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Download full textObaya-Valdivia, A.; López Acosta, D.; Montaño Osorio, C.; Vargas-Rodríguez, Y. M. – Online Submission, 2023
This study presents the design and application of a didactic sequence aimed at enhancing high school students understanding of recyclable plastic polymers. The proposed teaching strategy incorporates cooperative learning activities to identify different types of plastics, particularly recyclable ones. The goal is to increase student's scientific…
Descriptors: Recycling, Plastics, High School Students, Teaching Methods
Direct linkAraújo, J. L.; Morais, C.; Paiva, J. C. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
The active participation of citizens in scientific research, through citizen science, has been proven successful. However, knowledge on the potential of citizen science within formal chemistry learning, at the conceptual and procedural levels, remains insufficiently explored. We developed a citizen science project -- PVC: Perceiving the Value of…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Student Research, Water Quality
Cheung, Tsz Yan; Fok, Lincoln; Cheang, Chi-Chiu; Yeung, Chi Ho; So, Wing-Mui Winnie; Chow, Cheuk-Fai – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: The problem of plastic wastes is serious nowadays worldwide, although plastic wastes recycling is already in practice. To promote sustainability in plastic waste recycling, the quality of wastes collected should be maintained well, resulted from a good recycling practice. This paper aims to study a new plastic recycling bin (PRB) and…
Descriptors: Recycling, Plastics, Sustainability, Conservation (Environment)
Nakajima, Nina; Vanderburg, Willem H. – Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, 2006
The German packaging ordinance is an example of legislated extended producer responsibility (also known as product take-back). Consumers can leave packaging with retailers, and packagers are required to pay for their recycling and disposal. It can be considered to be successful in reducing waste, spurring the redesign of packaging to be more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Legislation, Marketing, Sustainable Development
Fowler, Clifford F.; Peters, Joanne – 1983
Begun in 1978 to bring manual arts experience to children in Queensland's "disadvantaged country areas," the Mobile Manual Arts Unit by the end of the 1980 school year had visited 16 separate locations, involving 25 different schools. A total of 727 students had participated (out of a target population of 992 pupils) and a total of 259…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Distance, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
