case study concerns the location of a titanium dioxide plant and evaluation of analytical methods. Students are asked to act as the management team at the plant and produce a five-year plan for the site.

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    Oil sands process water: diamonds not so forever

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    This C/PBL resource is designed to help students discover what organic chemicals are present in the waste water which is produced during the processing of oil sands, and analytically assess these potentially toxic organic chemicals.

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    Faster greener chemistry?

    This context-based case study is laboratory-based and focuses on the synthesis, characterisation and evaluation of up to nine manganese(III) salen complexes that are employed as catalysts in the oxidation of alkenes. The approach used in this case study ensures learners work collaboratively and allows for the development of transferrable employability ...

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    Future Cities project

    Set your learners a problem-based case study with a sustainable development project

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    Modelling the greenhouse effect

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    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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    The greenhouse effect and global warming

    An activity worksheet to test student understanding of global warming.