Curriculum:
Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry
Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry
Students in both courses do a case study on plastics. The focal point is the
video: Bag It, which focuses on plastic bags. The students learn that
petroleum, a nonrenewable resource, is the main ingredient in plastic bags,
they learn about how plastics have been proven to have negative health
effects and the major environmental impact of plastic waste. The students
write action letters to either plastic manufacturers, shop keepers, senators
or the President to lobby for the reduction of plastic manufacturing, use
and proper disposal. The also create a poster representing their argument.