Writing the Principles: Let's Make Lemonade!

Green chemistry focuses on developing sustainable and environmentally friendly practices within the field of chemistry. An effective approach to introducing this concept is through the exploration of the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry, which serve as a guiding framework for creating safer, more efficient, and environmentally conscious chemical processes. By incorporating these principles into our teaching, we can inspire students to become catalysts for positive change in the world of chemistry and beyond.

This lesson is for use as part of an introduction to high school chemistry lab. Teachers need to have information on the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry and how to use them to evaluate a lab procedure (see appended list of the principles at the end of this document). This lesson will be set up as both an at-home (remote learning) and in-class lab activity taking into account social distancing.