Resources
Works Cited
1. Energy Overview, Selected Years, 1949-2006. (2006). Retrieved on July 4, 2007, from
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/pdf/pages/sec1_5.pdf
2. Energy Consumption by Primary Energy Source, Selected Years, 1949-2006. (2006). Retrieved on July 25, 2007, from http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/pdf/pages/sec1_9.pdf
3. Energy and Work Equivalents. (n.d.). Energy Information Administration's Energy Kid's Page. Retrieved on July 25, 2007, from http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/science/units.html
4. Lewis, Nate. (n.d.). The Future of Power and Energy in the World. Retrieved June 22, 2007, from http://nsl.caltech.edu/energy.html.
5. Lewis, Nathan. (2007). Toward Cost-Effective Solar Energy Use
Science, 315: 798 — 801.
6. Hill, J., Nelson, E., Tillman, D., Polasky, S. and Tiffany, D. (2006). Environmental, economic, and energetic costs and benefits of biodiesel and ethanol biofuels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 103, 11206-11210.
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17. Alternative Fuels: Biodiesel (n.d). Retrieved on July 7, 2007, from http://www.eere.energy.gov/cleancities/blends/biodiesel.html
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19. Brudvig, G. (2007, July 9). Renewable Energy: Biodiesel. Presented at Yale Teachers Institute, Renewable Energy Seminar.
20. Farrell, A.E., R.J. Plevin, B.T. Turner, A.D. Jones, M. O'Hare, and D.M. Kammen. (2006). Ethanol can contribute to energy and environmental goals. Science, 311:506-508.
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22. Howard, A. and B. Dangi. (2007, July/August). Biofuel's Big Bean. In These Times. Excerpted in Utne Reader.
23. Gibbs, W. (2006) Plan B for Energy. Scientific American, 295:102-114.
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Additional Teacher Resources
Carbon Cartoons http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11662978&ps=bb6
Curriculum Resources. David Walker.
http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/pub_support.htm
Ethanol Curriculum: Northwest Iowa Community College
http://www.nwicc.com/pages/continuing/business/ethanol/Module1.htm
National Renewable Energy Laboratory http://www.nrel.gov/
Energy Activities for Teachers And Students. Energy Information Administration. http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/classactivities/teachers&students.html
Student Readings/Resources
A New Leaf in Time: http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/articles/broad_anlit.htm
NPR Carbon Cartoons: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11662978&ps=bb6
Energy Kid's Page. Energy Information Administration. http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/index.html
Class Resources
Computers with internet access
LCD Projector/Overhead Projector
Art Supplies: Poster board, Markers, etc.
Fabric and Velcro to make valence shell and electrons
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