The American Chemistry Society (ACS) has pulled together some valuable resources for high school chemistry teachers, Classroom Teaching Resources to Education Standards to Professional Development. Educators will find lesson plans on the Isolation of Phytochrome, the Development of Baking Powder, the Discovery of Fullerenes, and Man and Materials Through History, among other topics. An extensive list of tools and ideas related to "Green Chemistry" are also provided, including the ACS GCI Green Chemistry Pocket Guides and Beyond Benign, a site entirely dedicated doing chemistry in an earth-friendly manner. In addition, the two-hour NOVA special, "Hunting the Elements," in which David Pogue deconstructs and reconstructs the periodic table of elements, provides two full hours of educational fun for all ages.
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