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Description
This video segment, adopted from NOVA explores the potential of ethanol as a cleaner-building fuel alternative to gasoline and the efforts to produce it more efficiently. Today, most ethanol is made from corn kernels. But converting corn into ethanol requires lots of energy as well as corn, which might otherwise be used to feed people and livestock.
The video features research efforts to use les valuable plant matter, called cellulosic biomass, and microorganisms that may be able to accomplish the conversion from plant matter to fuel in a single step.
General Assessment
Recommendation of how and where to use it
Ethanol Biofuel may be used to support curriculum units that focus o the following
- climate change (Science, Environmental Science, Social Studies)
- alternative energy (Science, Environmental Science)
- managing resources ( Geography, Environmental Science)
- appropriate technology (Science and Technology)
- organic chemistry (Chemistry)
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- Energy Conservation Principles 2220
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- Science 30: : Energy and the Environment
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Themes Addressed
Air, Atmosphere & Climate (1)
- Climate Change
Energy (1)
- Alternative Energy
Science and Technology (1)
- Appropriate Technology
