Environmental Chemistry

Materials

UPD8: Global Warming DebateWeb link
Structured activity from UPD8 objectively presenting the arguments for and against the case for global warming. Links to other curriculum-based activities. Log in required to access the resources.
SATIS Revisited: Biomass and BiofuelsWeb link
Website produced by SATIS (Science and Technology in Society) with a range of resources to support 'How Science Works' related to biomass and biofuels at Key Stage 4.
WaterWeb link
Webpages about the importance and uses of water. There are links to related topics, questions, quizzes and key word definitions. From GCSEscience.com
The People's Trust: What is Acid Rain?Web link
Webpage from People's Trust giving a learner-friendly scientific definition of acid rain, together with a discussion of the implications of this form of pollution.

Greener Industry websiteWeb link
Website compiled by the Chemical Industry Education Centre. Provides details of manufacture and uses of fifteen industrial chemicals, and eight aspects of green chemistry.
The Ozone Hole TourWeb link
Website from the University of Cambridge Centre for Atmospheric Science. Technical in places, but useful data and information on this topic.
Cape FarewellWeb link
Cape Farewell is a charitable organisation that takes artists, scientists and educators to Cape Farewell in Greenland to address and raise awareness about climate change. The site has free downloadabl...

UPD8: Global Warming DebateWeb link
Structured activity from UPD8 objectively presenting the arguments for and against the case for global warming. Links to other curriculum-based activities. Log in required to access the resources.
SATIS Revisited: Biomass and BiofuelsWeb link
Website produced by SATIS (Science and Technology in Society) with a range of resources to support 'How Science Works' related to biomass and biofuels at Key Stage 4.
Soap or Detergent?Web link
Webpage from Fabrics.net outlining advantages of detergent over soap for certain uses. Ideal for teachers improving knowledge prior to teaching as some content is quite high level.
WaterWeb link
Webpages about the importance and uses of water. There are links to related topics, questions, quizzes and key word definitions. From GCSEscience.com
The People's Trust: What is Acid Rain?Web link
Webpage from People's Trust giving a learner-friendly scientific definition of acid rain, together with a discussion of the implications of this form of pollution.

Limestone: geology in the landscape and buildings of LondonWeb link
Clear overview for schools of limestone, cement and concrete. From the University College London (UCL) schools website, prepared by the Department of Earth Sciences.
Seawater CompositionWeb link
Concise webpage detailing the properties and composition of seawater. By Genny Andersen of the Biological Sciences Department of Santa Barbara City College.

Microscale Chemistry External Publication
The book contains experiments for Key Stages 3-5, all adapted to be done at the microscale level. A good manual for teachers to get to grips with the techniques and possibilities of microscale chemis...
ESEU (Earth Science Education Unit) Teaching ResourcesWeb link
ESEU resources for teaching the chemistry of rocks. PDF downloads or how to teach the topic and worksheets, photos of rocks and experiments and links to outside resources. Contains ideas of how to te...

Carbon dioxide: friend or foe Web link
Starting with some questions raised by the PowerPoint presentation from the website www.climateprediction.net This lesson presents an experiment to see if carbon dioxide does cause global warming. It ...
Climate Change External Publication
As its title suggests, this book is good on climate change and is therefore relevant directly to those specifications where this is explicitly covered (such as Edexcel 360 Science Unit C1b) but it als...
Green Chemistry, Atom Economy and Sustainable DevelopmentWeb link
Worksheets from the RSC Inspirational Chemistry website with case studies and calculations on yield, atom economy and restricting environmental damage.
Whose land is it anyway? Web link
After watching a clip from the DVD 'Baked Alaska', students debate the social, economic and environmental issues about drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve in Alaska. The plenary s...

WaterWeb link
Webpages about the importance and uses of water. There are links to related topics, questions, quizzes and key word definitions. From GCSEscience.com
Soap or Detergent?Web link
Webpage from Fabrics.net outlining advantages of detergent over soap for certain uses. Ideal for teachers improving knowledge prior to teaching as some content is quite high level.
SATIS Revisited: Biomass and BiofuelsWeb link
Website produced by SATIS (Science and Technology in Society) with a range of resources to support 'How Science Works' related to biomass and biofuels at Key Stage 4.
UPD8: Global Warming DebateWeb link
Structured activity from UPD8 objectively presenting the arguments for and against the case for global warming. Links to other curriculum-based activities. Log in required to access the resources.
The People's Trust: What is Acid Rain?Web link
Webpage from People's Trust giving a learner-friendly scientific definition of acid rain, together with a discussion of the implications of this form of pollution.