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Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Alternative Resources
This video discusses the importance of finding alternative resources when natural resources become scarce or expensive. The video also addresses the drawbacks of alternative resources, such as the expense of fleece made from recycled...
Visual Learning Systems
People and the Environment: Resource Conservation
Students will explore the notion of resource conservation, and identify the differences between renewable and non-renewable resources. Some of the ways our environment may be harmed via pollution, deforestation, species extinction, and...
FuseSchool
Problems with Plastics & Biodegradable Plastics
Learn the basics about the problems with plastics and biodegradable plastics as part of the recycling topic within environmental chemistry.
Science360
Chemists work up new formulas for greener plastic
Plastics are a miracle of modern science and are now fundamental to our everyday lives. Of course, they are also a constant reminder of our throw-away society. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), chemist Marc...
Curated OER
How It's Made - Plastic Bags
Plastic bags are so useful and you can find out how they're made by watching this clip. We see inside the factory where plastic bags are made, learn what they are made of, and all the ways they can be used. Wow, 35,000 bags for every one...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Above the Noise: Is Your Fleece Jacket Polluting the Oceans?
By 2050, the World Economic Forum predicts that the amount of plastic in the oceans will outweigh ALL the fish. When you hear "plastic" pollution, you might picture six-pack rings wrapped around seagulls or beaches littered with plastic...