Supplemental – Personal Care Product Inventory
Short activator to get students thinking about the role personal care products play in their lives.
Supplemental – DIY Cosmetics Recipes
Supplemental – DIY Cosmetics Recipes
Dive deeper into the world of cosmetics chemistry with these recipes for a variety of personal care products.
Lesson 24 – The Green Zine
Lesson 24 – The Green Zine
Culminating activity. Students create a magazine test, Goodguide.com web page, and an art campaign to analyze their use of the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry and to promote their implementation.
Lesson 23 – Water Waste: Lab Activity
Lesson 23 – Water Waste: Lab Activity
Students test various waste streams likely to come from household products and evaluate the environmental impacts of those wastes.
Lesson 22 – Packed Up Properties: Lab Activity
Lesson 22 – Packed Up Properties: Lab Activity
Students use the properties of matter and the 12 Principles of Green chemistry to test various packaging materials and determine the most green and effective choice for their shampoo.
Lesson 21 – Puzzler
Lesson 21 – Puzzler
Students create puzzles analyzing their research on renewable and non-renewable packaging materials.
Lesson 20 – In Your Bathroom
Lesson 20 – In Your Bathroom
Students collect data on ingredients found in products brought from home and investigate the substances used to make these products. They use this data to practice choosing data display methods.
Lesson 19 – E-Factor
Lesson 19 – E-Factor
In this activity from Professor Irv Levy at Gordon College, students manipulate m&m candy pieces to calculate Environmental Impact Factor (E-Factor) and relate it to chemical manufacturing.
Lesson 18 – Product Testing: Lab Activity
Lesson 18 – Product Testing: Lab Activity
Students conduct and experiment to determine if the shampoo they created is effective in cleaning hair.
Lesson 17 – Breaking the Tension: Lab Activity
Lesson 17 – Breaking the Tension: Lab Activity
Students observe the effect of surface tension in water and the dispersive force of detergents to understand how shampoos work.
Lesson 16 – SLS Toxicology: Lab Activity
Lesson 16 – SLS Toxicology: Lab Activity
Students use lettuce or radish seeds to determine the toxicology of sodium lauryl sulfate.
Lesson 15 – PPM: Lab Activity
Lesson 15 – PPM: Lab Activity
In this optional lab activity from VWR Education, students practice standard serial dilution to better understand parts per million.
Lesson 14 – SLS Today
Lesson 14 – SLS Today
After viewing a Today Show segment, students evaluate the safety of sodium lauryl sulfate in their shampoos.
Lesson 13 – In a Lather: Lab Activity
Lesson 13 – In a Lather: Lab Activity
Students test different variables to see if they impact the effectiveness of the shampoo. And, they answer the question, “Does the lather matter?”
Lesson 12 – Shampoozled 2: Lab Activity
Lesson 12 – Shampoozled 2: Lab Activity
Reviewing the pH Neutral lesson, students strive to create a pH balanced shampoo and experiment with green emulsifiers.
