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Ethanol
From the National Non-Food Crops Centre, this factsheet gives an overview of the current and potential market for biorenewable ethanol in chemical applications. It explores the production and uses of bioethanol. Bioethanol can be produced by the fermentation. Starch and sugar feedstocks are also food crops and so...
Ethene: Plant Growth and Ripening
Produced by Science & Plants for Schools (SAPS), this investigation looks at the effects of ethene of fruit ripening.
Ethene is a colourless gas and is produced by plants, acting as a plant growth substance. Its...
Ethical aspects of fat
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Take a look at the summary evidence behind the use of palm oil, a fat tax and biofuels and debate the pros and cons. |
Ethical Issues in Organ and Tissue Donation
This resource, designed for Key Stage Four, provides an introduction to organ and tissue donation, looks at different levels of intervention to encourage people to donate, and explores the meaning of ethical values that are often used in the context of donation. It also...
Ethical questions
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We may have a lot of technology at our fingertips to help us understand genes and genomes. But when could use of, or access to, these data affect our human rights? |
Ethical questions related to immunology
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Who should decide about vaccination, organ donation, or research into highly infections diseases? |
Filmed in Bangladesh, one of the world's largest textile manufacturers, this resource explores the social cost of our cheap textiles. With footage filmed inside a number of Bangladeshi textile factories, it explores the issues of sweatshop labour, poor working conditions, a fair wage and the right to unionise and...
Ethical, Legal, Cultural and Environmental Concerns
The first video introduces a range of concerns surrounding computing technologies. The idea that new technologies bring with them new social and ethical issues, and that the law is often slow to catch-up to guard people against these issues. Some of the benefits of new technologies are briefly introduced,...
This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.
This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.