Greener approaches to chemistry through research and education

CHED 1646

Stephanie L. Gould, gouldsl@chem.ucla.edu, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Univeristy of California, Los Angeles, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569, Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay, mgg@chem.ucla.edu, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA, 405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90025, and Arlene A. Russell, russell@chem.ucla.edu, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California , Los Angeles, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569.
This Discovery Corps Postdoctoral Fellowship involves research in green chemistry, molecular machines and science education. Molecular rotation is studied using carefully designed crystals that are synthesized in the research lab. Understanding the rotational motion in these crystals is pivotal to the long-term development of molecular machines. Crystalline structures with a switch component that allows an external stimulus to affect the rotational motion are being synthesized as well. This fellowship is examining the use of light as the external stimulus. Molecular machines and green chemistry are integrated into high-school classroom through curriculum development of inquiry lessons developed in cooperation with the GK-12 program at UCLA and implemented in urban classrooms. Greener techniques provide quality lessons for the urban school setting where supplies are limited and specialized safety systems are not available. Green curriculum encourages the use of readily available and safe supplies. This talk will address all aspects of this two-year Fellowship.
 

Bridging Research and Service: The Discovery Corps Experience
1:30 PM-4:50 PM, Tuesday, March 27, 2007 McCormick Place North -- Room N229, Level 2, Oral

Division of Chemical Education

The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007