Project Examples

Outreach Activities from the Center for Green Chemistry Graduate Students and Staff

Course: 31.572 - Green Chemistry Colloquium
Semester: Spring 2006
Instructor: John Warner
Partners: Woodrow Wilson Elementary, Framingham, MA; Tahonto Regional School Middle/High School, Boylston, MA; Peabody Middle School, Peabody, MA; Waldorf High School, Belmont, MA; Tewksbury High School, Tewksbury, MA; Revolving Museum, Lowell, MA; Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, Framingham, MA; Lane School, Bedford, MA; Roots & Shoots New England Regional Youth Summit, MA Audubon, Lincoln, MA; Pollard School, Plaistow, NH; and Jackson Street Charter School, Lowell, MA

The Center for Green Chemistry students, faculty and staff from the Green Chemistry Colloquium regularly visited K-12 groups to teach them about green chemistry, perform experiments and just to talk to young students. These activities are part of John Warner’s vision to inspire kids to be interested in chemistry. The general public has a relatively negative view of chemistry and the members of the Center for Green Chemistry are working towards a more positive image! And, if possible to inspire a few more kids to enter the field of chemistry along the way, that will surely help our society! Outreach activities to the K-12 schools in the region and list of activities in the past semester are listed below: