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:

Others

Brudvig, Gary. Green Chemistry. Yale University. 2009. Seminar Notes and Handout.

http://www.abheritage.ca/abnature/environmental/water_physical_characteristics.htm. This website provides information on the physical characteristics of water. 7/10/09

http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/resources/learntolearn/author.html. This website provides Francesca Pouwer's autobiography. 7/14/09.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Chemistry. The website defines green chemistry. 7/10/09

http://www.seussville.com/games_hb/lorax_trees.html. The website provides Lorax games for children. 5/2/09

http://www.cqs.com/edioxin.htm. This website provides good information on dioxin and ways to avoid it. 7/10/09

http://www.watershed.net/pdf/Purified_Water_and_its_Dangers.pdf. The websites explains the dangers of purified water. 7/14/09

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/qahome.html#HDR3. The website provides information on water usage. 7/10/09

http://www.articlebiz.com/article/130952-1-the-question-is-where-does-water-come-from-/. This website describes the different sources of water. 7/12/09

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/activity_grades_4-8_wherewatercomes.html. This website describes the different activities and games for water. 7/13/09

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/kidshealth/booklet_text.html#whatyou. This website informs the public about the safety of drinking water. 7/13/09

http://www.abheritage.ca/abnature/environmental/water_chemical_characteristics.htm. This websites gives the information of water's chemical characteristics. 7/12/09

http://www.sfenvironmentkids.org/teacher/lesson_plans/wet_appetite6-12.pdf. This website provides information the amount of water for producing eggs, hamburgers etc. 7/13/09

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/kids_4-8.html. Website with drinking water and groundwater games for children. 7/13/09

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/uic/class5/basicinformation.html. The website provides information on how Class V works. 7/13/09

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/pdfs/activity_grades_4-8_plantsinwaterfiltration.pdf. The website provides hands on activities for water. 7/13/09

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/watertreatmentplant/index.html. The website provides visual water source. 7/13/09

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/activity_grades_4-8_wherewatercomes.html. The website provides the source of water. 7/13/09

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/uic/class5/basicinformation.html#one. The website provides information about a Class V well. 7/14/09

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/uic/class5/basicinformation.html#two. The website provides information on the different uses of a Class V well. 7/14/09

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/uic/class5/basicinformation.html#three. The website provides information of the requirements of a Class V well to prevent water contamination. 7/14/09

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/uic/class5/basicinformation.html#four. The website provides information about what we can do to prevent contamination. 7/14/09

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/uic/class5/basicinformation.html#five. The website provides information on water safety. 7/12/09

http://www.epa.gov/greenchemistry/. This website provides green chemistry information.

http://soc.hfac.uh.edu/artman/publish/article_295.shtml. 7/12/09

http://documents.publicworks.houstontx.gov/documents/divisions/utilities/water_quality_report_2006.pdf. This website describes the quality of water in Houston, Texas.

http://www.cleanhouston.org/living/better_world/houston3.htm This website explains the future of Houston water and how she manages the challenges of an environmental crisis. 7/5/09

http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou090309_mp_debris_dumping.1bc1f02d.html This is the website that describes the man who was caught dumping water in the San Jacinto River. 7/5/09

http://www.allianceforwaterefficiency.org/AWE_Charter_Sponsor_Profile_Houston_Drinking_Water_Operations.aspxac This is the website that informs the readers how to promote and sustain water in Houston. 7/5/09

http://www.allianceforwaterefficiency.org/AWE_Charter_Sponsor_Profile_-_Houston_Drinking_Water_Operations.aspx This website informs drinking water and health basics and much relevant information. 7/5/09

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwh/dw-health.pdf This website informs the readers about the things we need to know when we drink water. 7/8/09

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwinfo/tx.htm This website tells us about safe drinking water for Texas. 7/5/09

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/arsenic/index.html This website tells us the arsenic in the water system. 7/8/09

http://www.epa.gov/saf7/10ewater/arsenic/basicinformation.7/14/09

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/arsenic/basicinformation.html#one This website describes arsenic contaminants in water. 7/14/09

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/arsenic/basicinformation.html#two This website informs how arsenic gets into our drinking water. 7/14/09

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/arsenic/basicinformation.html#three This website informs the readers the short and long time effects of arsenic. 7/14/09

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/disinfection/gwr/index.html. This website provides information about the Ground Water Rule.7/14/09

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lcrmr/index.html This website provides information about lead in drinking water.7/14/09

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/qahome.html#HDR3. This website provides clear information about water quality. 7/13/09

http://www.sciencea-z.com/scienceweb/research.do#Integration. This website provides the effectiveness of science and reading integration.7/13/09

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/disinfection/index.html. This website provides information about microbial and disinfection by-products (MDBP).7/13

http://www.survivaltopics.com/survival/how-long-can-you09-survive-without-water/. This website provides information about water survival. 7/14/09

http://www.paec.org/david/reading/general.pdf. This website provides reading strategies.http://www.research-pro.com/2009/03/our-body-comprises-about-75-water-brain.html. This website provides information on the amount of water in the human body. 7/13/09

http://wateruseitwisely.com/100-ways-to-conserve/index.php. The website provides 101 ways to conserve water.7/15/09

http://www.hh-pub.com/book.php3?book=HH1925. This website provides information on integrating children's literature with math, science and social studies. 7/14/09

http://www.sciencea-z.com/scienceweb/research.do#Integration. This website provides information on science and reading integration. 7/14/09

http://tips.simplygoodstuff.com/fabric-softeners-cuddly-at-any-cost/. This website provides information on water softeners. 7/14/09

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_purification. The website provides information on water purification.7/8/09

http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/resources/learntolearn/module2.html.7/8/09

http://www.niho.com/tipsntales/disinfectingwater.asp. This website informs ways of disinfecting water.7/11/09

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/contaminants/index.html#mcls. This website informs the list of water contaminants.7/11/09

http://www.monolake.org/about/waterconservation#whyconserve. The website includes the figures use for water conservation.7/11/09

http://www.ionizers.org/filter_types.html. The website describes the different types of water filters. 7/11/09

http://internationalstudies.uchicago.edu/outreach/resources/climatechange/3-VocabularyLessons/ClimateChange-3-FrayerModelTemplateforusewithActivity.pdf: This website has an example of the Frayer Model template.7/13/09

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