Advanced Green Chemistry: Connections to Our World

Who: High School Chemistry Teachers (Prerequisite: Intro to Green Chemistry)

What: An 8-week online learning course with additional option for graduate level relicensure credit

When: June 8-August 3, 2026

Where: Online (Synchronous sessions**/Asynchronous Modules)

Cost: $475 to enroll*

**Free for NY teachers, and Environmental Justice Communities, with discount code (contact info@beyondbenign to find out if your state has a discount available and if you teach in NYS and haven't received your code)

***3 grad-level relicensure credits available at an additional cost from Adams State University

***48 NYS CTLE credits available at no additional cost for NYS educators. Beyond Benign is an approved NYS CTLE sponsor as of March 2026

About this course

Ready to take green chemistry to the next level in your classroom? Have you already started replacing your labs with safer materials?

Join Beyond Benign Certified Lead Teacher, NY Master Teacher Emeritus, Annette Sebuyira as you expand your knowledge of green chemistry principles and practices by analyzing Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award technologies. In this course, you’ll dive into toxicology for chemistry basics and investigate the pedagogy for effective guidance of student-based research projects and inquiry-based projects.

• See below for opportunity for additional mentoring opportunity for NY State Advanced Green Course participants!

This course is right for you if:

• You want to earn up to 48 CTLE credits (NYS) or 3 grad level relicensure credits (Adams State University)
• You want to support your students’ project-based learning and invention in the classroom.
• You have completed Intro to Green Chemistry and are ready to advance to the next level, diving deeper into the 12 Green Chemistry Principles.
• You are curious about how to foster student engagement through real world phenomena-based case studies.

By enrolling you’ll learn:

• How to discuss the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry in relationship to sustainability practices
• How to apply Green Chemistry Principles to Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge project
• How to relate Green Chemistry principles to toxicology concepts using existing Case studies (Storyline)
• How to apply Green Chemistry and sustainable science principles to NGSS/NYSSLS aligned, student-centered STEM activities and inquiry projects.

Course topics include:

• California Prop 65, EPA and Green Chemistry
• “Cradle to Cradle” Design
• Exploring Green Chem in action through industry examples
• Analysis of Green Chem technologies
• Analyzing and reflecting on Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge projects through the lens of the 12 Green Chem Principles
• Reviewing SDS, understanding and filtering through safety hazards in classroom, analyzing resources that evaluate hazards
• Exploring how toxicologists, EH&S scientists and chemists might collaborate to improve the chemical design process
• Creating a lesson integrating toxicology
• How to explore and participate in the Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community (GCTLC), a community of educators and researchers sharing learning and resources around sustainable science.
• Exploring new OER (Open Educational Resources) to guide students through a STEM or inquiry project
• Designing a lab or developing a unit of instruction project according to educator interest or need
• Reviewing project with peers and submitting to GCTLC (Green Chemistry Teaching & Learning Community) platform as part of OER high school collection

See Syllabus Here (2026 Syllabus)

Registration deadline is Friday, June 5, 2026.

Synchronous Zoom Sessions (Required)**

• Monday, June16, 7:00 - 8:00 pm ET
• Monday, Jul 6, 7:00 - 8:00 pm ET
• Monday, July 20, 7:00 - 8:00 pm ET
• Monday, Aug 3, 7:00 - 8:00 pm ET
• All June synchronous dates will be in the evening to accommodate educators who are still teaching during school hours