A Special 1-Day Green Chemistry Workshop for High School Science Teachers
June 29, 2017
Location: Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry 100 Research Dr.,
Wilmington, MA 01887
Register by: by June 12th $25 reserves your space http://gchem.us/SumR2017 ;
To participate contact: Kate Anderson at kate_anderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
This one-day training will feature an introduction to green chemistry,
industry examples of green technologies and green chemistry replacement
labs. The training will present how to incorporate green chemistry
principles and practices into the classroom in alignment with NGSS and MA
STE standards.
Taking place at our teaching laboratory located at the Warner Babcock
Institute for Green Chemistry, participants will have an opportunity to tour
the facility and engage with scientists who are inventing green
technologies.
Following the training, teachers will have access to Beyond Benign's
extensive repository of green chemistry curriculum and will be connected to
a national network of sustainable science educators. Participants will also
be eligible to earn professional development points (PDP's) through our
partnership with Bridgewater State University.
Instruction Team: Kate Anderson, Beyond Benign Director of Education, who
earned her Master's in Education: Curriculum and Instruction with an
emphasis in Environmental Education from Florida Atlantic University in
2006.
Amy Cannon, Ph.D., Beyond Benign Executive Director, Amy holds a Ph.D. in
Green Chemistry from the University of Massachusetts. Amy co-founded Beyond
Benign in 2007 in order to bring the science of green chemistry to K-12
classrooms and higher education. Beyond Benign Lead Teachers (peer
teachers with green chemistry classroom experience)
About Us Since 2007, Beyond Benign has disseminated sustainable science and
green chemistry curriculum, case studies in innovation, lab experiments and
outreach activities in K-12 and higher education throughout the world. More
at beyondbenign.org.
Attachment:
2017-BeyondBenign-1day-June2017.pdf
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