Beyond Benign’s online professional development courses are taught by Beyond Benign Certified Lead Teachers who have extensive experience teaching green chemistry in their classroom and developing green chemistry curriculum. Both courses have optional graduate education credits available from Colorado School of Mines Continuing and Professional Education Services & Teacher Enhancement Program (3 graduate level credits).
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online courses
Introduction to Green Chemistry for High School Teachers
Summer 2021 (June 7-August 2)
Looking for course that will support NGSS integration in your high school science & engineering class for remote learning?
Also are you looking to infuse how science and technology are creating solutions to environmental challenges?
Join Certified Lead Teacher Cassandra Knutson for this 48 hour course load (3 graduate credit equivalent) professional development. Prepare to integrate green chemistry principles and practices into your teaching through real-world sustainable innovations. Develop safer labs and lessons aligned to your local standards in an interactive online environment designed for asynchronous learning. Course features forum discussions and lesson plan development. Discussions will focus on how to prepare for effective remote learning in this time of an ever-changing educational landscape.
REGISTER HERE by May 15, 2021 (space is limited)
$475 to enroll + $140 (optional) for 3 graduate credits from CSM*
Email info@beyondbenign.org for more information.
WA teachers receive 1/2 off registration both courses thanks to the sponsorship from Washtington Department of Ecology (FLYER for more info)
Teachers from New York, Colorado, Oregon and EPA Environmental Justice communites are eligible for FULL scholarships APPLY HERE by May 15, 2021.
New York teacher funding provided by the NYS Pollution Prevention Institute through a grant from the Environmental Fund as administered by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.
Colorado teacher funding provided by Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
Oregon teacher funding provided by Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
Sustainable Science: Contextualizing Chemistry through Safer Hands-on Labs
Join us in a remote learning course to spark student interest and increase self-efficacy in chemistry and physical science.
Beyond Benign and Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment teamed up with local teachers to offer a FREE online course to Colorado science teachers. The course 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 Colorado educators.
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
Advanced Green Chemistry: Connections to Our World
Summer 2021 (June 7- August 2)
Ready to take green chemistry to the next level in your classroom?
Have you already started replacing your labs with safer materials?
Are you looking to expand your students horizons and support their project based learning and invention in the classroom?
Join Certified Lead Teacher Tanya Elmer as you expand your knowledge of green chemistry principles and practices by analyzing Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award technologies. Dive into toxicology for chemistry basics and investigate the pedagogy for effective guidance of student-based research projects and inquiry-based projects. Forum discussions and assignments will be supported with synchronous zoom sessions scheduled:
- June 16, 2021: 4:30 pm MST
- June 30, 2021: 4:30 pm MST
- July 14, 2021: 4:30 pm MST
- July 28, 2021: 4:30 pm MST
$475 to enroll + $140 (optional) for 3 graduate credits from CSM*
Email info@beyondbenign.org for more information.
WA teachers receive 1/2 off registration both courses thanks to the sponsorship from Washington Department of Ecology (FLYER for more info)
Teachers from New York, Colorado, Oregon and EPA Environmental Justice communites are eligible for FULL scholarships APPLY HERE by May 15, 2021.
New York teacher funding provided by the NYS Pollution Prevention Institute through a grant from the Environmental Fund as administered by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.
Colorado teacher funding provided by Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
Oregon teacher funding provided by Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
Inspiring Students with Sustainable Invention
Would you like to engage middle school students through invention? Are you a middle school science teacher in Oregon from Multnomah, Columbia or Washington county? Join us to participate in a 1 graduate credit remote learning course designed to investigate the pedagogy and practice of sustainable invention. The training will provide tools for fostering student-driven exploration and interdisciplinary material science and engineering concepts articulated in NGSS. This multi-district collaboration will feature local teacher leaders as well as a team of experienced sustainable invention educators.
Register by May 15th. Where have all the plastics gone?: Inspiring Students with Sustainable Invention will be held July 26th to August 9th.
By engaging your students with the problems of plastics and the potential of alternatives they can more deeply investigate topics such as Climate Change and Environmental Justice and develop a deeper understanding of real world applications of sustainable invention to solve complex challenges. Through a combination of virtual and hands-on activities (supplies to be provided) and peer to peer learning, participants walk away with a tool kit of open access resources.
Course topics include:
- Place-based, phenomena driven education
- Designing real world sustainable inventions
- Engaging students to develop explanations through discourse
"The activity I most enjoyed completing was the implementation outline. Never before in an education course have I been required to make a specific plan to implement what I learned, and I think it will be extremely helpful in improving my practice. I feel a lot less stressed out about integrating green chemistry into my curriculum after completing the activities in this course."
- 2016 Green Chemistry in the High School Online Course Participant
