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Green Chemistry: Sustainability at the Atom Scale. Frontiers for Young Minds Article

Green Chemistry: Sustainability at the Atom Scale. Frontiers for Young Minds Article
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Jessica Streets
University of Nottingham
Two people wearing lab coats and looking at green flasks in a laboratory. A boy with brown hair and a woman wearing an orange headscarf.
Summary
Frontiers for Young Minds is an outreach journal aimed at and reviewed by 8-15 year olds, so has a very different demographic to other academic journals and reviewing process responding to young people's opinions on the draft article. This article presents the Principles of Green Chemistry and the concept of Life Cycle Assessment in an accessible format for a younger audience.
Authors: Jessica Streets, Amy-Louise Johnston, Hamza Ali, Hiba Azim, Peter Licence
Keywords
12 Principles of Green Chemistry
Green Chemistry Education
Publishing
Green Chemistry Metrics
Life Cycle Assessment

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Published
Object Type
Journal articles
Audience
Elementary School
Middle School
High School (Secondary School)
Other Faculty Educators/Teachers
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Green Chemistry Principles
Waste Prevention
Atom Economy
Less Hazardous Chemical Syntheses
Designing Safer Chemicals
Safer Solvents and Auxiliaries
Design for Energy Efficiency
Use of Renewable Feedstocks
Reduce Derivatives
Catalysis
Design for Degradation
Real-Time Pollution Prevention
Safer Chemistry for Accident Prevention
U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Climate Action
Learning Goals/Student Objectives
Understand what scientists measure in a life cycle assessment.
Learn how chemists use chemical elements as efficiently as possible to minimise waste and danger.
The ideas of circular and linear economy
Common pedagogies covered
Student-centered learning

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Jessica Streets
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Areej Nitowski
Safety Precautions, Hazards, and Risk Assessment
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Teacher Recommendations or Piloting Data (if available)
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https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2023.1045345
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