CLIMATE CHANGE ‘net zero’ emissions target

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Climate change: ‘Net zero’ introduction How will the ‘net-zero’ target affect your local area? Assessing the local impact of the government’s ‘net-zero’ targets for carbon emissions	How will the ‘net-zero’ target affect your local area?
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ Harnessing the power of the Sun Could solar farms be used in your area?	Harnessing the power of the Sun
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ Harnessing the power of waves Investigating the development of wave power	Harnessing the power of waves
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ Farming the wind – through onshore and offshore windfarms A discussion on the local and national potential of developing wind energy sources	Farming the wind - through onshore and offshore wind farms
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ Tidal energy Can the tides be harnessed to produce green energy?	Tidal energy
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ Nuclear power - harnessing the energy of the atom Investigating the use of nuclear power now and in the future	Nuclear power
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ Nuclear waste disposal Investigating geological disposal facilities (GDFs)	Nuclear waste disposal
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ Liquid biofuels - keeping our wheels turning into the future Investigating fuels produced from biomass	Biofuels
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ Blue Hydrogen – the fuel of the future? Could “blue” hydrogen be produced and used here	Blue Hydrogen - the fuel of the future?
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ Hydrogen of many colours The situation regarding hydrogen in the UK, October 2021	Hydrogen of many colours
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ Deep geothermal power from ‘hot dry rocks’: an option in your area? A discussion of potential for extracting ‘hot dry rocks’ geothermal energy locally	Geothermal power from ‘hot dry rocks’
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ A new use for old coal mines A potential source of energy from beneath our feet	New use for old coal mines
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ Small-scale hydroelectric power schemes Investigating opportunities for micro-hydro	Small-scale hydroelectric power schemes
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ Heat from the Earth Investigating ground source heat pumps	Ground source heat pumps
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ Energy from burning waste Where does all my non-recyclable waste go?	Energy from burning waste
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ Energy from buried waste Landfill gas	Energy from buried waste
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ Capturing carbon? Can we capture and store carbon from burning fuel, cement- and steel-making? Should we?	Capturing carbon?
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ Nuclear batteries - the future? Investigating advances in battery technology	Advances in battery technology
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ Green hydrogen used to even out renewable energy supplies? Could ‘green hydrogen’ be the solution to the efficient use of renewable energy?	Green hydrogen
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ Matching supply and demand using stored water Pumped storage hydroelectric schemes – just-in-time power	Storing water power
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ Storing gas underground: What can we store? How can we do it? How will it help? A discussion on gas power sources that can be stored and the storage conditions needed	Gas storage underground
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ Electric vehicles - the way to go? Investigating the advantages and disadvantage of EVs	Electric vehicles - the way to go?	Video
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ How do I choose the best insulation? Investigating enhanced insulation for buildings	Building insulation
Speeding up nature to trap carbon dioxide The potential role of enhanced weathering and carbonation in mitigating climate change	Enhanced weathering	Extension
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ Let’s plant some trees Investigating the importance of trees to our planet	Let’s plant some trees
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ How will rising sea level affect our coastlines? ... and what can be done to adapt to rising sea levels?	How will rising sea level affect our coastlines?
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ Inland flooding: a Sheffield case study How should we respond to the increased risk of inland flooding as temperatures rise?	Inland flooding: a Sheffield case study
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ Landslide danger Case studies of how landslides work and the likely effects of climate change	Landslide danger
Climate change: ‘Net zero’ The future for global agriculture The adaptation of agriculture to climate change	Adaptation of agriculture

CLIMATE CHANGE - general

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Climate on arrival If you suddenly arrived somewhere – what would tell you what the climate was like?	Climate on arrival
How can the ice core evidence for climate change be explained? (ELI+) An educational opportunity for discussing evidence, hypotheses and possible responses	Ice core evidence for climate change
Greenhouse effect - is it happening outside today? A classroom discussion to consolidate understanding about the greenhouse effect	Greenhouse effect - is it happening outside today?
Greenhouse effect in a bottle How to simulate the effect of increased CO2 level on Earth’s temperature	Greenhouse effect in a bottle
Modelling tipping points – by hands Demonstrating tipping points in the Earth’s system with the hands of three people	Tipping points - by hands
Melting ice and sea level change 1 Does sea level change when floating sea ice melts?	Melting ice and sea level change 1	Teaching video
Melting ice and sea level change 2 Does sea level change when ice caps melt?	Melting ice and sea level change 2	Teaching video
Ocean acidification - The other CO2 problem See how acidified water affects calcareous marine organisms	Ocean acidification
Oxygen isotope sweet simulation (ELI+) Demonstrating how the oxygen isotope proxy records past Earth temperatures	Oxygen isotope sweet simulation
Oxygen isotopes - Interpret Earth temperatures from simulated deep-sea and ice cores (ELI+) Using sweets to simulate oxygen isotope ratios in cores	Oxygen isotope ratios in cores
‘Earth’s oxygen thermometers’ (ELI+) Simulating how ocean sediment and continental ice cores record past changes in Earth’s temperatures.	Oxygen thermometers
What could we measure to find out if climate change is happening here? What climate change indicators could be measured in our own backyard or school grounds?	Measuring climate change

ENVIRONMENT

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Environmental detective Imagining how the evidence of modern environments could become preserved	Environmental detective
Envronmental evaluation Developing a strategy for evaluating the environment	Environmental evaluation
Finding the Earth in the UN Sustainable Development Goals Map for yourself the areas where Earth studies are linked to the UN SDGs	Sustainable development
Fishing game : beware of overfishing A game showing how fish stocks should be managed sustainably	Fishing game
New or recycled paper? - the card game An investigation into the environmental impact of making new paper or recycled	New or recycled paper? - the card game
Playground continents A palaeogeography in your school yard	Playground continents
So, you want to conserve a geodiversity site What could you do if you wanted to conserve a geoscience site?	Conserving a geodiversity site
Take it or leave it? - the geoconservation debate When is collecting wrong, and when is it right? - try to decide for yourself	Geoconservation
What colour was the world in the past? Using rock evidence and ‘the present is the key to the past’ to colour the geological world	What colour was the world in the past?
Why is the Dead Sea dead? Measuring salinity	Dead Sea - salinity

POWER SOURCES

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Future power: predicting the mix of future power source contributions (ELI+) Extrapolating from the last 50 years of power use to realistically predict the next 50 years	Future power: predicting the mix of future power source contributions
Geothermal - Rock power: geothermal power simulations (ELI+) Modelling geothermal power sources - renewable or not?	Rock power
Geothermal - Deep geothermal power from ‘hot dry rocks’: an option in your area? A discussion of potential for extracting ‘hot dry rocks’ geothermal energy loca	Geothermal power from ‘hot dry rocks’
Geothermal - A new use for old coal mines A potential source of energy from beneath our feet	New use for old coal mines
Ground source - Heat from the Earth Investigating ground source heat pumps	Ground source heat pumps
HEP - Small-scale hydroelectric power schemes Investigating opportunities for micro-hydro	Small-scale hydroelectric power schemes
Hydrogen - Blue Hydrogen – the fuel of the future? Could “blue” hydrogen be produced and used here	Blue Hydrogen - the fuel of the future?
Hydrogen - Green hydrogen used to even out renewable energy supplies? Could ‘green hydrogen’ be the solution to the efficient use of renewable energy?	Green hydrogen
Hydrogen of many colours The situation regarding hydrogen in the UK, October 2021	Hydrogen of many colours
Power through the window Which power source might be built in the view you can see from your window?	Power through the window
Solar - Harnessing the power of the Sun Could solar farms be used in your area?	Harnessing the power of the Sun
Tidal energy Can the tides be harnessed to produce green energy?	Tidal energy
Waste - Energy from burning waste Where does all my non-recyclable waste go?	Energy from burning waste
Waste - Energy from buried waste Landfill gas	Energy from buried waste
What is/are the least bad option(s) for plugging the future global energy gap? A discussion on the least-damaging ways to meet world energy needs in the future	Plugging future global energy gap?
Where does offshore oil come from? An activity to dispel misconceptions about the source of oil	Offshore oil
Which power source? - solving the crisis in Kiama (ELI+) Searching for all the power sources that could be developed in a mythical country	Power sources	Extension

RESOURCES

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Gold prospectors Panning for ‘gold’ in river sediment	Gold panning
Hydrothermal mineralisation - interactive (ELI+) ‘The rock with the hole’ hydrothermal mineralisation demo	Hydrothermal mineralisation
Make your own oil and gas reservoir Demonstrating how oil and water flow through permeable rocks	Make your own oil and gas reservoir
New or recycled paper? - the card game An investigation into the environmental impact of making new paper or recycled	New or recycled paper? - the card game
Quarry through the window - what would you see, what would you not see? Asking pupils to ‘picture’ what a ‘quarry through the window” might look like	Quarry through the window
Riches in the river Investigating how valuable ores may become concentrated on river beds	Riches in the river	Extension
Trapped! Why can’t oil and gas escape from their underground prison? Demonstrate how oil and gas can be trapped in reservoir rocks beneath the surface	Trapped! Why can’t oil and gas escape from their underground prison?	Teaching video Teaching video in the lab
Where shall we drill for oil? Sorting out the sequence - oil prospect	Where shall we drill for oil?