Best Practices in Chemistry Education and Around e-Waste
Call for papers for a special issue of Chemistry Teacher International concerning the theme: “Effective teaching tools and methods to learn about e-waste.”
One of the recommended outcomes from the Future Actions Committee of the IUPAC CHEMRAWN XXII conference E-waste in Africa was to develop and share teaching materials related to e-waste. Secondary school and university chemical education is critical due to the central role that chemistry plays in sustainable development and developing new, clean technologies. Many students have cell/mobile phones and access to computers, but many may be unaware of end of life or more general life cycle considerations for such devices. Important questions regarding components in electronic devices (their origin and their fate) and ways to recycle precious metals whilst preventing environmental pollution can be addressed. We hope this special issue will serve our community by gathering and sharing educational materials on chemical aspects of e-waste. 10-12 examples for secondary school or university educators (e.g. in-class exercises, laboratory experiments) will be published. Outreach activities in this area can also be described and shared. These readily available materials will allow students to learn about e-waste from a chemical perspective and inspire educators to develop their own ideas on this important topic related to sustainable chemistry. [see project 2022-016-1-021]
These articles are invited for a special issue of Chemistry Teacher International, an open access journal, and this will allow broad dissemination in the chemical education community worldwide.
See invitation details at https://iupac.org/best-practices-in-chemistry-education-and-around-e-waste/
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Articles in the same Issue
- Masthead - Full issue pdf
- Secretary General's Column
- Beginnings, Reviews, and Rejuvenation
- Features
- Plastic post-Nairobi needs IUPAC involvement
- NFDI4Chem—A Research Data Network for International Chemistry
- WorldFAIR Chemistry: Making IUPAC Assets FAIR
- Conformity Assessment of a Substance or Material
- IUPAC Wire
- IUPAC is seeking Expressions of Interest to host the General Assembly and World Chemistry Congress in the year 2029
- IUPAC Awards in Analytical Chemistry—Call for nominations
- 2023 IUPAC-Solvay International Award For Young Chemists—Call For Applicants
- IUPAC-Zhejiang NHU International Award For Advancements In Green Chemistry—Call For Nominations
- IUPAC Elections for the 2024–2025 Term
- IUPAC welcomes its new Executive Director, Dr. Greta Heydenrych
- IUPAC scientific journal Pure and Applied Chemistry names Ganesan interim editor
- Best Practices in Chemistry Education and Around e-Waste
- Erratum
- Project Place
- Introducing the IUPAC Seal of Approval for a wider adoption of IUPAC recommended symbols, terminology and nomenclature: Stage 1—Symbols
- Effective teaching tools and methods to learn about e-waste
- A Collection of Experimental Standard Procedures in Synthetic Photochemistry
- Making an imPACt
- A brief guide to polymerization terminology (IUPAC Technical Report)
- IUGS–IUPAC recommendations and status reports on the half-lives of 87Rb, 146Sm, 147Sm, 234U, 235U, and 238U (IUPAC Technical Report)
- Terminology for chain polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)
- Pesticide soil microbial toxicity: setting the scene for a new pesticide risk assessment for soil microorganisms (IUPAC Technical Report)
- Specification of International Chemical Identifier (InChI) QR codes for linking labels on containers of chemical samples to digital resources (IUPAC Recommendations 2021)
- Conference Call
- Chemistry Education (ICCE 2022)
- ICCE—a short historical perspective
- Green Chemistry in Greece
- Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
- Assessment of Performance and Uncertainty in Qualitative Chemical Analysis
- Polymer Synthesis
- Mark Your Calendar
