Bringing Chemistry Instruction into the 21c

I was very impressed with this resource. It shows how green chemistry can be used to practically cover a wide-range of traditional theoretical chemistry concepts such as: •Rates of reacti... See More

I was very impressed with this resource. It shows how green chemistry can be used to practically cover a wide-range of traditional theoretical chemistry concepts such as: •Rates of reaction •Catalysis •Chemical cycles •Energy •Thermochemistry •Experimental design •Law of Conservation of Matter •Stoichiometry •Percent yield •Solubility •Polarity •Phase change •Organic chemistry •Synthesis The presenters explained three different experiments in detail with pictures of the lab setups which was very helpful. The calorimetry experiment is highly relevant to addressing the challenges that we, as a society, face concerning future energy conservation. I think that students will appreciate learning about relevant concepts such as 'atomic economy' and translating that concept to the processing level at the pilot and manufacturing plants. I think that teaching models based upon green chemistry offer the opportunity to branch out into application, which to my mind is the best w