Michigan Science Teachers Association Annual Conference
Join Beyond Benign Lead Teachers Jen Sherburn and Erika Fatura at the MSTA Conference.
Green Chemistry: Inventing a Circular Economy through a Thermodynamic Lens
Speaker: Dr. John Warner, Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry Register Now! The natural world is a beautiful and intricate system of intertwined and overlapping materials ecosystems. As humans, our […]
From Novice to Confident Green Chemistry Educator and the Lessons Learned
Join us to learn about success stories from teachers who have adopted green chemistry in their classroom and increased safety in their labs. This interactive webinar will feature Lead Teachers […]
Harvard Extension School Course: ENVR E-158A Green Chemistry
January 30 – May 15, 2019 This Harvard Extension School Course is taught by Dr. John Warner co-founder of the field of green chemistry, Beyond Benign and Warner Babcock Institute […]
Design and Engineering Expo @ Bagnall Elementary School
Beyond Benign Outreach Fellows will be leading green chemistry activities for elementary school students during the Design and Engineering Expo in Groveland, MA!
Michigan Science Teacher Association Annual Conference
Join Beyond Benign Lead Teachers Jen Sherburn and Erika Fatura as they discuss bringing green chemistry into classrooms!
High School Marine Science Symposium
High school students will learn from Beyond Benign Outreach Fellows about how green chemistry can help reduce ocean plastics and the impacts of ocean acidification.
Green Chemistry – The Connection to Environmental Justice
Chemistry has provided significant benefits to society. It has also had major impacts on human and ecosystem health. Chemical accidents like the 1984 Union Carbide plant in Bhopal India, which […]
Girls Scouts STEM Conference
Girls Scouts will have the opportunity to create solar cells using the green chemistry principles! We will also have an Expo table focusing on biomimicry!
Girls Inc. of Lynn SMART Girls Summit
Girls Inc is hosting their annual SMART (Science Math And Relevant Technology) Girls Summit for middle school girls in Lynn, MA. The goal of this event is to increase interest and participation […]
ACS National Meeting, Orlando
Join Beyond Benign staff and Lead Teachers at the ACS National Meeting and Exposition in Orlando, FL Sunday, 8:35am: CHED symposium “Chemistry Teachers Day Program” – Beyond Benign Lead Teachers, […]
Full STEAM Ahead
Families at Lincoln Elementary School will learn from Beyond Benign Outreach Fellows about how green chemistry can help reduce the impacts of ocean acidfication with a dry ice demonstration!
Ipswich STEAM Showcase
Beyond Benign Outreach Fellows will be one of many groups facilitating STEAM activities for the students of Ipswich Public Schools. With the Outreach Fellows, students will explore the life cycle […]
National Science Teachers Association National Conference
Beyond Benign Lead Teachers Bob Baldo, Tanya Elmers and Jon Baek will all be leading workshops at the National Science Teachers Association. Come to booth 1641 to learn how to […]
Chemists Celebrate Earth Day
Chemists Celebrate Earth Week at the Blue Wing of Museum of Science on Saturday April 13, 2019 from 11.00 am – 3.00 pm. The theme for event this year is […]
Cambridge Science Festival: Science Carnival and Robot Zoo
Explore over 150 hands-on activities with local scientists, researchers, and STEM educators. Indoors and out at the Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School and War Memorial. Come […]
Essex Elementary School STEM Night
Free event for students to engage in hands-on STEM activities. Beyond Benign Outreach Fellows from Gordon College will be there, along with other exhibitors such as: Society of Women Engineers, […]
Tech Savvy
This annual event hosted by the American Association of University Women allows middle school girls to explore different fields of STEM thorough hands on activities led by female role models […]
Science on State Street
A free event open to all! There will be many opportunities to explore science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) with fun, high quality interactive activities. Beyond Benign Outreach Fellows will […]
Intel ISEF 2019 in Phoenix
Kate Anderson (BB Director of K-12 Education) will be leading a workshop called “Are Mushrooms the New Plastic?” Participants will explore how green chemistry principles are being used to invent […]
Boston University STEM Institute
Join BB staff, Amanda Maddalone and Janie Butler, as they leads two sessions for both Middle and High School teachers. Titled Sustainable Innovations in Industry and Chemistry with a Conscience. Through these […]
K-12 STEM Teacher Conference
Green chemistry provides a framework and lens for learning, teaching and investigating chemistry concepts. This session will highlight unique partnerships across New York State with many regional BOCES, New York […]
Central Regional ACS Meeting (CERM)
The theme for the 100th anniversary of the ACS Midland Section will be “Molecules to Materials”! Join Beyond Benign Lead Teachers Jen Sherburn, Erika Fatura and Jon Baek at CERM […]
Online Course: Introduction to Green Chemistry
Looking to create a safer more engaging learning environment for your students? This course will equip you to integrate green chemistry principles and practices into your classroom by teaching through […]
Green Chemistry Commitment 2nd Annual Summit
Register Now! Join faculty members and green chemistry professionals at the 2nd Annual Green Chemistry Commitment Summit, held at the ACS Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference hotel the day preceding […]
ACS GCEC: Linking Chemical Design to Toxicity/Hazard/Alternatives Assessment
Join Executive Director, Amy Cannon, along with partners Saskia van Bergen (WA State Dept of Ecology) and Dalila Kovacs (Grand Valley State University) at a session on Linking Chemical Design […]
IUPAC Paris 2019, Paris, France
Join Beyond Benign’s Director of the Green Chemistry Commitment program, Irv Levy, at the IUPAC conference in Paris, France where he will present a poster on “The Green Chemistry Commitment: […]
Beyond Benign Lead Teacher Summit
It’s that time of year where our Lead Teachers will be coming together here at Beyond Benign headquarters. The Summit includes teacher professional development, resource sharing, hands-on workshops by-teachers and […]
Exploring Innovative Solutions to Environmental Challenges Through Green Chemistry, Biomimicry and Real World Technologies
Beyond Benign is working in partnership with the Wade Institute for Science Education to lead the 2019 North Central Summer Professional Development Institute. Partners: Fitchburg State University; The Revolving Museum; Harvard […]
ChemEd 2019
This is one of the largest conferences for educators involved in teaching Chemistry in North America! Beyond Benign Lead Teachers Cassie Knutson Lydon and Cassie Javner will be there as […]
NYC STEM Institute: Sustainability and STEM
Beyond Benign will be hosting a three day workshop on sustainability and STEM within the NYC Summer STEM Institute for New York City Teachers. Come see how lead teacher Scott […]
NEACT Conference
Join Kate Anderson and Janie Butler at the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers 2019 Summer Conference for a 90 min workshop featuring the Recycling Polylactic Acid Lab-Transforming Cups into […]
Vote for the Beyond Benign session proposal “Inventing Green with Bioplastics” for the South by Southwest® (SXSW) EDU 2020 Conference
Please vote for the Beyond Benign proposal for the 2020 South by Southwest® Conference, an important forum for global professionals at every level to share ideas and network. This large […]
Chemistry Teacher’s Day, ACS National Conference, San Diego, CA
Join Beyond Benign Lead Teacher Steven Kosmas during the ACS National Meeting’s Chemistry Teacher’s Day program. Steven will be presenting on “Using green chemistry to remedy environmental problems”. Access the […]
Green Chemistry Commitment, ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA
Join Beyond Benign’s Director of the Green Chemistry Commitment program, Irv Levy at the General Posters during the ACS National Meeting in San Diego, CA. Abstract can be found here. […]
ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA
Join Beyond Benign’s Lead Teacher Cassandra Knutson at the ACS National meeting where she will present on “Community engagement for healthy oceans: Green chemistry & bioplastics”. Access the Abstract here. […]
DOZN™ 2.0: A Quantitative Green Chemistry Evaluator
Register Now! MilliporeSigma launched a new Green Chemistry tool, DOZN™ 2.0 this past spring. DOZN™ is an industry-first Quantitative Green Chemistry Evaluator that evaluates the relative greenness of chemicals and […]
Back to School Bash with Girl Scouts
Come join undergraduate students as they show off innovative green chemistry technologies, and host a make-and-take table!