ABSTRACT

To help students address problems related to climate change, chemistry fundamentals are taught using sustainable principles. The principles of green chemistry and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are guides to help us reach a sustainable future. Educators use these to create resources to connect green principles and sustainability goals. Systems thinking provides the method for creating relevant lectures, meaningful activities, and cohesive assessments in an educational module. A week-long stoichiometry module for introductory chemistry is described. Students tackle multiple learning outcomes to answer complex questions such as ‘what makes an reaction efficient?’. This module relates SDGs #7 and #13, clean energy and climate action, to the green principle of atom economy, which evaluates the efficiency of chemical transformations. The process of backward design is used with systems thinking to map learning outcomes across the module. Students demonstrate skills related to individual outcomes and use their knowledge to evaluate chemical systems from multiple perspectives across outcomes. Incorporating real-world examples the module explores how incomplete combustion impacts human health and the environment while exploring the material efficiency of making different fuels. The context and practice of sustainable science can be used to teach chemistry in a systematic way.

摘要

为了帮助学生解决与气候变化相关的问题，化学基础知识使用可持续原则进行教授。绿色化学的原则和联合国可持续发展目标 (SDG) 是帮助我们实现可持续未来的指南。教育工作者使用这些来创建资源以连接绿色原则和可持续发展目标。系统思考提供了在教育模块中创建相关讲座、有意义的活动和连贯评估的方法。介绍了为期一周的入门化学化学计量学模块。学生处理多种学习成果以回答复杂的问题，例如“什么使反应有效？”。该模块将可持续发展目标#7 和#13、清洁能源和气候行动与原子经济的绿色原则联系起来，评估化学转化的效率。向后设计的过程与系统思维一起使用，以映射整个模块的学习成果。学生展示与个人结果相关的技能，并利用他们的知识从跨结果的多个角度评估化学系统。该模块结合现实世界的例子，探索不完全燃烧如何影响人类健康和环境，同时探索制造不同燃料的材料效率。可持续科学的背景和实践可用于系统地教授化学。学生展示与个人结果相关的技能，并利用他们的知识从跨结果的多个角度评估化学系统。该模块结合现实世界的例子，探索不完全燃烧如何影响人类健康和环境，同时探索制造不同燃料的材料效率。可持续科学的背景和实践可用于系统地教授化学。学生展示与个人结果相关的技能，并利用他们的知识从跨结果的多个角度评估化学系统。该模块结合现实世界的例子，探索不完全燃烧如何影响人类健康和环境，同时探索制造不同燃料的材料效率。可持续科学的背景和实践可用于系统地教授化学。