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English| Toolkit | Target age (years) | Learning objectives | Type of activity | Subjects |
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| A mine of ideas – Municipal Waste Management – What Is Worth to Know? | 11+ | • Understanding the importance of municipal waste management • Understanding the positive environmental impact of proper waste management |
Educational workshop about municipal waste management. | •Ecology •Biology •Economics |
| Antisolvent Crystallization | 13+ | • Learning about separation processes applied for recycling of waste • Understanding the principle of antisolvent crystallization • Knowing how to carry out antisolvent crystallization practically • Being aware of the importance of recycling of everyday-life devices |
Lab activity on antisolvent crystallization, a procedure used for the recovery of rare earth elements from waste | •Technology •Circular economy |
| Copper: never ending recycling | 15+ | • Discovering what e-waste is and how it can be reused • Gaining familiarity with basic laboratory procedures and the concept of percent yield • Learning some chemical properties of a typical transition element |
Webquest and laboratory activity about the importance of copper and its correct recycling. | •Ecology •Chemistry •Computer science |
| Electrochemistry lab experiences with critical raw materials | 15+ | • Understanding water electrolysis, the galvanic cell principle and Ohm's law • Knowing different ways of generating energy • Predicting the electrical properties of some materials (such as graphite) |
Laboratory experiments revolving around graphite's electrical conductivity and electrolysis. | •Chemistry •Physics •Technology |
| Let’s Make Recycling Blue | 11+ | • Being introduced to the concept of Critical Raw Materials recovery • Understanding how chemistry can help us to find new solutions to real world problems |
Laboratory experiments for synthesizing Prussian Blue and for extracting metal ions from water. | •Chemistry •Ecology •Computer science |
| MemoRAEE | 11+ | • Being introduced to the concepts of WEEE and WBA, their management and recycling • Learning the role of Critical Raw Materials and Rare Earth Elements in electronic devices |
Educational card game to teach about WEEE and electronics waste disposal. | •Ecology •Geology •Chemistry •Social Sciences |
| Recycling Metallic Packaging | 14+ | • Understanding the long recycling life of metals • Enhancing the awareness on the importance of metal recycling • Learning about redox processes and electroplating |
This toolkit will introduce students to the issues of metallic packaging through four simple experiments. | •Chemistry •History of materials |
| Recycling of silicon-based PV modules | 14+ | • Learning about photovoltaic energy and silicon PV panels • Understanding why silicon PV panels are sustainable and how they can be recycled • Understanding the importance of the recovery of materials |
Laboratory activity in which the pupils will assemble and then disassemble a PV mini-panel in order to understand the basic principles behind the important recycling process of PV waste. | •Ecology •Physics •Technology |
| ResourceRation | 12+ | • Being able to name examples of finite and renewable resources and to explain the difference • Analyzing different strategies to fulfill the needs of our society without overusing our resources |
Educational game about resource conservation and the tragedy of the commons in the light of today's environmental challenges. | •Ecology •Geography •Social sciences •Economics •Ethics •Politics |
| Separation of copper and iron – two different approaches | 16+ | • Learning about chemical principles like solubility, reaction equations, qualitative analysis, the law of mass action, acid-base reactions and equilibria • Reflecting on the relation between waste treatment, economy and environment |
Two laboratory experiments to separate copper from iron through different procedures. | •Chemistry and industrial chemistry •Economy •Ecology |
| Struvite from Urine | 14+ | • Possessing basic knowledge of the nitrogen and phosphate cycle as a result of human activity • Understand the importance of a more sustainable way of recovering these resources • Having basic knowledge of the chemical principles of making struvite and colorimetric phosphate determination • Setting up an experimental design to test their struvite and interpreting the results |
Learning materials and lab experiments about the properties of struvite and its recovery from urine. | •Environment •Biology •Chemistry •Geography •Physics •Technology |
| The Rare Earth Element Wheel | 13+ | • Being introduced to the concept of WEEE, WEEE management and WEEE recycling in circular economy • Discovering 7 Rare Earth Elements in 7 different electronic devices |
Practical activity where students can build by their own the Rare Earth Element Wheel and perform a simple activity with it. | •Ecology •Geology •Chemistry •Social sciences |
| The Recycling Goose Game | 8-13 | • Learning basic rules of waste segregation • Recognizing domestic waste as a source of raw materials • Developing a sense of civic responsibility and teamwork |
Educational game based on the traditional "Game of the Goose", but themed and featuring questions and activities about recycling and a correct waste segregation. | •Ecology •Technology •Economics |
| Urban Mining: Recycling of Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries Chasing Raw Materials | 14+ | • Creating awareness about the diffusion of LIBs and the problem of LIBs waste • Creating awareness about the employment of CRMs in the production of LIBs • Informing about the risks of LIBs waste for humans and the environment |
Lab activity about the recovery of Lithium and Cobalt from the LiCoO2 cathode of a Lithium-Ion Battery. | •Environment •Chemistry •Technology •Economy |