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A forest, more than just trees: Forest biotope study
Your students compare two forest types that show remarkable differences. They learn how this can be explained and they discover the influence of forests on climate change.
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Pixii: Carbon-neutral construction knowledge platform
As a neutral scientific institution and membership organization, Pixii takes carbon neutrality as a starting point for making the built environment more sustainable, based on passive building principles.
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Broken Good!: Repair of electrical and electronic equipment
In collaboration with the partners of the European Sharepair project, Djapo developed a teaching package that inspires young people and makes them aware of the repair of electrical and electronic equipment, one of the most important waste flows in …
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The recycling school: STEM project
Challenge your students to work on societal issues related to recycling/environment.
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EDUbox Spatial awareness: Educational material
We all want to spend our lives in places where we feel good. Is that still possible, now that there is less and less open, undeveloped space in Flanders? Moreover, we are increasingly beginning to feel the consequences of the poor spatial planning …
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American Museum of Natural History: Ology
Scientific website on which DIY activities, online educational games and educational videos can be found. Fourteen areas of science are covered, including biodiversity, brain, genetics, marine biology, microbiology, paleontology, zoology, …
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Is bioplastic good for the environment?
Organic, that sounds good for the environment. But is that also true in the case of bioplastic? Is bioplastic good for the environment? Can we actually throw it in the organic waste and even in nature? Or is the story a bit more complex?
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Indoor air quality: Measure and improve
Measuring and improving your indoor air quality are the basis for a healthy indoor environment and indoor climate. An unhealthy indoor environment can cause health problems such as respiratory complaints, allergies, irritation of the mucous …
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More sustainable with plastics and plastics
Plastics. Many things that we call 'plastic' fall under the heading of 'plastics' and we could easily list a hundred applications of plastics. We are talking about plastic packaging, but it also includes PVC garden furniture, medical devices (such …
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Resource City of Urban Mine: Resources in your own city
Worldwide, we face the great challenge of meeting the ever-growing demand for
to track raw materials. You usually find them underground and mining
we through mines. But it is becoming more and more interesting to live in our own cities
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Become a WaterWise class or school: Traject
Become a WaterWise class or school from September 2024. Take up the challenge together to teach students to make sustainable choices and thus reduce their water footprint at school in terms of food, clothing, paper, direct water... This is how we …
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Planet Sea: Look through a different lens
Planet Sea lets you look at the seas and the ocean through a different lens.
This website wants to make everyone aware of the enormous riches that the ocean can offer to humanity. Our society today increasingly focuses on the ocean. Thanks to …
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Life cycle analysis (LCA), choose the sustainable bottle: Game shape
This learning module includes a game in which participants learn step-by-step how to apply a life cycle assessment (LCA) to verify the sustainability of different types of plastic drinking bottles.
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The City, Urban Development: Podcast Fuel
Episode 2, The City, from the Fuel podcast.
How should we organize our city so that we can live with more, healthier and more socially?
We asked Erik Rombaut, the specialist in Flanders (and far beyond, as far as Vietnam) in ecological urban …
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SME Reno: The sustainable renovation of SME buildings
Looking for information about renovation of industrial buildings?
On this website you will find an inspection tool, details and building physics information.
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Biological and chemical water research
In many places in Flanders, a large-scale installation purifies the waste water. In the garden of De Helix this is done on a small scale by marsh plants. The students investigate the treated waste water in the pool at the end of the circuit, on …
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ecoCEO: Online game and teaching material about circular economy
EcoCEO is an educational game that introduces students to the circular economy.
The aim of the ecoCEO game is to inform students about the challenges that arise in terms of availability and finiteness of raw materials, and about the possible solutions …
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MOS energy case
MOS provides free energy cases. It contains a manual and numerous instruments to conduct energy research at school together with the students. Think of energy meters, infrared thermometers and CO2 meters and so on.
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VOTE Package: Pimp your garden
My Garden Lab is a citizen science project about gardens and their importance for the local living environment. Citizens are invited to provide data about their garden, in particular about vegetation and management. After all, gardens occupy a …
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Space report: Poster and explanation
Following a conference organized by VLA (Association of Geography Teachers) with the theme of Scarce Space, a poster of the RURA was made.
This poster is anything but a complete summary of the space report. It is a selection of some interesting …
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Biotechnology: Sustainability and health
This learning tool was developed by three students from Artevelde University College (Hannelore Buyle, Hannelore De Clercq and Simon Vangaever) as part of their bachelor's thesis.
With this package, students in teacher training at …
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Was the air cleaner in the past than it is now?
On 1 January 2020 - after Antwerp and Brussels - Ghent will also have a low-emission zone: old, polluting cars will be banned from the city. The goal: clean and healthy air for the city dwellers. But what exactly is clean air? Will a low-emission …
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Invertebrates: Plastic degradation
Theme invertebrates in our world: demolition plastic according to curriculum 2015/021.
The answers to the questions asked can be found in the articles.
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Materials management and circular economy: Educational material
On the Pearltrees platform of Flanders Circulair and OVAM you will find a lot of inspiration, educational material, lesson packages and information to get started in class. On the platform you can search by theme, target group (education …
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Second Life@School: Lesson and inspiration bundle
Bundle to work at class or school level on the theme of raw materials, waste or material recycling/upcycling.
In this detailed lesson, you and your students will discover the global story behind our everyday items. The extraction of raw materials and …
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Microalgae: Green building blocks
Did you know that microalgae are suitable building blocks for all kinds of everyday products? In this video, researcher An Verfaillie from KU Leuven Kulak explains how you can harvest these green building blocks efficiently!
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