Green chemistry education network (GCEdNet): A collaborative model for curriculum development

CHED 1637

Julie A. Haack, jhaack@uoregon.edu1, James E. Hutchison, hutch@uoregon.edu2, and Kenneth M. Doxsee, doxsee@uoregon.edu1. (1) Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon, 1253 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1253, (2) Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, 1253 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403
A key to sustaining the development of new educational materials is to actively involve faculty from across the country in developing these materials. Empowering a broad range of people to participate in materials development has solidified a community of educators interested in using innovative strategies to facilitate the development of new educational materials in the area of green chemistry. Specifically, participants of the Green Chemistry in Education Workshop sponsored by CWCS program are creating regional networks of “ambassador sites” focused on collaborative curriculum development. Ambassador sites function as peer-led team efforts to design, evaluate and prepare new materials for dissemination. The newly formed Green Chemistry Education Network (GCEdNet) is coordinating curriculum development efforts for high schools, community colleges and 4-year institutions at regional ambassador sites in New England, the Pacific Northwest, Arkansas, and Minnesota.
 

Center for Workshops in the Chemical Sciences (CWCS)
1:30 PM-4:05 PM, Tuesday, March 27, 2007 McCormick Place North -- Room N230B, Level 2, Oral

Division of Chemical Education

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