by Milan Sanader | Feb 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Middle school student Holly Thorpe’s science fair project measured CO2 levels inside and outside school buses – and her findings were a catalyst for the change. The funding for the electric school buses is coming from the Volkswagen Settlement Fund, which...
by msander | Nov 26, 2019 | All Science Teachers
An 18-year-old Irish wunderkind has won the 2019 Google Science Fair grand prize for creating a method to remove microplastics from the ocean. Source: Irish Teenager Wins Google Science Award for Removing Microplastics From Oceans – EcoWatch
by msander | Sep 17, 2019 | All Science Teachers
Visualising the world’s addiction to plastic bottles. Around the world, almost 1 million plastic bottles are purchased every minute. Click on the source below to see the visualization. Source: Drowning in plastic Thanks for sharing...
by msander | Jun 10, 2019 | All Science Teachers
The approach is a response to growing anxiety about plastic pollution and is also an acknowledgment that household recycling has not kept pace with the rapid spread of cheap consumer packaging discarded after a single use Source: Ottawa moves to ban single-use...
by msander | Jun 14, 2018 | Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Chemistry
Once a completely natural product, much of today’s plastic is man-made and largely dependent upon fossil fuels. From polymers to nurdles, learn how plastic is created and what we can do to slow the lasting repercussions this material will have on both our planet...
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