Resources
Green engineering careers poster: what will houses look like in the future (primary)
An inspiring poster for upper primary school pupils showing how engineers transform the way we design buildings.
Green engineering careers posters (secondary)
A set of six inspiring green engineering careers posters showing how engineers transform the way we travel, eat, use, power things, build and breathe. Includes suggested discussion points and homework tasks.
Green Fairgrounds
The RA3 project, provided by the Centre for Science Education, aims to bring parents together with their children and teachers to explore the worlds of science, technology, engineering and maths.
This investigation helps to develop an awareness of green power by designing and making a new fairground ride...
Green Genes – DNA Inside Chloroplasts
One of a series of articles for post-16 students published by Science and Plants for Schools (SAPS). Chloroplasts evolved from photosynthetic bacteria and contain DNA encoding a remnant of their original bacterial genes.
This booklet discusses how the study of chloroplast genes has helped biologists...
An educational comic introducing children to green and sustainable chemistry through the new character Green Kid. Teaming up with their creator Summer, Green Kid must find a way to help tackle the climate crisis and create a more sustainable future.
This comic has been co-created by the University of York...
Green Pathways: BBC Children in Need Peterborough Project Report 2008-2011
This report summarises and evaluates the Green Pathways scheme which ran from 2008 to 2011. Undertaken by the wildlife charity Froglife, it was designed to offer vulnerable and disadvantaged young people between the ages of ten to seventeen the opportunity to participate in innovative conservation projects and...
'Green Plants' introduces the reader to the plants that inhabit almost every corner of the globe. Find out what plants need to stay healthy, learn about how we use them, and discover how plants reproduce.
'Green Plants' introduces the reader to the plants that inhabit almost every corner of the globe. Find out what plants need to stay healthy, learn about how we use them, and discover how plants reproduce.
Green Power
This computing activity gives Year 4 pupils the chance to use art computer software and a search engine to create an insightful ‘Go Green’ poster. The second activity in this resource also gives pupils the chance to use an animation package to create an animation/advertisement to convey the same message as that...
Green Racer (14-16)
This resources, from Siemens, looks at how an electric car works, the components of the system and the function of each component. Students research the charge and discharge cycles of a battery-powered device and consider the advantages and disadvantages of battery power. They look at what is meant by the capacity...