1. 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 ...

2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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, ...

5. Industrial Uses for Crops

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 ...

6. 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) ...