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Tags: [KS3, materials, citizenship, history, science] Explore the diversity of renewable materials and their role in building a sustainable future.  This online resource has three parts: Recognising ...
Tags: [KS4, chemistry, plastics, materials, science] NNFCC newsletters discuss topics in renewable fuels and materials.  This newsletter covers the enormous range of chemicals we can make from plant ...
Tags: [KS4, biology, materials]   This factsheet from the NNFCC explains we have used plant oils to make chemicals for hundreds of years.   About 18 million tonnes of vegetable oils are used ...
Tags: [KS2, KS3, materials, textiles, science, design and technology, scientific and technological understanding] Find out the many different uses for nettles.  They're not just weeds - you can even ...
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 ...
Tags: [KS2, KS3, chemistry, materials, scientific and technological understanding, science] Explore the chemistry behind everyday products and their sustainability.  This website, developed by the Green ...
Tags: [KS2, KS3, crops, biofuel, materials, science, scientific and technological understanding] This poster from HGCA explains how we grow and process oilseed rape.  It then describes all the uses, ...
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 ...
Tags: [KS4, chemistry, materials, plastics] This resource from the Royal Society of Chemistry provides comprehensive information on the pros and cons of bioplastics, the different types of bioplastics ...
Tags: [KS3, chemistry, materials, plastics, science, english] In this activity from the Royal Society of Chemistry pupils can make and test a renewable plastic from potatoes.  There is also a challenge ...
Tags: [KS2, crops, materials, biofuel, farming, historical geographical and social understanding] HGCA have produced an education pack called the Industrial Uses for Crops a new teaching resource for ...
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) ...
Tags: [KS3, chemistry, materials, plastics, science] This is a three page worksheet from the RSC on the bioplastic called polylactic acid.  Going beyond the chemistry, students have to think about problems ...