eng Science and Education Publishing World Journal of Chemical Education 2375-1657 2019-04-08 7 2 172 178 10.12691/wjce-7-2-17 WJCE20197217 article Rebecca Grandrath 1 Claudia Bohrmann-Linde bohrmann@uni-wuppertal.de 1 Department of Chemistry Education, University of Wuppertal, Gau?str, 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany Energy transition is one of the main global challenges of this century. To realize it and reach the UN´s ecological sustainability goals the topic sustainable energy and different ways of approaching energy transition have to be taught at school. As fuel cells can play a key role in the energy turnaround, they should be an integral part in chemistry education. Here we present a series of hands-on experiments focusing on alkaline, microbial and direct methanol fuel cells to help pupils understand how fuel cells work. http://pubs.sciepub.com/wjce/7/2/17/wjce-7-2-17.pdf alkaline fuel cell direct methanol fuel cell microbial fuel cell yeast low-cost materials hands-on experiments digital learning tool education for sustainable development energy transition sustainability