1. Renewable World

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 ...

2. Be Nice to Nettles

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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. Green Lipstick

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 ...

5. The Oilseed Rape Story

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, ...

6. 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 ...

7. Make Plastic from Potatoes

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 ...

8. Using Polylactic Acid

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 ...