About CheSSE

Online Resources for Chemical Safety in Science Education, CheSSE, is a three-year ERASMUS+ project that started September 1st 2020. The University of Oslo (Norway), the University of Helsinki (Finland), the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), and Stockholm University (Sweden) run the project. The aim of CheSSE is to develop condensed, up-to date, online resources about chemical safety in science education. A desired long-term goal is that teachers feel competent and safe when handling chemicals and managing school laboratories.

The material will be developed through discussions and workshops, and published on this website, chesse.org. in the participating organizations’ languages and in English.

ASE have performed an ASE Green Tick quality assurance of chesse.org to identify areas of strength and weakness of the content. The ASE Green Tick does not imply that ASE endorses this website; rather, the report provides suggestions on potential applications and how chesse.org may contribute in teaching and learning. The time of the quality assurance of chesse.org was October 2022.

Target Groups

The primary target groups of the project are science and chemistry teachers, head of schools and science teacher educators. The content can also be useful for national and regional agencies that support and control the use of chemicals in science and chemistry education. The development of the material will take place in collaboration with these different recipients. Feel free to register your interest in participating in this work: contact@chesse.org

Conferences and Publications

• National conferences in Finland, Sweden, Slovenia and Norway in 2022
• European Conference about Chemical Safety in Science Education, June 2023
• Ferk Savec, V., & Mlinarec, K. (2021). Experimental Work in Science Education from Green Chemistry Perspectives: A Systematic Literature Review Using PRISMA. Sustainability, 13(23), 12977. MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132312977
• Tveit, S. & Faegri, K. (2023). A new online resource for chemical safety and green chemistry in science education. Chemistry Teacher International. https://doi.org/10.1515/cti-2022-0031

Partner Organizations

• Stockholm University, Sweden (coordinator)
  Contact person: Jenny Olander, jenny.olander@krc.su.se
• University of Helsinki, Finland
  Contact person: Ari Myllyviita, ari.myllyviita@helsinki.fi
• University of Oslo, Norway
  Contact person: Kirsten Fiskum, kirsten.fiskum@naturfagsenteret.no
• University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  Contact person: Vesna Ferk Savec, vesna.ferk@pef.uni-lj.si

Citing CheSSE

Several authors and editors have edited the texts found on chesse.org. If you would like to cite chesse.org, we suggest the following format (APA 7):

Content pages with publishing date:

• Reference entry:
  Online Resources for Chemical Safety in Science Education. (year, month date). Page Title. https://chesse.org/…/…/
• In-text citation:
  (Online Resources for Chemical Safety in Science Education, year)

Section pages with no publishing date:

• Reference entry:
  Online Resources for Chemical Safety in Science Education. (n.d.). Page Title. Retrieved year-month-date, from https://chesse.org/…/…/
• In-text citation:
  (Online Resources for Chemical Safety in Science Education, n.d.)

List of authors

• Ferk Savec, Vesna
  Full professor, Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Fiskum, Kirsten
  Lecturer, Norwegian Centre for Science Education, University of Oslo, Norway
• Fægri, Karoline
  Senior lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, Norway
• Holland, Sara
  Senior teacher, Katedralskolan, Uppsala, Sweden
• Hrast, Špela
  Teaching assistant, Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Klemen, Taja
  Teaching assistant, Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Lampiselkä, Jarkko
  University lecturer, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Mlinarec, Katarina
  Teaching assistant, Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Myllyviita, Ari
  Lecturer, Viikki Teacher Training School of University of Helsinki, Finland
• Olander, Jenny
  Lecturer, The National Resource Center for Chemistry Teachers, Stockholm University, Sweden
• Pernaa, Johannes
  University lecturer, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Salmijärvi, Jenna
  Science teacher, Secondary school, Finland
• Stenberg, Cecilia
  Lecturer, The National Resource Center for Chemistry Teachers, Stockholm University, Sweden
• Sørborg, Øystein
  Lecturer, Norwegian Centre for Science Education, University of Oslo, Norway
• Tveit, Svein
  Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, Norway
• Vesterinen, Veli-Matti
  University lecturer, University of Turku, Finland