2021 Sustainable Science Online Course Registration
Sustainable Science: Contextualizing Chemistry Through Safer Hands-on Labs
Dates: August 2 - August 16 , 2021
Synchronous class times: 8/2; 8/4; 8/9 10am-11:30am MST
*Additional asynchronous office hour support
Registration deadline: May 15, 2021
Beyond Benign and Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment teamed up with local teachers to offer a FREE online course to CO science teachers. The training will provide tools to foster students’ critical thinking skills while developing a deeper understanding of how to construct explanations and design solutions through the lens of real world problems and innovative sustainable inventions.
Through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous learning, participants will walk away with a tool kit of open access resources and access to a network of other like-minded educators in the region.
Course topics include:
NGSS aligned labs featuring easily accessible and safe materials
Plug and play lessons for physical science and chemistry classrooms
Lessons based on real world innovations