Exploring the concept of sustainable energy through chemistry curriculum teaching supported by blended learning platform

The Grade 10 Chemistry Integrated Curriculum for Secondary Schools requires students to learn the topic of Electrochemistry. One of the learning outcomes states that students are able to justify the fact that electrochemical industries improve the quality of life. In order for students to learn that green chemistry has been taking its role in the industries for sustainable energy development, sample in this study were assigned to explore into how has the technology in electrochemical industries evolved towards greener environment with lesser pollution. With emphasis on the 21st century learning, this paper aims to explore the concept of sustainable energy through chemistry curriculum teaching supported by blended learning platform. There were a total of nine groups with five students in each group. Students went through six phases in completing the task using the Edmodo platform under sub-theme Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL). The findings revealed that students gained more knowledge and exposure in terms of learning sustainable energy. They also gained knowledge about greener electrochemical industry. Through their guided-narrated reflection, students shared that they enjoyed learning using online platform which enabled them to exchange their opinion with wider group of people internationally. They had fun using the online learning platform. Hence, this study implies that 21st century learning integrating blended-mode activities and online learning platform provides plenty of opportunities for students to interact with others worldwide and also expose them to borderless learning not only in sustainable energy but other areas as well. It is thus suggested that future exploration could be carried out to other topics using the blended learning platforms