NNFCC: Key Stage One and Two Resources
These resources, from the National Non-Food Crops Centre, help primary school children to understand the ideas and examples behind using renewable plant materials. The Centre promotes an understanding and benefits of biorenewable energy, fuels and materials.
These resources include:
• traditional fairy-tales with an eco-twist
• uses of renewable materials from plants
• how to grow sunflowers and the uses of sunflower oil
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Did You Know? Non-food Crops
These posters, from the National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC), help children to find out more about non-food crops, their uses and benefits. Making products out of renewable materials from non-food crops can be part of a solution to climate change. Renewable materials can help reduce carbon footprints. The NNFCC posters offer…
5/5- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Poster
Eco-Stories: Cinderella and Three Little Eco-pigs
From the National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC), this resource contains two traditional fairy tales that have been given an environmental twist. Cinderella must go to the ball with the smallest carbon footprint she can and the Three Little Pigs choose different materials to build their houses: concrete, wood and hemp. Read the…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2010 to date
- Textbook
Groovy Green Adventures
From the National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC), these colourful posters illustrate some of the products that can be made from plants. Engaging and clear, they can be used as a stimulus when introducing ideas about sustainable development and renewable materials. The posters cover: • medicines from plants • bioplastics •…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
- Poster
Grow Sunflowers, Make Plant Pots
This resource, from the National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC), explains how children can grow their own sunflowers and how plant oils can be made into plastic. It helps to demonstrate how sunflowers can be grown to produce a renewable supply of plant oil. This activity can be done at home or in school and allows children to…
- 5/5
- Publication year: 2010 to date
- Teacher guidance
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Resource by: National Non-Food Crops Centre
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- NNFCC: Key Stage One and Two Resources
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