Green Chemistry

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 09.05.01

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Objectives
  3. Rationale
  4. Background
  5. Strategies and Classroom Activities
  6. Implementing District Standards
  7. Bibliography
  8. Annotated Teacher Resources
  9. Others
  10. Endnotes

How Much Is Too Much? Teaching Measurement and Solution Concentration through Bioaccumulation and Levels of Toxicity

Myrna Merana Alvarez

Published September 2009

Tools for this Unit:

Annotated Teacher Resources

Dunlop, Thomas R. DDT, Scientists, Citizens, and Public Policy. 1-80. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1981. A complete guide on DDT.

Gilbert, Steven G. A Small Dose of Toxicology, The Health Effects of Common Chemicals. 1-110. New York: CRC Press, 2004. A very good book to read on Toxicology.

Girard, James E. Principles of Environmental Chemistry. 1-50. Canada: Jones and Bartlett Publishers Inc., 2005. A book that gives a clear background of the use of chemicals in plants.

Matlack, Alfred S. Introduction to Green Chemistry. 1-19, 67-94. New York: CRC Press, 2001. An excellent reference book that gives complete information on the need for green chemistry and a discussion of toxicity of chemicals.

Morton, Oliver. Eating the Sun, How Plants Power the Planet. 1-150. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2008. A book that gives a detailed discussion of photosynthesis.

Walker, David. Energy, Plants, and Man. 53-64. East Sussex: Packard Publishing

Limited, 1992. An exciting reference on making starch pictures

Annotated Student Resources

Anastas, Paul T. and Warner, John C. Green Chemistry, Theory and Practice. 1-119. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. An outstanding book on green chemistry.

Campbell, Neil A., and Reece, Jane B. AP Biology. 181-197. San Francisco: Pearson

Education Inc., 2005. An AP level book that gives complete details on molecular level photosynthesis.

Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring. 1-50. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002

A very passionate book that discusses the adverse effects of pesticides in the ecosystem.

Schapiro, Mark and Weir, David. Circles of Poison. 1-100. New York: Institute for Food and Development Policy, 1981. A book that explains how chemicals in pesticides move in different parts of the globe.

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