1. Grow Your Own Car

Tags: [KS2, KS3, materials, crops, engineering, scientific and technological understanding] A poster from the Home Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA) that shows how renewables can be used to construct cars ...

2. Energy Quest

Tags: [KS2, biofuel, energy, engineering, scientific and technological understanding] A very colourful website from the California Energy Commission with resources on biomass energy and biofuels. Go ...

3. Industrial Hemp

Tags: [KS3, KS4, materials, engineering, crops, design and technology, science] Industrial hemp has been used for thousands of years to make rope, paper, textiles, medicine, insulation and oil.  This ...

4. Plants for Products

Tags: [KS2, scientific and technological understanding, materials, engineering, crops, plastics] Plants for Products illustrates the ways that plants can be used to replace ingredients (raw materials) ...