Toolkit | Target age (years) | Learning objectives | Type of activity | Subjects |
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CRMs Memory Card Game | 14+ | • Learning about CRMs economic importance and risk supply • Learning about CRMs minerals, manufacturing, properties and uses • Learning about CRMs environmental and social impacts |
A simple card game to teach the main properties and uses of several critical raw materials, as well as their importance nowadays in our technological society. | •Geology •Economy •Social Sciences •Politics |
Eduraw | 14+ | • Learning about gold, silicon, iron and copper in history and as part of a circular economy • Learning about the recycling of gold, silicon, iron and copper |
The toolkit contains information about gold, silicon, iron and copper, and an interactive quiz-type game to perform with the whole class. | •Ecology •Chemistry •History •Physics •Technology •Economy |
Find the elements – Treasure Hunt 2.0 | 12+ | • Facing a new and different kind of learning • Handling technological tools • Addressing new problems from new areas |
The activity works as a revisiting of the classic treasure hunt, but themed around Critical Raw Materials and their use in modern society. | •Ecology •Biology •Chemistry •Physics •Technology •Social sciences •Economics |
Glass Raw Materials | 5+ | • Being introduced to the glass material • Learning which oxides are used to produce glass and which elements are used as glass colorants |
Activities to learn about the raw materials used in the creation of glass and colored glass. | •Chemistry •History |
Proving the Law of Conservation of Mass | 16+ | • Apply the principles of redox reactions; • Observe various types of chemical reactions and correlate the observations with these reactions; • Observe the signs of a chemical reaction and assess how the conditions of the experiment affect the end products of the reaction; • Analyse the composition of the air and the reactive substances contained therein. |
Experiment to test the law of conservation of mass using magnesium. | •Chemistry •Technology |
Pyrotechnics Lab Experiences with Raw Materials | 14+ | • Knowing the history of pyrotechnics • Knowing the main agents involved in any combustion reaction • Understanding the difference between color emission by luminescence and incandescence |
This toolkit will give the students the opportunity to study pyrotechnics reactions, as well as the exploration of the colour production in every chemical reaction dedicated to visual spectacles such as fireworks or magic shows. | •Physics •Chemistry |
Sus-GAME-ability | 8+ | • Being able to explain the terms "sustainability" and "environmental pollution" • Being able to name sustainable measures against environmental pollution |
A pre-packaged lesson and a simple interactive browser game for teachers to introduce the topics of sustainability and environmental pollution. | •Ecology •Biology •Geography •Technology |
Who Wants to Be a RM Ambassador? | 14+ | • Acknowledging the importance of Critical Raw Materials in our lives • Getting to learn in a light-hearted and stress-free way |
Who Wants to Be a RM Ambassador is a computer program simulating a trivia game with questions of increasing difficulty concerning the origins and ways to identify minerals, the everyday products made by raw materials, divided into three stages and with built-in scoring and help systems. | •Ecology •Technology •Chemistry •Geography |