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10 Easy Steps to Biodiesel
 | Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Experiment - Manual/Handbook - School Projects - Web site |
| Summary: Using the FuelMeister system is one way to produce larger amounts of biodiesel fuel for small scale consumption. |
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30 Priority Chemicals
| Type: Checklist |
| Summary: EPA's National Waste Minimization Partnership Program focuses on reducing or eliminating the generation of hazardous waste containing any of 30 Waste Minimization Priority Chemicals. These chemicals are found in hazardous waste and are documented contaminants... |
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A Small Dose of Toxicology
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Materials - Glossary - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours - Web site |
| Summary: This interactive poster presents the health effects of common chemicals that includes toxic agents such as alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, pesticides, lead, mercury, arsenic, metals, solvents and animal plant toxins. It includes a glossary, powerpoints and intera... |
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A Small Dose of Toxicology Book
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) - Glossary - Manual/Handbook |
| Summary: Author: Steven Gilbert, Ph.D, DABT,
ISBN:0415311683
280 pages
This is a professional and technical book for the layman that is a user-friendly resource on toxicology of common chemicals including alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, heavy metals, solvents and r... |
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A Whiff of Danger
| Grade Level: High School |
| Type: Classroom Lessons |
| Summary: A Whiff of Danger, reviews common chemistry and biochemistry concepts by exploring real data related to the article, A Whiff of Danger Synthetic Musks Encourage Toxic Bioaccumulation. |
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ABC's of Healthy Schools
| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Checklist - Fact sheet |
| Summary: This is brief brochure provides suggestions for creating a voice for children and creating healthy school environments. |
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Acid (and Base) Rainbows
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Experiment |
| Summary: Students are introduced to the differences between acids and bases and how to use indicators, such as pH paper and red cabbage juice, to distinguish between them. This lesson is aligned to Colorado educational standards. |
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Agricultural Applications in Green Chemistry
| Grade Level: Post-Secondary |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) - Manual/Handbook |
| Summary: Nonfiction
Author William M. Nelson
ISBN 0-8412-3828-6
Explore how environmentally friendly chemistry can be applied to agriculture is the subject of a new book edited by Dr. William Nelson of the Illinois Waste Management and Researc... |
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Artist Beware: The Hazards In Working With All Art And Craft Materials And The Precautions Every Artist And Photographer Should Take
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) - Manual/Handbook |
| Summary: Non-fiction, reference
Authors, McCann, Michael, PhD, CIH ISBN 1-59228-592-9
Dr. McCann presents a comprehensive manual on the hards of working with all art and craft materials and the precautions every artist and craftsperso... |
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Artist's Complete Health and Safety Guide
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) - Classroom Materials - Manual/Handbook |
| Summary: Non-fiction, reference
AuthorsRossol, Monona.
ISBN 1581152043
Monona Rossol provides a comprehenshive guidebook on raw materials used by artists, their reglations, associated risks, and precautions for individual media incud... |
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Ask NSDL
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Materials - Database - Web site |
| Summary: The Virtual Reference Desk Presents Ask an Expert with opportunities to ask questions on many science topics as well as math, education, engineering, health, social studies and technology. They also offer a link for Earth Day Resources. |
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Atom Efficiency PowerPoint Presentation
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Classroom Materials - Experiment - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours |
| Summary: A 23-page PowerPoint presentation on Atom efficiency and green chemistry principles, "synthetic methods should be designed to maximise the incorporation of all materials used in the process into the final product." |
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ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry) Glossary of Terms
ATSDR (Agengy for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Fact sheet - Language Options - List - Web site |
| Summary: ATSDR Activities in Illinois are only a portion of the valuable information provided at this website. A glossary, an alphabatized index, news, feature articles,tox FAQ's, toxicological profiles, CERCLS Priority lists of harzardous substances and minimal risk l... |
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Battery Lesson Plan
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Fact sheet |
| Summary: Students will use their science, mathematics, history, economics, chemistry and language arts skills while participating in interactive experiments and activities. The activities demonstrate how batteries work and they explore different types of batteries, ex... |
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Best of WonderScience (The), Over 200/400 Hands on Elementary Science Activities (Volumes I & 2)
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) - Classroom Lessons |
| Summary: Non-fiction, lesson and activity book
AuthorsAmerican Institute of Physics,American Mathematical Society, American Chemical Society
ISBN0534590314
More than 400 hands-on activities for grades K-8 with descriptions, illustrations and t... |
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Biochemical Toxicology of Insecticides: The Road Towards Reduced-Risk Insecticides
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Classroom Materials - Experiment - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours |
| Summary: This module is intended primarily for use in an upper level undergraduate course in biochemical toxicology although it may also be applicable to upper level courses in biochemistry, environmental science, and biology. It is assumed that the students have ha... |
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Biodiesel recipe
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Classroom Materials - Glossary - Language Options |
| Summary: Nicely done, live links full explain the process of making biodiesel, complete with links to definitions of each aspect, picture and drawings that help illustrate concepts and steps. |
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Biodiesel Using Renewable Resources
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Experiment |
| Summary: Using the principles of Green Chemistry, this experiment examines ways to use renewable resources to replace nonrenewable starting materials and it examines characteristic properties of matter. |
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Biosphere in a Bottle
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Lessons |
| Summary: Directions for creating a small habitat in a bottle. |
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Bytesize Science
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Podcast |
| Summary: Bytesize Science is an educational, entertaining podcast for young listeners. Bytesize Science translates cutting-edge scientific discoveries from ACS' 36 peer-reviewed journals into stories for young listeners. New installments of Bytesize Science are posted... |
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Chemical Management Resource Guide for School Administrators
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Manual/Handbook - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours |
| Summary: This practical guide (and video) can help your school reduce the use of dangerous chemicals and install safer chemical management practices. It is aimed especially at helping school administrators to set policies that protect against dangerous chemical exposur... |
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Chemicals, Choosing Wisely (Environmental Action)
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) - Experiment |
| Summary: Non-fiction
Author, Leslie Crawford ISBN 0201495341 Students learn how to act responsibly concerning the environment by studying the consequences of their decisions. This book helps answer the needs for materials that stress personal re... |
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Chemicals: What's in? What's out?
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report - Checklist - Experiment |
| Summary: Science Scope, a publication with NSTA provides an articlein their "Scope on Safety" column of the November/December 2004 publication. They list chemicals often found (both good and bad) in middle level classrooms. They further recommend using the "first lin... |
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Chemistry Jeopardy
| Grade Level: High School |
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Materials |
| Summary: Non-fiction, classroom activity
AuthorBrian Pressley
ISBN0-8251-4342-X
The format of Chemistry Jeopardy is similar to the television show. The questions are classified by topic and then by both section and category. Rules are provi... |
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Chemistry Keeps Us Clean
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Materials - Experiment |
| Summary: Soap stories, water activities, bubblology and activities, and soap experiments complete this tightly packed 12-page pdf. |
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Chemistry of everyday life
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Materials - Fact sheet - Glossary - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours |
| Summary: A medium level chemistry glossary complete with audio pronounciations of the terms. Additionally, you can obtaini nformation on common chemical compounds, access an incredible wealth of slides for a broad range of chemistry topics (i.e. properties of matter i... |
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Chemists Celebrate Earth Day
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Experiment - Holiday |
| Summary: The Unifying Event for Chemists Celebrate Earth Day 2005 is Kite Flying. Lessons and activities available for teachers include the chemistry of air quality, acid rain, and ozone. Each year has a different theme. |
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chmoogle, searching the world's chemistry
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Classroom Materials |
| Summary: An online tool allows students to draw chemicals and molecules, they can draw the structure, substructure, exact molecule, and saerch for information on the chemical. |
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Clock Reaction Presentation
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Experiment - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours |
| Summary: Powerpoint for green chemistry version of timed clock reaction. |
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Composting in Schools
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - BiblioResources (Books) - Case Study - Classroom Lessons - Experiment - Glossary - Web site |
| Summary: This site is provided by the Cornell Waste Management Institute and Cornell University. Cornell Composting privides scientific inquiry for high school students as well as instructions for observing compost invertegrates and microorganisms, ideas for student... |
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Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients, A
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) - Classroom Materials - Manual/Handbook |
| Summary: Non-Fiction, Reference
Authors, Ruth Winter, M.S.
ISBN 1-4000-5233-5
This author identifies cosmetic ingredients (direct and indirect) that are found in most cosmetics and cosmeceuticals, both the harmful and desirable incredie... |
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Cosmetic Products and Ingredients
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Materials - Web site |
| Summary: Cosmetic Products and Ingregients offers a link to warnings, contents and special features for teens using cosmetics. Some resources are in Spanish. |
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Critter Chemistry
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Materials - Web site |
| Summary: Nature is all about chemistry. This collection of articles provides valuable insight into the animal kingdom and some of the chemical features of these wonderful creatures. For example, what is special about the feat of gecko feet that allows them to hang o... |
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Determination of Moles of Copper and Iron in Reaction
| Grade Level: High School |
| Type: Experiment |
| Summary: This is the classic iron nails activity with a slightly different twist. Instead of using excess chemicals that produce large quantities of toxic ions, a greener process is offered. The activity requires three lab sessions (over 3 days). The objectives are t... |
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Eco-fun: Great projects, experiments and games for a greener earth
| Grade Level: Elementary |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) - Experiment |
| Summary: Non-fiction, lesson and activity book
AuthorsSuzuki, David and Kathy Vanderlinden
ISBN1-55054-823-9 A table of contents, index and glossary make this 125-page book easy to use. Categories include air, water, soil, energy and fauna and... |
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Environmental Compliance and Best Management Practices Guidance Manual for K-12 Schools
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Manual/Handbook |
| Summary: This user-friendly manual is organized into typical school departments (administration, academic, facilities operation and maintenance, grounds, custodial, transportation, nursing and printing. Within each “unit” are the various programs. Within facilities ope... |
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Environmental Virtual Campus
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Web site |
| Summary: Developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), this virtual campus uses an engaging, intuitive format to highlight potential environmental issues at nine campus areas, and provides compliance information and good management practices on a number... |
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Glue From Milk! A Sticky solution
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Experiment |
| Summary: Using the principles of Green Chemistry, this experiment examines how chemical reaction can change into a new product and how renewable resources can be used in our everyday lives. |
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Green Module: TAML Oxidant Activators Green Bleaching Agents for Paper Manufacturing
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Materials - Language Options - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours |
| Summary: This module is a inorganic course designed to be used during a discussion of paper production or an advanced inroganic course describing oxidizing agents or the effect of substituents on organometallic redoc reactions. The module contains notes to instructor... |
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Green Chemical Alternatives Purchasing Wizard
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Database - Web site |
| Summary: As an extension of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's effort to
reduce the generation of hazardous wastes and potential workplace
exposures in their research and academic laboratories and to provide a
pollution prevention tool for the broader resea... |
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Green Chemicals Alternative Wizard
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Checklist - Web site |
| Summary: The Green Chemical Alternatives Purchasing Wizard is a web-based tool. The wizard is a guided process that allows the user to search from a select list of solvents commonly used in the laboratory, and the associated process. The Wizard identifies less hazardou... |
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Green Chemistry Experiments
| Type: Classroom Materials - Experiment |
| Summary: Green Chemistry is in part the practice of using chemicals with less hazardous characteristics. Tennessee offers several lessons (Properties of Acids and Bases, Ionic and Covalent Bonds, and Polarity of Slime and Silly Putty. Student and teacher resources are... |
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Green Chemistry Stopping Pollution Before It Starts
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report |
| Summary: Article on the Benefits of Green Chemistry from ChemMatters, April 2003. This is available as a PDF. |
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Green Clean: The Environmentally Sound Guide to Cleaning Your Home
Green Module for Biochemistry: A New Chemical Family of Insecticides Exemplified by CONFIRM Selective Caterpillar Control Agent
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Materials - Fact sheet - Language Options - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours |
| Summary: The topic of green chemistry could be incorporated into a traditional biochemistry class quite easily without requiring a large amount of class time. Most biochemistry classes include a discussion of enzyme mechanisms and kinetics. One could use acetylchol... |
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Green Module for Chemical Toxicology: Biochemical Toxicology of Insecticides The Road Towards Reduced-Risk Insecticides
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Materials - Language Options - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours |
| Summary: This module is intended primarily for use in an upper level undergraduate course in biochemical toxicology although it may also be applicable to upper level courses in biochemistry, environmental science, and biology. It is assumed that the students have had... |
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Green Module for Environmental Chemistry: Antifoulants
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Materials - Language Options - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours |
| Summary: This module is primarily adapted for use in an Environmental Chemistry course. In addition this module may also be of interest in Freshman Chemistry (half-life, solubility and concentration units), Biochemistry (biodegradation) and Toxicology (acute toxicity,... |
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Green Module for General Chemistry: Design and Application of Surfactants for Carbon Dioxide
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Materials - Language Options - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours |
| Summary: This module would be suitable for use in a general chemistry course during discussions of phase diagrams, supercritical fluids, and molecular polarity. Since most general chemistry texts contain a discussion of surfactants, the module can serve as a supplemen... |
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Green Module for Industrial Chemistry: Petretec-Dupont's Technology for Polyester Regeneration
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials - Experiment - Language Options - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours |
| Summary: This module has been written primarily for use in an industrial chemistry course during a discussion of the petrochemical industry. A preparation for the discussion of Dupont’s Petretec technology, the module covers the areas of fossil fuel reserves, distribut... |
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Green Module for Organic Chemistry: Atom Economy A measure of the Efficiency of a Reaction
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Materials - Experiment - Language Options - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours |
| Summary: This module has been written primarily for use in the two semester organic chemistry sequence (both lecture and laboratory) traditionally encountered by students in the sophomore year. The module uses examples of organic reactions and syntheses to illustrate... |
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Green Solvents for Chemistry
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) - Manual/Handbook |
| Summary: Non-fiction,
AuthorsNelson, William M
ISBN019515736-2
This is an introduction and reference book to Green Chemistry designed for both the university level instructor or industry. Chapters include philosophy of green chemistry, chemic... |
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Greener Educational Materials for Chemists
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials - Database - Experiment - Web site |
| Summary: The database is designed as a comprehensive resource of education materials including laboratory exercises, lecture materials, course syllabi and multimedia content that illustrate chemical concepts important for green chemistry. Each entry includes a descript... |
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Greening School Lesson Plan Format (PDF)
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Lessons |
| Summary: Lesson plans are beginning to appear in the Greening School's Resource list for teachers. Formal lessons will use this format. If you have lessons to submit that meet the greening principles, if they address chemistry, biology, geology, other sciences or art... |
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Greening School Presentation (Overview)
| Type: Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours |
| Summary: Learn about the Greening Schools project from Illinois EPA and Waste Management and Research Center in this introductory powerpoint presentation. |
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Greening Schools Presentation (Brief)
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours |
| Summary: Introductory presentation for Safe Chemicals in Education workshops and for the need to remove hazardous materials from schools. |
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Guidance on Chemical Management in Schools
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Classroom Materials - List |
| Summary: This includes Recommended procedure for conducting an inventory; List of common hazards and guidelines for handling hazardous materials; Self-assessment tool for determining compliance with the Rules and Regulations Governing Schools in the State of Colorado;... |
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Household Chemicals and Alternatives
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Materials - List - Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) |
| Summary: This list provides information on alternatives to household chemicals and cleaning recommendations as well as links to appropriate material safety data sheets and books, printed curricula and learning standards. |
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Household Products Database
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Database - Web site |
| Summary: Searchable database of products, ingredients, and material safety data sheets for auto products, inside the home, pesticides, landscape/yard, personal care/use, home maintenance, arts & crafts and pet care. |
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How to make biodiesel
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Materials |
| Summary: Description of the "simple" process of making biodiesel fuel. |
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IAQ Tools for Schools Kit - Ventilation Checklist
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Checklist |
| Summary: Checklists for administration, building maintenance, food service, health officer, integrated pest managmenet, renovation and repairs, school officials, teacher's classroom, ventilation, walk though inspection, and waste management are all available from this... |
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IDEM Air Quality Environmental Education Lesson
| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Glossary - Web site |
| Summary: These lessons provide teacher preparation, presenter preparations, lessons and activities, extensions, standards, glossary of air quality and air pollution terms and additional resources. These are designed for K-3 and 4-6. |
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If Mixing is Urgent--Try Detergent!
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Experiment |
| Summary: This experiment allows students to use detergents to help mix oil and water. |
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Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Teacher's Classroom Checklist
| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Materials - List - Web site |
| Summary: General cleanliness, animals in the classroom, drain traps, moisture, thermal comfort, ventilation and fans, art and science supplies, industrial and vocational education supplies and the locker room are all addressed. |
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Introduction to Green Chemistry
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Materials - Language Options |
| Summary: Historical and reasons behind the implementation of Green Chemistry and legislative activities are offered in this introduction. The 12 principles of Green Chemistry and a variety of beneficial links are provided. |
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Introductory Readings in Green Chemistry
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Materials - Fact sheet - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours - Web site |
| Summary: Bibliographic resource of carefully selected articles on Green Chemistry with overviews, benefits, safer starting materials, using renewable resources, finding safer solvens, and reusing or recycling produts and waste. |
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Investigating Air: Organizing, Analyzing, and Interpreting Information about the Quality of Air
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) - Classroom Lessons |
| Summary: Non-Fiction, Lessons
Authors, NSTA ISBN 0-87255-173-7 This book is full of lesson plans and background information that provide investigations, which lead students to the answers to questions such as what is air made of, how does a... |
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Is Organic Food Worth the Extra Cost?
| Grade Level: High School |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Materials |
| Summary: Students calculate the amount of pesticide residue in selected foods for two pesticides and determine if these levels are safe. Then they read an article about a research study looking for metabolites of these pesticides in children. Finally, they use this i... |
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It's Elemental: The Periodic Table
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Classroom Materials - Fact sheet - Web site |
| Summary: Interactive periodic tables allows visitors to select an element and learn about specific properties and behaviors of each as well as the structure. |
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Kids and Chemicals Facts and Laws
| Grade Level: High School |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Glossary - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours |
| Summary: This lesson is designed so students are able to identify some of the synthetic chemicals they have contact with during their days; so they can consider the affects that toxic chemicals have on people; that they can reflect upon alternatives to toxic home-use p... |
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Kid's Corner pH Scale
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Materials - Experiment |
| Summary: A nice graphic for teachers to use when introducing pH concepts to students.
This is part of a collection of lessons from Environment Canada on acid rain. |
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Laboratory Waste Minimization and Pollution Prevention
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Manual/Handbook |
| Summary: This guide explains how you can minimize the hazardous wastes and other chemical pollution generated by experiments that are performed in classroom laboratories. It is intended for middle school, high school, and college science teachers. Specifically, this gu... |
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Lead and Mercury: Comparing Two Environmental Evils
| Grade Level: High School |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials |
| Summary: In this media-based lesson, upper level high school students will analyze the physical, chemical and health risk similarities between lead and mercury. Then they assemble information about the presence of lead in chocolate and mercury in fish, along with the... |
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Lifecycle Summary of Biodiesel
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Fact sheet |
| Summary: The lifecycle summary of biodeiesel, comparative findings for a comprehensive "cradle to grave" inventory of materials used. |
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Lipstick
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities - Experiment |
| Summary: Lipstick contains oil-wax bases and coloring agents, dyes and pigments. This activity shows how to make lip gloss from crayons. |
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Make Your Own Biodiesel
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Classroom Materials - Experiment |
| Summary: Learn how to make biodisel, learn how to titrate, mix and conduct various steps through the process. Available in Spanish and Japanese. |
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Make Your Own Cosmetics
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Materials - Web site |
| Summary: While this is a commercial site, it also provides instructions on the ingredients found in most cosmetics, what provides glitter colors, where do the inorganic colors (pigments) come from, what are emollients, and more. |
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Makeup Science
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Materials |
| Summary: Historical perspective of makeup is combine with current techniques and testing processes to provide a basic understanding of makeup chemistry. |
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Mercury and Schools
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Fact sheet |
| Summary: Mercury and schools is a risky combination! A packet of nine new brochures has been developed to help school personnel identify mercury sources and reduce or remove the risk of a mercury spill. Mercury may be found in many different places throughout a school,... |
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Mercury in Schools and Communities
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report - Case Study - Checklist - Fact sheet - Web site |
| Summary: NEWMOA provides a list of fact sheets, case studies, administrator and teacher information, list of mercury devices frequently found in science labs, and mercury-exchange suggestions. |
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Mercury-Free Alternatives for Schools
| Summary: The purpose of this fact sheet is to help schools identify and find alternatives to mercury and other hazardous materials that may be present in school facilities. It focuses primarily on mercury compounds and mercury-containing equipment used in curriculum a... |
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Methanol
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Glossary - Language Options |
| Summary: Nicely done, with live links tht fully explain methanol, complete with links to definitions of each aspect, picture and drawings that help illustrate concepts and steps. |
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MSDS
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Fact sheet - Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) |
| Summary: An easy-to-use format for locating your MSDS's using either keywords or searching alphabetically. These have been written and developed for use by science instructors teaching grades 6 through 12 and community colleges. |
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MSDS for Ceramics (Art Department)
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report - Fact sheet - Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) |
| Summary: Products generally used in ceramics are identified with links to appropriate MSDS information. |
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MSDS Databases
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Web site |
| Summary: Use this tool to conduct a search on MSDS information for anything from cleaning supplies, pesticides, to chemicals and art supplies used in the classroom. |
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MSDS FAQ's
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Classroom Materials - Fact sheet - Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) - Web site |
| Summary: The table of contents includes What is a Material Safety Data Sheet, Who are MSDS's for, What does an MSDS look like, Are there any tutorials that explain how to read an MSDS. Where can I get MSDS's. In addition to an introduction, regulations links are provi... |
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MSDS Resources for Photography (Art Department)
| Type: Article/Report - Fact sheet - Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) |
| Summary: Products generally used in photography are identified with links to appropriate MSDS information. |
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MSDS, Biodiesel Equipment, and Processors
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Materials - Fact sheet - Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) |
| Summary: MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets) for biodiesel, glycerol, methanol, ethanol, sodium hudroxide, potassium hudroxide, sulfuric acid and phenolphthalein are available as well as some other helpful biodiesel fact sheets and information. |
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National Chemistry Week
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report - Experiment - Science Fair Projects - Web site |
| Summary: Lengthy lists of experiments are offered for grades 1-3, 4-6, and junior/senior high school students. These are provided by Canadian educators. If you scroll across the top bar you can select different themes from previous years. For each year you will have... |
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Need to Conserve Energy (The)
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Experiment |
| Summary: Using principles of Green Chemistry, this experiment will compare the environmental costs of heating and measure reaction time and discuss the relationship to the reaction rate. |
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Now You See it, Now You Don't
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Lessons |
| Summary: This lesson is designed for grades 4-5 and can be used for both science and math with english extensions. Students will classify organic and inorganic objects, perform a mini-compost experiment, record observations, compare and contrast decomposition rates for... |
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Old Nassau Demonstration (using mercury)
| Grade Level: High School |
| Type: Experiment - Holiday |
| Summary: This experiment provides instructions for the Halloween Demonstration, or "Old Nassau" Demonstration that uses Mercury. The preferred and refined version that uses silver nitrate is provided at http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/Issues/2004/Oct/PlusSub/V81N... |
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Old Nassau Demonstration (using mercury)
| Grade Level: High School |
| Type: Experiment - Holiday |
| Summary: This experiment provides instructions for the Halloween Demonstration, or "Old Nassau" Demonstration that uses Mercury. The preferred and refined version that uses silver nitrate is provided at http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/Issues/2004/Oct/PlusSub/V81N... |
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Old Nassau Demonstration with Wilkinson Modification (no mercury)
| Grade Level: High School |
| Type: Experiment - Holiday |
| Summary: The Old Nassau Demonstration (also referred to as the Halloween Demonstration) is a clock-type reaction that dramatically turns orange,then black. This popular reaction is not allowed in many schools using mercury, however, the Wilkinson Modification offers a... |
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Old Nassau Demonstration with Wilkinson Modification (no mercury)
| Grade Level: High School |
| Type: Experiment - Holiday |
| Summary: The Old Nassau Demonstration (also referred to as the Halloween Demonstration) is a clock-type reaction that dramatically turns orange,then black. This popular reaction is not allowed in many schools using mercury, however, the Wilkinson Modification offers a... |
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On the Trail of the Missing Ozone
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report |
| Summary: This book provides an introduciton into why we need the ozone layer, the causes of ozone depletion and some actions to correct the problem. It is available in several formats including text and pdf. Links within the text illustrate definitions. |
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OSHA Eye and Fact Protection (PPE)
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Fact sheet |
| Summary: Safety goggles are intended to proect the eyes and this site helps clarify the requirements and matches the task to the protection equipment. |
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Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act (1993)
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Glossary - List - Web site |
| Summary: Included at this site is a list of Common Air Pollutants, a Glossary, suggestions for Consumer Products, technology used for cleaning up air pollution and regulation information. |
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Pollution Prevention Management in the Arts, Art & Theatre
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Fact sheet |
| Summary: Guidelines from US EPA for best management practces for colleges and art education. |
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Pollution Prevention Measures for Safer School Laboratories
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Classroom Materials - Fact sheet |
| Summary: Hands-on activities are an essential part of school science. Activities conducted in school laboratories are important if students are to learn the processes of science and have direct experiences that capture their interest and maintain their motivation. A sc... |
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Product Life Cycle Analysis
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Lessons |
| Summary: Using a tennis shoe, students will have an opportunity to become aware that the products they buy have an impact on the environment beyond that of the disposal of the waste. |
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Real World Cases in Green Chemistry
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) - Classroom Lessons - Experiment |
| Summary: Lessons and experiments
AuthorAmerican Chemical Society Staff ISBN0-8412-3733-6 AbstractThis book provides examples of Green Chemistry projects that have either received or have been nominated for Green Chemistry awards. Each has... |
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Rehab the Lab
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Checklist - Classroom Lessons - Experiment - Web site |
| Summary: Lesson plans with teacher editions and student worksheets, lists of undesirable chemicals, references and much more makes this a valuable site for planning Green Chemistry units. |
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Release the Grease
| Type: Classroom Materials - Experiment |
| Summary: This science activity students test whether water or laundry detergent is better at cleaning a colorful greasy substance like lipstick. Next time, you wont be stuck when you need to unstick lipstick. |
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Release the Grease!
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Experiment |
| Summary: This is an activity that uses common, everyday products to explore the properties of soap. |
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Research and Educational Laboratory Waste Reduction
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Fact sheet |
| Summary: This fact sheet addresses waste reduction in research and educational laboratories. Included are examples of better operating/management practices and procedural or institutional policies that result in waste reduction. (PDF format; Length: 6 pages) |
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Safe Chemicals in Education: Green Chemistry Workshop Presentation
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours |
| Summary: This powerpoint presentation provides an overview of six Green Chemistry principles as introduced in the IEPA/IWMRC Safe Chemicals in Education workshops. |
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School Chemical Cleanout Campaign Inventory Procedures & Spreadsheet
| Grade Level: High School |
| Type: Checklist - Classroom Materials - Database |
| Summary: Inventory procedures and an excel spreadsheet from Tennessee are examples of chemical management and pollution preventions efforts from schools in other states. |
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School Chemical Cleanout Campaign Power Point Presentation
| Grade Level: High School |
| Type: Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours |
| Summary: This power point identifies the goals of Tennessee's Pollution Prevention program in schools and their goals for chemical management. |
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School Chemistry Laboratory Safety Guide
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Checklist - Manual/Handbook |
| Summary: This safety guide includes teacher responsibilities, safety do's and don't for students, chemical hygiene plan, material safety data sheet information, purchasing chemicals, chemical tracking systems, chemical containers and labeling, storing chemicals, and mu... |
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Science and Safety: It's Elementary Calendar
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Checklist - Classroom Materials - List |
| Summary: Using a calendar format science safety guidelines are provided for elementary teachers. These include glassware, chemical, and electrical precautions; common laboratory operating procedures (regulated and general safety rule and classroom management tips); pr... |
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Soapmaking
| Grade Level: High School |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Experiment |
| Summary: This activity offers a simple experiment for making soap and provides a simple organic chemistry reaction. |
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Soaps, Solvents and Cleaning: A slippery problem
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Experiment |
| Summary: Using the principles of Green Chemistry this experiment examines the effects of surfactants on solvents, discusses ways to make cleaning agents environmentally friendly and the role crystallization plays in cleaning? |
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Soybean Methyl Ester Formula and Molecular Weight
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Fact sheet |
| Summary: Average molecular weight of soybean oil methyl esters fo reach of the component esters. |
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Stained Glass Glue
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials - Experiment |
| Summary: Many artists spend time making their own materials to create a work of art that is unique to them. They may be looking for a certain texture, color, interaction with light, or special ability to be molded, bent, twisted or carved in a certain way. Creating the... |
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Talking Trash Solid Wastes
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Experiment |
| Summary: Using the principles of Green Chemistry, this experiment analyzes the trends in the generation and reclamation of solid wastes within the United States over time and it evaluates reasons for making wastes.
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Testing for Chemicals in Soils
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Materials - Experiment |
| Summary: Use sight, touch and chemical test kit to evaluate and classify soil types. |
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Tox Town
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Lessons - Database - Language Options - Web site |
| Summary: Tox Town is an interactive game that provides suggestions as to where toxic chemicals can be found in our daily lives, non-technical descriptions of chemicals, links and other resources. Tox Town uses color, graphics and creative ways in which middle school a... |
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ToxFAQs for Mercury
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Fact sheet - Glossary - Language Options |
| Summary: This fact sheet answers the most frequently asked health questions about mercury. For more information, you may call the ATSDR Information Center at 1-888-422-8737. This fact sheet is one in a series of summaries about hazardous substances and their health eff... |
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Toxic Tic-Tac-Toe
| Grade Level: High School |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials |
| Summary: Students read an article about neurotoxicants in the environment and their effects on children. Then they assess what they have learned about the health effects, standards, and sources of these neurotoxicants by playing Toxic Tic-Tac-Toe. The link to the May... |
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Twelve Principles of Green Chemistry
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Experiment - List |
| Summary: Twelve of the guiding principles for Green Chemistry are available as a one-pade PDF. |
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Universal Urge for Adornment
Using Chemistry to Treat Lead Poisoning
| Grade Level: High School |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials - Experiment - Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) |
| Summary: The EHP Online lessons provide students lessons that are based upon actual articles. The EHP summary for this lesson is as follows "students read the article Challenging Assumptions about Lead and IQ: Effects Increase, Not Decrease in Older Children" and cond... |
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Vitamin C Clock Reaction
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Experiment |
| Summary: The Vitamin C Clock Reaction lesson uses Green Chemistry principles to measure reaction time and discuss its relationship to reaction rates; examines the effect of concentration on reaction times/rates; and examines the effect of temperature on reaction time/... |
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Waste and Tinker Toys Atom Economy
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Experiment |
| Summary: This is an experiment using Green Chemistry principles that explores the idea of atom economy, or avoiding wastes by incorporating as much of the starting materials into the desired product as possible; relates the Law of Conservation of Matter to the idea of... |
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What Color Is Your Waste
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Experiment |
| Summary: This lesson examines the principles of Green Chemistry through an activity on accessing commonly used and environmentally packaging.This activity can be used as a demonstration for middle school students or as a lab exercise for high school students. It can a... |
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What Should You Know About Chemicals in Your Cosmetics
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Materials |
| Summary: You slather, spray, and paint them on and rub them in. Cosmetics are so much a part of your daily regimen that you probably never think twice about them. If they're on store shelves, it seems reasonable to figure that they're safe to use, despite those unprono... |
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What's That Stuff
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Materials - Web site |
| Summary: What is really in items that we use every day. A collection of articles from Chemical Engineering News magazines provides insight on a variety of products including kitty litter, Jell-o, erasers, sunscreens, fireworks, and much more. |
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Where to Find Material Safety Data Sheets on the Internet
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Materials - Database - Glossary - Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) - Web site |
| Summary: Glossary, software, suppliers, fun stuff (games), quizzes, book resources and more can be identified along with MSDS search assistance. |
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WonderNet Your Science Place in Cyberspace
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Experiment |
| Summary: View all of the topics avaiable online from WonderNet. These include calcium,chemical reactions, chemistry and art, earth's atmosphere, magnets, polymers and much more. |
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World Water Monitoring Day
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - School Projects |
| Summary: Teachers can register to participate and obtain kits for the October 18 World Water MonitoringDay 2004. Additionally, a WWMD summary for 2003 is available. From September 18 to October 18, citizens throughout the world community will have an opportunity to m... |
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