Green Chemistry

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 09.05.09

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Strategies
  3. Unit Background
  4. The Principles of Green Chemistry
  5. Water Purification
  6. Water Conservation
  7. Classroom Activities
  8. Activity One: Introduction to the Unit
  9. Activity Two: The History of Water
  10. Activity Three: S is for Save the Earth
  11. Activity Four: The Lorax
  12. Activity Five: Water Celebration
  13. Bibliography
  14. Others
  15. Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS)
  16. Endnotes

Green Chemistry: Is Water, Water?

Francisca Eunice Gomez Rebullida

Published September 2009

Tools for this Unit:

Bibliography

Anastas, Paul T., and John C. Warner. Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice. New York: Oxford University Press, USA, 2000. This book describes explicitly the principles of green chemistry.

Arato, Rona. The World of Water. New York: Crabtree Publishing Company, 2008.

This book describes water as an essential to life.

Berger, Melvin. The New Water Book.. New York: Ty Crowell Co, 1973.

This book describes how amazing water is.

Branley, Franklyn Mansfield. Water for the World. New York: T.Y. Crowell Junior

Books, 1982. This book explains the world's water sources.

Breslow, Ronald. Chemistry Today and Tomorrow: The Central, Useful, and Creative

Science. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 1997. This book explains

chemicals in the past and the present.

Brudvig, Gary. PhotosynthesisPower Point. New Haven: Yale University, 2009.

Photosynthesis is the process of plants making their own food.

Burns, Loree Griffin. Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion

(Scientists in the Field). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007. This book describes the science

of ocean currents and how to keep our oceans clean.

Cann, Michael C. Real-world cases in green chemistry. Washington, DC: American

Chemical Society, 2000. The book describes realistic studies in green chemistry.

Carona, Philip. Water: A Follett Beginning Science Book. Chicago: Follett, 1966. The

book provides easy information about water and water experiments.

Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring. New York: Houghton, 1962. The book describes how

Carlson pushed the agency to stop the use of DDT.

Cayne, Bernard S., and Jenny E. Tesar. Food and Water: Threats, Shortages and

Solutions (Our Fragile Planet). New York: Facts on File, 1992.This book describe food

and water shortages.

Dipper, Frances. Changing World Oceans & Rivers. San Diego: Advanced Global

Advanced Mktg, 1996. The book describes the water cycle.

Ditchfield, Christian. Water. Missouri: Scholastic, 2002. The book explains the

importance of water.

Editors. Just Add Water Science Experiments you can squirt. New York: Scholastic,

2008. This book is a fun science activity book.

Geisel, Theodor Seuss, and Dr. Seuss. The Lorax (Classic Seuss). New York: Random

House Books for Young Readers, 1971. This a a Dr. Seuss classic story about the environment.

Gunter, Veronika Alice, and Joe Rhatigan. Cool Chemistry Concoctions. New York:

Sterling, 2007. This book is a good source of cool science experiments (fun!).

Herzog, Brad. S Is for Save the Planet: A How-to-be Green Alphabet (Alphabet-Science

& Nature). Missouri: Sleeping Bear Press, 2009. A beautiful picture book that kids will

love. It describes ways of how to keep the Earth green.

Hooper, Meredith. The Drop in My Drink: The Story of Water on Our Planet. London:

Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2008. The book explains the story of water.

Peterson, Ottis. Junior science book of water (Junior science books). Champaign: Garrard

Pub. Co, 1966. This book explains what water is and its formation.

Prange, Joyce (Author); and Beckie(Illustrator) Sidman. Song of the Water Boatman and

Other Pond Poems [SONG OF THE WATER BOATMAN & OT]. New York, New

York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Hmh), 2005. This is a book of poems.

Schirmer, B.R. Language and Literacy Development in Children Who are Deaf. Macmillan Publishing Company. New York, NY, 1994. This book describes semantic mapping.

Sidman, Joyce. Song of the Water Boatman.2005. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York, NY. This is a collection of poems with informational facts of some living organisms in the pond.

Wyland, Creech. Hold Your Water!. Missouri: Wyland Foundation, 2006. This book

describes how to conserve

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