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