Your name, Department, University, Address, Email, and Telephone.

Please prepare a 50-200-word summary that describes your GEMs item. Please keep in mind that the GEMs search function includes a free text search of the summaries. Users have indicated that they prefer a more casual writing style when reading the summaries. Since the GEMs overview page includes a separate listing of key concepts and/or laboratory techniques, you do not need to be inclusive in your summary.

Sample Outline for the summary

1. The first sentence should identify the exercise and put it into context.
2. The balance of the first paragraph should further describe the exercise by providing key details. For example, students were able to synthesize x using conditions y.
3. An optional second paragraph can be included to highlight key learning advantages and how this exercise may be different from more traditional exercises.

Our goal is to help educators quickly determine if the material is appropriate for their course.

If you are providing a link to a GEMs item located on your website, please type the URL in the space provided.

If you are providing the GEMs item as a PDF or word document (including laboratory procedure), please type the name of the file you will be sending in the space provided and send the file as an attachment to a separate email addressed to Julie Haack at greenlab@uoregon.edu.

If you are submitting an item that has not yet been published, please be sure to include your name and contact information somewhere in the document. We find that this information can be conveniently located in the footer.

Please indicate how the item has been incorporated into your curriculum. For example, "this laboratory exercise has been used by community college students, at the sophomore level, in the organic curriculum for the past 5 years."

Additional resources can include background reading, classroom demonstrations, or assessment items (pre and post lab questions, exam questions). Please include references and/or word docustudents.

If the item you are submitting has been published, please provide bibliographic information.

If there are multiple authors for the GEMs item, please identify one person who is willing to be a contact for those requesting additional information about incorporation into their curriculum.

To help authors identify educational materials appropriate for their courses, GEMs entries include a list of key chemistry educational concepts and laboratory techniques associated with each item. These terms can also help educators replace existing content with greener education materials.

Please create a list of key words for your GEMs item by selecting from the keywords listed below. For chemical concepts and laboratory techniques not listed below, please use the Journal of Chemical Education's key word list to identify additional terms. If you don't find the word you are looking for on the list, please add it below.