Hydrogen fuel is back in the picture

Topics:

Chemical Sciences – Chemical Reactions

Earth and Space Sciences – Renewable/Non Renewable resources

Physical Sciences – Energy

Additional: Careers, Maths, Technology, Engineering

Concepts (South Australia):

Chemical Sciences – Change of Matter

Earth and Space Sciences – The Earth’s Surface

Physical Sciences – Energy

Years: 6, 7, 9, 10

Word Count: 1732

This in-depth piece gives excellent background to using Hydrogen as fuel, including how it is produced and the reality of using it as an energy source in the modern world. Either the entire article, or parts of it, can be used for Physical Sciences curriculum for Year 6 looking at energy sources or Year 10 looking at energy transfer, for Year 7 Earth and Space Sciences looking at renewable/nonrenewable resources; and Year 9 or 10 Chemical Sciences thinking about chemical reactions.