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

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Content Objectives

With the completion of this unit, students will be able to explain the role of fossil fuels in carbon pollution and climate change. They should be able to describe the characteristics of a biofuel and the relative benefits of biofuel use over fossil fuels as a motor fuel.

Students should be able to describe the costs, both economically and environmentally, of biofuels as well as the basic process for production of ethanol from corn. They should be able to relate the production of corn ethanol to some other environmental problems using the principle of Environmental Unity.

Students should be able to describe the basic process for production of ethanol from cellulosic sources, the benefits for the environment of cellulosic ethanol over corn ethanol, and the challenges of cellulosic ethanol production. They should also be able to describe some methods by which cellulosic ethanol production could be optimized.

Finally students will be able to describe the benefits, both economically and environmentally of butanol over ethanol as a potential biofuel of the future.

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