Sustainable "green" chemistry in Pomurje School

Tema magistrskega dela je vključevanje trajnostne »zelene« kemije v posamezne obvezne vsebine učnega načrta za kemijo v osnovni šoli in hkrati seznaniti učence o zeleni kemiji, ki je v Sloveniji nekoliko zapostavljena. »Zelena« kemija in trajnostni razvoj je aktualna tema, s katero se znanstveniki vedno več ukvarjajo. Njihov namen je zmanjšanje onesnaževanja okolja. Zato je tudi pomembno, da se otroke že v osnovni šoli začne ozaveščati o pomenu okolja in različnih načinih njegovega varovanja, med katerim je tudi trajnostna »zelena« kemija, ki obeta zelo veliko. Raziskave o predznanju učencev in možnosti vključevanja trajnostne kemije v učni načrt so bile opravljene v Osnovni šoli Gornja Radgona tekom naravoslovnega dneva. V raziskavo smo vključili učence 8. in 9. razreda Osnovne šole Gornja Radgona. Raziskava je bila razdeljena na dva dela: na preverjanje predznanja, ki je potekalo pred predavanjem in preverjanjem znanja. Učenci so se odzvali z velikim zanimanjem in povezovanjem njihovega predznanja z novim znanjem. Tako smo pripravili celotno gradivo z različnimi aktivnostmi, s katerimi lahko učitelj izvede naravoslovni dan na temo trajnostna »zelena« kemija ali vključi nekatere dele v posamezne vsebine predvidene v učnem načrtu in uskladi s cilji učnega načrta. Učitelj lahko zaključni del prilagodi na posamezno regijo. Mi smo jo prilagodili regiji Pomurje, kjer je bila raziskava izvedena.The theme of the dissertation is the inclusion of durable green chemistry into individual compulsory themes of the teaching program for chemistry in primary schools and to educate students about green chemistry which is slightly neglected in Slovenia. Green chemistry and the durability development is a popular subject that is being studied more and more by scientists. The goal is to reduce pollution of the environment. Therefore it is crucial that children are educated as early as primary school about the meaning of the environment and the different ways of preserving it, one of which is through green chemistry which has a lot of potential in this field. The research on the initial knowledge of the students and the possibility of including the durable chemistry into the learning plan were done at the primary school Gornja Radgona throughout a natural science day. We included students of the 8th and 9th grade of the primary school Gornja Radgona. The research was divided into two parts: checking their initial knowledge of the subject which took place a week before and a lecture and exam. We therefore prepared the entire subject with activities through which a teacher can execute the natural science day with the subject green durable chemistry. They can also include some parts of this into certain topics that are scheduled in the learning plan and these can be synchronised with the aims of the learning schedule. The teacher can adjust the final part depending on the region. We adapted to the region of Pomurje where the research took place