2006 Spring Meeting & 2nd Global Congress on Process Safety

(65i) Sustainabilty in K-12 Active Chemistry Curriculum

Authors

L. S. Fan - Presenter, The Ohio State University
Himanshu Gupta - Presenter, The Ohio State University
John M. Parson - Presenter, Ohio State University
Peggy Sheets - Presenter, Upper Arlington High School
Darlene Schuster - Presenter, American Institute of Chemical Engineers


As part of the development of the NSF Active Chemistry innovative K-12 curriculum project, 3 challenges were developed on sustainability. This paper will present an overview of how Active Chemistry teaches chemistry concepts from an open ended problem solving context and will review the sustainability chapters which address issues of water purification, sustainable materials and fuel cells for transportation.