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Green Chemistry in Education Workshop Application

Application process is open for 2004

 

 

 

Click HERE for 2003 Schedule & Abstracts

The Green Chemistry in Education Workshop is for educators in the chemical sciences covering new trends in incorporating green or sustainable chemistry concepts into the chemistry curriculum and laboratory (for example, see University of Oregon Green Chemistry Page).

The five-day workshop will be a combination of lectures, discussion, and hands-on time in the laboratory.

Leaders in the field will address the need for green chemistry in the the undergraduate curriculum and provide strategies for designing, adapting and incorporating new green experiments into existing organic chemistry curricula.

During the laboratory sessions, held throughout the week, participants will have an opportunity to perform and evaluate greener organic laboratory experiments developed at the University of Oregon and elsewhere.

Ample time will be allotted for participants to discuss their plans for adopting green chemistry educational materials with the lecturers and fellow participants.

Educational materials used in teaching our green organic chemistry lab will be distributed during the workshop, including our newly published textbook - Green Organic Chemistry: Strategies, Tools and Laboratory Experiments.

The 2003 workshop included presentations by a diverse panel of scientists and educators. Invited speakers were:

Dr. Paul Anastas (White House Office of Science and Technology Policy), Mary Kirchhoff (Green Chemistry Institute of the American Chemical Society), Lauren Heine (Zero Waste Alliance), Thomas Goodwin (Hendrix College), David Brown (Davidson College), John Thompson (Lane Community College), Richard Wolf (Dow Chemical), Istvan Horvath (Eotvos Lorand University), Julie Haack, (University of Oregon), James Hutchison (University of Oregon) and Kenneth Doxsee (University of Oregon),

Enrollment for the workshop is limited, with priority given to active educators in the chemical sciences.

All on-site expenses for the participants, including food and lodging for the duration of the workshop, will be provided. However, participants are expected to cover their own travel expenses.

If there is sufficient demand, we are considering adding a poster session on advances in green chemistry education. If you have experience teaching green chemistry or developing green experiments and are interested in presenting your work, please contact the organizers listed below.

For more information contact:

Funding provided in part by the following agencies:

The National Science Foundation The American Chemical Society

Alice C. Tyler Perpetual Trust

The Environmental Protection Agency

The Green Chemistry Institute

UO Chemistry Department