Renewable Energy

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 07.05.02

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Objectives
  4. Background Knowledge
  5. Strategies
  6. Class Activities
  7. Resources
  8. Appendix

Solar energy: Using Carbon Dioxide from the Atmosphere to Produce a Viable Fuel Source

Emily Betts

Published September 2007

Tools for this Unit:

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.

7. Electromagnetic Spectrum. (n.d). Retrieved on July 7, 2007, from http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/emspectrum.html

8. What can one kilowatt hour do for you. (n.d.). Photovoltaic panels in the Netherlands. Retrieved July 4, 2007, from http://www.zonnepanelen.wouterlood.com/solar_pages_uk/one_kwh.htm

9. Earth Observatory: The Carbon Cycle. (n.d.). Retrieved on July 4, 2007, from http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/CarbonCycle/.

10. Local Scale: Carbon Pools in Forestry and Agriculture. (n.d). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved on July 27, 2007, from http://www.epa.gov/sequestration/local_scale.html.

11. Walker, David. (1992). Energy, Plants and Man. Retrieved on May 15, 2007, from http://dawalker.staff.shef.ac.uk/books/epmc06.pdf

12. Vermaas, Wim. (1998). An introduction to photosynthesis and its applications. The World and I. Retrieved on July 8, 2007, from http://photoscience.la.asu.edu/photosyn/education/photointro.html.

13. Biomass Basics. (n.d.). Retrieved on July 6, 2007, from: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/biomass_basics.html

14. Alternative Fuels: Ethanol. (n.d). Retrieved on July 5, 2007, from http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/altfuel/ethanol.html.

15. Dias De Oliviera, M., Vaughn, B. and Rykeil, E. (2005). Energy as Fuel: Energy, Carbon Dioxide Balances, and Ecological Footprint. Bioscience, 55: 593-602.

16. How ethanol is made. (n.d.). Retrieved on July 7, 2007, from http://www.ethanolrfa.org/resource/made/.

17. Alternative Fuels: Biodiesel (n.d). Retrieved on July 7, 2007, from http://www.eere.energy.gov/cleancities/blends/biodiesel.html

18. LeCaptain, D. J. (2007, February 15). Production and Analysis of Biodiesel Using a Continuous Flow Reactor. Presented at Biofuels Symposium. Retrieved on July 27, 2007, from http://www.nwmsbf.org/presentations/BioDiesel.pdf.

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.

21. Roig-Franzia, M. (January 27, 2007) A culinary and cultural staple in crisis. The Washington Post, A1.

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.

24. Brudvig, G. (2007, July 6). Renewable Energy: Artificial Photosynthesis. Presented at Yale Teachers Institute, Renewable Energy Seminar.

25. Katz, Abram. (2007, July 1). Here Comes the Sun. New Haven Register.

26. Kidder, Kevin. (2007, July 22) Carbon-neutral push warming up around the world. The Columbus Dispatch.

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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