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Dynamic Earth – What is COP26?
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Dynamic Earth – What is COP26?

In 2021, Glasgow is set to hold the biggest and most important climate summit in the world, COP26. But what will happen at the summit, what do we hope to achieve and why is it in Glasgow? Download our information sheet to find out exactly…

Dynamic Earth – The Albedo Effect
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Dynamic Earth – The Albedo Effect

Our planet’s ice and snow covered regions play an important role in regulating our global temperatures. Light surfaces reflect a lot more of the sun’s energy back into space than dark surfaces and this means that the loss of snow and ice contributes to the…

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Dynamic Earth – The Albedo Effect

Our planet’s ice and snow covered regions play an important role in regulating our global temperatures. Light surfaces reflect a lot more of the sun’s energy back into space than dark surfaces and this means that the loss of snow and ice contributes to the…

Dynamic Earth – Solar Power
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Dynamic Earth – Solar Power

This video gives a brief summary of solar power. Solar power is a type of renewable energy, which means it is energy made from resources that nature will replace. In the case of solar power, we are creating electricity from the Sun’s energy and the…

Can we recycle greenhouse gases?
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Can we recycle greenhouse gases?

A key aim of the National Curriculum for KS3 Science is to equip students ‘with the scientific knowledge required to understand the uses and implications of science, today and for the future’. Arguably no endeavor is more important than fighting climate change, and students need…