Green chemistry offers a framework for decreasing hazards within classrooms while promoting sustainability for both human health and the environment. In this online course, participants will collaborate in the creation of NYSSLS aligned green chemistry labs and lesson plans with the goal of creating a community to expand sustainable lab practices…

This fully asynchronous course will help strengthen student discourse in the science classroom using approaches aligned with the NYSSLS three dimensions. Through practical examples, strategies, and planning tools, teachers will explore what meaningful scientific discussion looks like, how to scaffold it for diverse learners, and how to design lessons that move students from passive recipients of information to active sense-makers and communicators…