Introduction |
| Anchor Video |
| Concept Map |
| Project Calendar |
| Lesson Plans |
| Letter to Parents |
| Assessments |
| Resources |
| Modifications |
| Grant |
PRINT MATERIALS
Lancaster, Mike. Green Chemistry: An Introductory Text. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2002.
Clark, James, and Duncan Macquarrie. Handbook of Green Chemistry and Technology, Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford, UK, 2002.
Matlack, Albert S. Introduction to Green Chemistry. Marcel Dekker, New York, NY, 2001.
WEB MATERIALS
TEACHER RESOURCES
Environmental Protection Agency, http://www.epa.gov/greenchemistry/ Accessed November 2006.
Green Chemistry Organizations. http://www.nsfstc.unc.edu/green.htm Accessed November 2006.
Green Chemistry Institute High School Resources http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=greenchemistryinstitute\education\edresources-highschool.html Accessed November 2006.
Green Chemistry at the University of Oregon. http://www.uoregon.edu/~hutchlab/greenchem/ Accessed November 2006.
Greening Schools, Illinois EPA and Waste Management Resource Center. http://www.greeningschools.org/ Accessed November 2006.
STUDENT AND TEACHER RESOURCES
ACS Green Chemistry Institute: Education.
http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=greenchemistryinstitute%5Ceducation.html Accessed November 2006.
SUPPLIES
BENCHMARK LESSONS
Pollution: Impacts on Plants
Making Ethanol from Molasses
Molasses 1 gallon container per 30 students
Yeast 1 packer per student
Bent glass tubes (for rubber stoppers)
Straight glass tubes
250 mL Erlenmeyer flasks and rubber stoppers 1 per student
250 mL round bottom flasks and rubber stoppers 1 per student
Hot plates 1 per 2 students
INVESTIGATIONS
Make Your Own Habitat
Elodea 1 per student
Duckweed 1 per student
Water snails 1 per student
Sand 1 ten pound bag per 10 students
Guppies 1 per student
Lamps 1 per group of 2 students
How Green Can Their Lab Be?
Chemicals depends on labs selected by students, but will be limited to those that are not highly hazardous. The following chemicals will definitely be available:
Ethanol
Hydrogen peroxide
Vegetable oil
Plant oils
Sodium hydroxide
Vinegar
Domestic microwave ovens 2 total per class
Binders (for students’ final reports for the schools’ faculty and staff) 1 per student
“Green Products” for presentations to students: Corn-plastic water bottle
Hemp bag 1-2 of each item