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Renewable Building Materials

From the National Non-Food Crops Centre, this factsheet provides an introduction to the properties and advantages of renewable building materials. Renewable materials based on plants offer a sustainable alternative to conventional products in many applications. The factsheets give information on:

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One of a series of titles covering the subject of energy as part of the science coverage at Key Stage 3 and aimed at reluctant readers in the 11-14 age range.

Renewable Energy and Climate Change Podcasts

Produced by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), these naked Scientist podcasts look at renewable energy and climate change in an accessible and informative way.

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Science across Europe was a project linking secondary schools across Europe through the science curriculum. It focused on issues in science, technology and society that...

Renewable Energy Posters

From Practical Action, these posters show examples of how renewable energy sources are used in developing nations. They show how mp3 players can be powered by solar photoelectric cells, small-scale hydroelectric in Kenya, a wind turbine and biogas digested in Nepal.

The Renewable Energy Science Education Set is a modular experiment set designed to demonstrate the workings of a complete clean energy Design & Design & Technologysystem on a miniature scale.

With this kit, an entire miniature renewable energy system can be constructed on a lab-scale. This set...

Renewable Energy Wordsearch

From Practical Action, this wordsearch is an enjoyable way of engaging students in the subject of renewable energy.

Renewable Energy: a Resource for Key Stages 3 and 4

This book by John Stringer discusses five main categories of renewable energy - wind, water, solar, geothermal and biofuels. It considers the technology, economics, and environmental impact of renewable energy projects in order to enable students to form their own views about renewable energy.

The resource...

Renewables Don't Run Out

Produced by The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), these resources help to put curriculum science in a real life context. The activities provide opportunities for children to consider the use of plant material (biomass) for renewable energy. They go on to look at some of the problems that using...

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