All student-created presentations and educational cards on the topics of critical raw materials, circular economy and sustainability.
Liceo L. Galvani, Bologna (Italy) – Class 1A
Teacher: Domenico Zizzi
RM Ambassador: Marica Canino
An object that accompanies us at any time of the day, to which we have become so close. Have we ever wondered what these objects are made of? And, above all, where do we put cell phones when they break or die?
Liceo L. Galvani, Bologna (Italy)
Teacher: Domenico Zizzi
RM Ambassador: Marica Canino
The students Glória Vivien Bedő, Ágota Biró, Flórián Gondár, Adél Lüvi, Emőke Ruzsics, Csongor Tarnai, present their project developed within RM@Schools 3.0.
Czuczor Gergely Benedictine School, Győr (Hungary)
RM Ambassador: Patricia Groó Nagy
Students examine the critical raw materials in rechargeable batteries.
IIS Montessori – Da Vinci, Porretta (Italy) – Class 3AS
Teachers: Raffaella Magnani
RM Ambassador: Mirko Seri
Presentation associated to the trailer for a video game created by the students.
Liceo Scientifico N. Copernico, Bologna (Italy) – Class 4F
Teachers: Giovanni Cristani and Donata Federici Monesi
RM Ambassadors: Marica Canino
Students test the feasibility of recovering phosphorus from synthetic urine as struvite.
IIS Mattei, San Lazzaro di Savena (Italy) – Class 4A
Teacher: Lucilla Dorsi
RM Ambassadors: Giovanna Sotgiu
Young Italian students of 12-13 yrs consider the raw materials contained in a cellphone to convince Italian people not to throw their cells away.
Scuola Media Zanotti, Bologna (Italy) – Class 1C
Teachers: Lippi & Loiola
RM Ambassadors: Marica Canino
Students of 14-15 yrs explain the reason why we should not so easily throw away our cellphones.
I.I.S. Nobili – Reggio Emilia (Italy) – Class 1B
Teachers: P. Ambrogi, E.M. Pandini, & B. D’Orazio
RM Ambassador: Marica Canino
Resources are not infinite, but they are necessary for progress.
I.I.S. Nobili – Reggio Emilia (Italy) – Class 1B
Teachers: P. Ambrogi, E.M. Pandini, & B. D’Orazio
RM Ambassador: Marica Canino
Smartphones are made up of different parts, i.e. the display, the shell and the processors etc.
I.I.S. Nobili – Reggio Emilia (Italy) – Class 1A
Teachers: P. Ambrogi, E.M. Pandini, & B. D’Orazio
RM Ambassador: Marica Canino
Liceo Scientifico N. Copernico, Bologna (Italy) – Class 3C
Teachers: Nicola Precchia & Annachiara Tognetti
RM Ambassadors: Mirko Seri
Liceo Scientifico N. Copernico, Bologna (Italy) – Class 3C
Teachers: Nicola Precchia & Annachiara Tognetti
RM Ambassadors: Mirko Seri
What to do with light bulbs at the end of their life? Why recycle and transform them from waste to resource?
Liceo Scientifico N. Copernico, Bologna (Italy) – Class 3E
Teacher: Donata Federici
RM Ambassadors: Cristiano Albonetti & Marica Canino
PS4 is one of the most famous consoles in the world: over 115 million PS4s have been sold around the world as of 2021. It contains a lot of raw materials, most of which are in the magnet of the hard disk, in the PCBs (printed circuit boards), and in the screen that people use to play it on.
Liceo Scientifico N. Copernico, Bologna (Italy) – Class 3E
Teacher: Donata Federici
RM Ambassadors: Cristiano Albonetti & Marica Canino
Mobile phones are already part of our daily life; the society and manufacturers are constantly pushing us to buy new, la test models of mobile phones. The ones which are thrown away become toxic trash, which are often not recycled.
Liceo Scientifico N. Copernico, Bologna (Italy) – Class 3E
Teacher: Donata Federici
RM Ambassadors: Cristiano Albonetti & Marica Canino
The silicon photovoltaic cell is compared to the organic one and their pro and cons are considered. A short presentation of the problem is followed by a questionnaire with solutions.
Liceo Scientifico N. Copernico, Bologna (Italy) – Class 3I
Teacher: Linda Savocchio & Carlo Bertoni
RM Ambassadors: Mirko Seri
Students examine the superconducting materials employed in magnetic levitation trains. Most of them are critical raw materials.
IIS Montessori – Da Vinci, Porretta (Italy) – Class 3AS
Teacher: Raffaella Magnani
RM Ambassador: Mirko Seri
Students examine the critical raw materials contained in drugs, a Formula 1 car and a digital camera.
IIS Montessori – Da Vinci, Porretta (Italy) – Classes 3AS & 4AS
Teacher: Raffaella Magnani
RM Ambassador: Mirko Seri
Students build the identity cards of some rare earth indicating some of their characteristics.
Liceo Scientifico N. Copernico, Bologna (Italy) – Class 3F
Teachers: Giovanni Cristani & Donata Federici Monesi
RM Ambassador: Marica Canino
Educational cards about CRMs Terbium, Europium and Gadolinium.
Liceo Scientifico G. Bruno, Budrio (Italy) – Class 3A
Teacher: Costanza Tabanelli
RM Ambassador: Cristiano Albonetti