A new online resource for chemical safety and green chemistry in science education

Science and chemistry teachers often feel that they have insufficient knowledge about the legal requirements concerning proper handling of chemicals. To help teachers and technicians, we have developed an online resource with information and tools for the various aspects of chemical safety, such as...

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Main Authors: Tveit Svein, Faegri Karoline
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2023-07-01
Series:Chemistry Teacher International
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/cti-2022-0031
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description Science and chemistry teachers often feel that they have insufficient knowledge about the legal requirements concerning proper handling of chemicals. To help teachers and technicians, we have developed an online resource with information and tools for the various aspects of chemical safety, such as legislation, risk assessment, storage, labelling and waste handling, including a framework for routines and training for staff and students. Additionally, the resource introduces the concept of green chemistry, an emerging field within chemistry education, and provides examples on how teachers could work with green chemistry principles in the science and chemistry classroom. The aim is that this extensive online material, covering the most important aspects of health, safety and environmental work in school science education, can serve as a useful resource for school leaders, teachers, technicians and science teacher educators in their work with these issues. The resource was developed by partners from the Universities of Helsinki, Ljubljana, Oslo, and Stockholm and co-funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union. The content is published in five languages and is freely available at https://chesse.org.
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spelling doaj.art-d703305194624f81a402c59dc5c0ca862023-10-12T14:06:29ZengDe GruyterChemistry Teacher International2569-32632023-07-015223924410.1515/cti-2022-0031A new online resource for chemical safety and green chemistry in science educationTveit Svein0Faegri Karoline1Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, postboks 1033 BlindernOslo, NorwayDepartment of Chemistry, University of Oslo, postboks 1033 BlindernOslo, NorwayScience and chemistry teachers often feel that they have insufficient knowledge about the legal requirements concerning proper handling of chemicals. To help teachers and technicians, we have developed an online resource with information and tools for the various aspects of chemical safety, such as legislation, risk assessment, storage, labelling and waste handling, including a framework for routines and training for staff and students. Additionally, the resource introduces the concept of green chemistry, an emerging field within chemistry education, and provides examples on how teachers could work with green chemistry principles in the science and chemistry classroom. The aim is that this extensive online material, covering the most important aspects of health, safety and environmental work in school science education, can serve as a useful resource for school leaders, teachers, technicians and science teacher educators in their work with these issues. The resource was developed by partners from the Universities of Helsinki, Ljubljana, Oslo, and Stockholm and co-funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union. The content is published in five languages and is freely available at https://chesse.org.https://doi.org/10.1515/cti-2022-0031chemical safetychemistry educationgreen chemistryonline learning resourcescience education
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