Transitioning to Renewable Fuels: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Students are guided through research project design and implementation based on biodiesel production and usage. Handouts and basic protocols guide students through the project providing boundaries for time considerations and chemical usage while giving students enough freedom to explore their chosen independent and dependent variables.

The True Cost of Clean Water: A General Chemistry Lab part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Students investigate methods to purify a sample of "dirty" water to drinking water. They'll look at three different methods for purification: distillation, filtration, and iodine (I2) treatment. They then will calculate the monetary cost of purifying water.

Science and Sustainability: A Freshman Seminar Course part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
The backbone of the course is made of two books: Berger and Luckmann's The Social Construction of Reality and Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma. Students will discuss these readings in a seminar format, write papers, take exams, carry out a chemistry experiment using mass spectroscopy, and undertake a research project into current pedagogical approaches to science and sustainability.

Food for Thought: Connecting Ocean Acidification to Global Food Scarcity part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
In this activity, students explore the connection between the chemistry of ocean acidification, food resources and climate impacts on humans and local ecosystems. Student tasks include watching a couple short videos, short readings, online and in-class discussion assignments, and civic engagement components where students practice their science literacy and communication skills.