An Environmentally-benign ('Green') Organic Chemistry Curriculum

化学(12)随着环境意识的提高，现代化学研究和开发越来越注重发现对环境无害的化学合成和加工方法(“绿色化学”)。通过该项目，正在开发教材，将现代绿色化学方法、技术和思维过程带到大招生的本科有机化学教学实验室。随着俄勒冈大学本科生和全国各地选定的机构的广泛参与，教授实用有机化学要点的新实验正在设计和测试中，这些实验补充了典型的有机化学讲座课程的内容，并阐明了绿色化学的原理。这些材料将通过各种途径在国际上传播，包括出版的绿色有机化学实验教科书，各级教育机构(K-12，社区学院，四年制学院和大学)教师讲习班，以网络为中心的绿色化学实验数据库，以及有机化学讲座课程的多功能补充材料。通过与四年制大学、社区学院和高中的合作安排，实验的开发和评估以及书面教学材料的评估都得到了协助。组织了一个国际小组，定期提供咨询意见。该项目由教育和人力资源局内的本科教育司提供资金，数学和物理科学局内的化学处和数学和物理科学局内的多学科活动办公室提供大量共同资金。

Chemistry (12) As environmental awareness has grown, modern chemical research and development has increasingly focused on the discovery of methods for environmentally benign chemical synthesis and processing ("Green Chemistry"). Through this project, educational materials are being developed which bring modern green chemical approaches, techniques, and thought processes to the large-enrollment undergraduate organic chemistry teaching laboratory. With the extensive involvement of undergraduate students at the University of Oregon and at selected institutions across the country, new experiments teaching the essentials of practical organic chemistry, complementing the content of typical organic chemistry lecture courses, and illustrating the principles of green chemistry, are being devised and tested. These materials will be disseminated internationally through a variety of vehicles, including a published green organic chemistry laboratory textbook, workshops for teachers from all levels of educational institutions (K-12, community college, four-year college, and university), a Web-centered database of green chemical experiments, and versatile complementary materials for organic chemistry lecture courses. Both development and evaluation of experiments, as well as evaluation of written pedagogical materials, are being assisted through collaborative arrangements with four-year colleges, community colleges, and high schools. An international panel has been organized to provide periodic advisory input. The project is funded by the Division of Undergraduate Education within the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, with significant co-funding from the Chemistry Division within the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities within the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences.