Chemistry Education for a Sustainable Society, Volume 2 Innovations in Undergraduate Curricula

by Obare, Sherine; Middlecamp, Catherine H.; Peterman, Keith E.

• ISBN13: 9780841237575
• ISBN10: 0841237573
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2021-04-30
• Publisher: American Chemical Society

Summary

A key step toward embracing sustainability and green chemistry is educating the next generation of chemists about their importance. To this aim, the ACS-CEI Award for Incorporation of Sustainability into Chemistry Education recognizes exemplary contributions. This two-volume set contains chapters written by recent award winners. Chemistry Education for a Sustainable Society (Volume 2) explores innovations within the undergraduate chemistry curriculum. Chapters discuss tangible examples, such as integrating courses, connecting students with science-communication opportunities, and utilizing campus operations for lab activities.

Author Biography

Sherine O. Obare is an environmental chemist whose research focuses on the detection and remediation of environmental contaminants as well as understanding the fate, transport, and toxicity of anthropogenic nanomaterials. She serves as the Program Chair for the American Chemical Society's Division
of Environmental Chemistry and is also Chair-Elect for the Division (2020-2022). She is the recipient of the 2009 IUPAC Young Observer Award, the NSF CAREER Award, and the NSF Division of Materials Research American Competitiveness and Innovation (ACI) Fellowship. In 2013, Obare was named as one of
the Top 25 Women Professors in Michigan. In 2019, she was elected as Fellow of the American Chemical Society. The Triad Business Journal recognized Obare as a Triad Power Player in 2019 and as an Outstanding Women in Business in 2020.

Catherine H. Middlecamp has devoted 40 years to teaching and learning chemistry in the context of real-world issues. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she is a professor in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and is the campus-wide Director for Sustainability Education and Research.
From 2007 to 2016, Middlecamp served as the Editor-in-Chief of Chemistry in Context, a college curriculum project of the American Chemical Society. She was elected chair of the ACS Division of Chemical Education (2015-2017) and was in the inaugural class of ACS Fellows (2009). In 2019, she was the
recipient of the George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education.

Keith E. Peterman is Professor of Chemistry at York College of Pennsylvania. He serves as a member of the ACS Committee on Environmental Improvement. He previously served as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany and in Russia, a National Academy of Sciences Research Scholar in Poland, a Research Fellow at
the Naval Research Laboratory in DC, and a visiting professor in China and New Zealand. He takes student groups to Costa Rica each year to investigate climate change issues linked to impacts, adaptation, and mitigation. He participates in the United Nations climate conferences as an accredited
member of the press.

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Information Literacy and Science Communication in Undergraduate Courses That Connect Chemistry to Sustainability, Katherine B. Aubrecht
Chapter 2: Delineation of Curricular Innovations Emphasizing Sustainability across Chemistry Coursework, Anne E. Marteel-Parrish
Chapter 3: Campus as Living Laboratory for Sustainability: Food, Catherine Middlecamp and Thomas Bryan
Chapter 4: Adverse Outcome Pathways: Connecting Sustainability, Green Chemistry, Toxicology, and Undergraduate Biochemistry, Matthew A. Fisher
Chapter 5: All Are Called to the Periodic Table: Providing Learners Worldwide with Opportunities to Study Chemistry and Sustainability, Patrick L. Daubenmire
Chapter 6: Engaging Undergraduates in Sustainability Education and Research, David A. Vosburg
Chapter 7: Incorporation of Environmental Chemistry and Sustainability into the Curriculum, Elizabeth S. Roberts-Kirchhoff
Chapter 8: Connecting Environmental Sustainability to the General Chemistry Curriculum Using Investigative Labs and Problem-Based Case Studies, Jack F. Eichler
Chapter 9: Making Biodiesel from Waste: A Versatile Chemistry Module to Incorporate Sustainability Education, Mingming Lu, Andres Mata, and Jinqi Liu
Chapter 10: Synthesis of Fluorescent, Photochromic, and Thermochromic Imines in a Minute at Room Temperature, Jacqueline Bennett
Chapter 11: Climate Change: Threading Environmental Chemistry and Awareness through the General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry Classes, Matthew J. Mio and Mark A. Benvenuto
Chapter 12: The Concept of Sustainable Development and the Principles of Green Chemistry as an Integral Part of the Modern Chemical Education System, Natalia P. Tarasova, Anna A. Dodonova, and Alexey A. Zanin

Editors' Biographies
Author Index
Subject Index