Primary/secondary education

School teaching

• More intensive implementation of green chemistry topics in already existing lessons
• Integration of projects in the elective subject of chemistry at upper secondary level
• Creation of more assignments for the Chemistry Olympiad at all competition levels
• Special prize for school leavers for the Best Environmental Chemistry Paper.

Journals, magazines and teaching materials

• “Chemie & Schule” journal of the Association of Chemistry Teachers in Austria
• “Plus Lucis” journal of the Association for the Promotion of Physics and Chemistry Education
• “Molecool-Lino” and “Molecool” magazines of the Association of Austrian Chemistry Teachers for primary and lower secondary school pupils
• “Leo” teaching materials for primary pupils from the Austrian Educational Competence Centre Chemistry; possible extension of existing areas of focus to include issues around green chemistry.

Text by M. Kerschbaumer, Jannuary 2021.