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Science at key stage 3    (Year 9)

Unit 9G: Environmental chemistry

QCA

Resources

Resources include:

  • photographs and video clips of different rock formations, buildings, and rocks to illustrate weathering and sedimentation
  • photographs of Cleopatra's Needle in London and similar obelisks in Egypt, illustrating weathering
  • carbonate rocks, lime-cemented sandstone
  • secondary sources for identifying local plants
  • information about local environmental monitoring, eg of air and water quality, including ICT sources
  • evidence indicative of air and/or water pollution at a particular time in the past, eg pictures, descriptions, records of legislation, medical records, extracts from novels
  • simplified accounts, eg video information about climate change, of the greenhouse effect and the hole in the ozone layer

Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
1. How are soils different from each other?
2. What happens to rocks and building materials over time?
3. What causes acid rain?
4. a. What are the effects of acid rain and how can they be reduced?
5. b. What are the effects of acid rain and how can they be reduced?
6. a. Is pollution worse now?
7. b. Is pollution worse now?
8. Is global warming happening?
9. Reviewing work