This resource has been designed to provide teachers with an introduction to carbon capture and storage (CCS), a carbon emissions reduction technology. It provides experiments, activities, lessons and homework ideas as well as links to a number of other useful CCS education resources. All the lessons have been linked to the UK curriculum codes (current at time of writing) this includes the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence and the English Key Stage 3.
Each module in this booklet has been organised so that it can be run as a standalone lesson, or can be combined to create a mini CCS project over a few weeks, ideally linked to a GeoBus visit to your school.
Download the complete resource as a PDF or click through the individual sections below:
Contents and Content Overview
Chapter 1 – Starters Materials
Is a series of introductory modules designed to expose the students to new vocabulary, concepts surrounding CCS and why it might needed. Click on a link below to go to the individual lesson plan.
1.1 Calculating Your Carbon Footprint
1.2 Energy, Fossil Fuels and Climate Change
1.3 The Carbon Cycle
1.4 How Much CO2 Can Be Stored in a Tree?
1.5 The CCS Cinema
Chapter 2 - Advanced Materials
A series of more technically complex materials, these resources build on those in chapter 1.
2.1 Saying YES to CCS?
2.2 Paper Pipelines
2.3 What Happens to CO2 Stored Underground?
2.4 Investigating CCS Projects: Past, Present and Future
2.5 Writing a Scientific Report
2.6 CCS Communication Activity
Chapter 3 - Games
Provides a number of additional, fun CCS education resources that can be utilised as extension tasks for faster students, or as shorter filler modules for use during another lesson.
3.1 Climate Change Snakes and Ladders
3.2 CCS Happy Families
3.3 Careers Top Trumps
Chapter 4 - Additional Resources
Information about how to find and request further CCS teaching resources, useful links and publications and any other relevant information.
Links to other materials:
4.1 Resources
4.2 Websites and Games
4.3 Videos
Appendix - Curriculum Links
Curriculum for Excellence
Key Stage 3 (England)
This resource pack has been developed in partnership with The Crown Estate and GeoBus (University of St Andrews), with support from The Global CCS Institute, Royal Dutch Shell and SCCS. Special thanks to Megan O’Donnell and Katy Relph.
