Insufficient student interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
careers has been identified as a pressing issue by educators and education policy makers …

Experimental work is an important component of science subjects at all educational levels.
The implication of green chemistry ideas indicated the need for optimization of traditional …

Los plásticos forman parte de todo lo que nos rodea por sus excelentes propiedades, pero
también suponen un problema ambiental que demanda una respuesta educativa. Este …

A laboratory experiment was developed to introduce students to waste valorization. This is
the process of reusing, recycling, or composting from wastes, useful products, or sources of …

This laboratory experiment introduces students to an important reaction in biomass
valorization and allows them to gain a practical understanding of green chemistry. Acid …

A demonstration was developed to introduce students to waste valorization in order to form
bioplastics. Waste valorization is the process of reusing, recycling, or composting, from …

With new K–12 national science standards emerging, there is an increased need for
experiments that integrate engineering into the context of society. Here we describe a …

This laboratory exercise integrates chemistry and biology concepts to give third/fourth-year
undergraduate students an opportunity to apply knowledge from different subject areas to …

A multiple day activity for students to create large-scale plastic objects from the biopolymer
chitin (major component of lobster, crab, and shrimp shells) is described. The plastic objects …

This paper discusses 286 proposals and reports of Green Chemistry (GC) teaching
experiences, in papers of the Journal of Chemical Education (JCEd) until 2019. The analysis …