Theory Card: KE2, Sustainable Future

Otaniemi Upper Secondary School – Sustainable Future Project

Course code, full name, and status (C/EC/OP)

KE2 Chemistry and a sustainable future C

Topic

sustainable future 

Duration

0-75 min

Objectives (directly from the National Core Curriculum):

The objective of the module is that the student

  • understand the significance of chemistry to the environment and society as a way of providing solutions together with other natural sciences. 

Content (directly from the National Core Curriculum):

  • exploring examples of promoting a sustainable lifestyle in natural sciences

More detailed description of content if necessary

Key concepts

water, air, biogeochemical cycles, elemental sufficiency, life cycle thinking, circular economy, green chemistry.

Connections within the subject

KE2 Properties of Water

KE4 Recycling of Plastics

KE5 Chemistry of Metals, Circular Economy

Connections to other subjects (if already known)

  • KE5 Critical Metals
  • KE5 Circular Economy (Chemistry context)
  • GE3 Circular Economy (Geography context)

Possible model pathways related to the content

Agenda 2030: Climate action, solutions, circular economy