Introduction of Environmentally Benign Chemistry Experiments into Curriculum

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24501087
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Science education
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: OGINO Kazuko 東北大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 名誉教授 (40004353)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): OGINO Hiroshi 東北大学, 理学研究科, 名誉教授 (00004292) ; YOSHINO Teruo 国際基督教大学, アーツ・サイエンス研究科, 名誉教授 (10052276) ; SEKINE Tsutomu 東北大学, 高度教養教育・学生支援機構, 教授 (20154651) ; SAWATARI Hideyuki 宮城教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (30221287) ; OMATA Kenji 東北大学, 高度教養教育・学生支援機構, 助教 (70272010)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 科学教育 / 化学実験 / マイクロスケール実験 / 実験キット / 学校教育 / グリーンケミストリー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have developed various microscale chemistry(MC) experiments　and a kit for these MC experiments.The kit contains 24 kinds of materials including an eight-well plate and a multifunctional lid. All these materials are accommodated in a plastic box; the size of the box is 28 cm x 20 cm x 3 cm. With this compact kit, enormous numbers of microscale experiments can be conducted. The kits have been used in several junior and senior high schools successfully. The kits were especially useful in schools which suffered from the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and could not use the laboratory. By the use of our kits, chemistry experiments could have been carried out in ordinary classrooms without laboratory facilities. We have run many workshops for teachers as well as for students in many cities including Berlin. In September 2014, we organized the International Symposium on　Environmentally Benign Chemistry Experiments in Tohoku University to disseminate our environmentally benign experiments.

Free Research Field

科学教育