Energy Sciences

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 13.05.07

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Background
  3. Implementation Strategies
  4. Content Objectives
  5. Curriculum Strategies
  6. Lesson 1: Carbon Content of Fuel Combustion
  7. Lesson 2: Ethanol Production and the Pros and Cons of Biofuels
  8. Lesson 3: Biobutanol vs. Bioethanol
  9. Appendix 1
  10. Delaware Science Standard 8
  11. Appendix 2
  12. Appendix 3
  13. Works Cited

It Don't Come Easy: The Promises and Challenges of Biofuel Production

Robert McDowell

Published September 2013

Tools for this Unit:

Delaware Science Standard 8

Ecology

Enduring Understanding: Organisms and their environments are interconnected. Changes in one part of the system will affect other parts of the system.

Students should be able to explain how feedback loops keep an ecosystem (at the local and global level) in a state of dynamic equilibrium (e.g., positive and negative feedback loops associated with global climate).

Enduring Understanding: Humans can alter the living and non-living factors within an ecosystem, thereby creating changes to the overall system.

Students should be able to research and discuss ways in which humans use technology to reduce the negative impact of human activity on the environment. (e.g., phytoremediation, smokestack scrubbers).

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