The Institute for Green Science is in the process of preparing courses, lesson plans, interactive courses, modules and exercises that span a variety of scientific fields. For this demonstration site we have prepared two lessons (9 modules) as examples of our online courseware. If you are a student you can explore the demonstration modules online, take quizzes, watch lectures, interact with online learning exercises, download lecture transcripts and generally explore the material any way you like.
In the next phase of this initiative, when entire courses have been completed and deployed, they will be available to students, learning institutions and professors around the world free of charge. Although Carnegie Mellon's Institute for Green Science will create or collaborate with other professors and institutions on the creation of future courses and their deployment, we do not envision accrediting the courses or those students who take them through Carnegie Mellon. You may, however, take them for credit through other institutions with their permission.
Universities and colleges may also work with the Institute to offer courses for credit to their students if they wish. Please contact us with questions. Professors are also welcome to use the materials we offer (both written and online) at their discretion under ccLearn (a division of Creative Commons) copyright guidelines. This essentially means that the content can be used prudently and must be credited to the Institute, or its appropriate partners when used or incorporated into other courses. Whether or not this material is part of an accredited course at a learning institution is between the professors, institutions and their students.
Below you will find a directory of courses. For this demo the only functional course is "Introduction to Green Chemistry." All others are not yet in production. Only selected portions of "Introduction to Green Chemistry" are functional. To explore the lessons and modules that have been completed, click the link to the course below. Let us know what you think by clicking the "feedback" link provided on each page of the courseware.
This course explores what the field of green chemistry is, the evolution of its goals, and the importance of sustainability and sustainability ethics in the 21st century. It focuses on theory as well as the development of the strategies and skills needed to practice effective green science.
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These modules supplement the foundation modules in the Introduction to Green Chemistry course. They will tackle subjects like persistent pollutants, TAMLs and bioaccumulation.
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Chemists are not traditionally trained in toxicology, but what they create is often toxic. Green chemists can't hope to develop sustainable technologies if they don't understand what makes a process or product sustainable or unsustainable. These lessons address those issues.
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Very small amounts of chemicals can have dangerous effects on expectant mothers, children and adults when they disrupt the endocrine system &mdash with long-term effects on health. These modules help green chemists understand endocrine disruption and how to avoid building them into the chemistry we practice.
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