Driving Reactions: Solving Plastic Waste

Explore how directed evolution and the chemical sciences are creating new tools by harnessing nature's innovations to design enzymes as molecular machines which holds the key to solving pressing global challenges, from recycling waste to creating sustainable fuels and materials. Enhance your learning with the Driving Reactions: Solving Plastic Waste - Lab Experiment and the Driving Reactions: Solving Plastic Waste - Lesson Plan.

Topics

  • HS-PS1-1
  • HS-PS1-2
  • HS-ESS3-4
  • HS-ETS1-1
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.5
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.7
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.11-12.2
  • CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.11-12.7
  • water sources
  • clean water
  • water pollution
  • linear water economy
  • circular water economy
  • water desalination
  • water chemistry
  • desalination
  • thermal desalination
  • reverse osmosis desalination
  • reverse osmosis
  • recycled water