Renewable Energy Sources

Biofuel • http://www.ndep.us/Biofuel

Biofuels: Fuel derived from biological sources; common examples are ethanol, which comes from the starch and sugar of plants (usually corn), and biodiesel, which combines alcohol with a fat, such as recycled frying oil.

Fossil Fuel: Fuel derived from the decomposed remains of plants and animals that lived over 300 million years ago.

• can find in a video produced by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_biofuels.html).

• As they watch the video, encourage students to think about what they would need to know to design a biofuels (ethanol) facility.

• First, they should brainstorm ideas for how to build a biofuels refinery plant that would turn corn into ethanol. The ideas should be focused on the topic of how to grow the most corn possible for their biofuels plant, based on what they learned from their experiment. Remind students that in brainstorming, no idea or suggestion is "silly." All ideas should be respectfully heard. Encourage wild ideas and discourage criticism of ideas.• After brainstorming ideas, they should study the ideas, and choose the

best one(s). This idea should be a solution to the engineering problem of how to grow the most corn possible for ethanol production. Have each group share their ideas with the class.

Article—Bio fuel• http://www.nbcnews.com/id/18551000/

Biofuel video• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cixp2tSG1I&safe=active

Online project

Pg 46 Wind Powered Vehicle•Materials · •3 straws, •4 Lifesavers, •1 piece of paper, •2 paper clips, •50 centimeters of tape

Open book to pg 461•Pick a partner, one is partner X, one is partner Y. Each person needs a book

•FLT—I can write about how wind energy is cheap and abundant using the book and a video clip

Page 461—Wind Power• Partner X—read cheap and abundant• Question: How is wind energy created?

• Partner Y—read wind farms• Question: What can wind farmers do with their extra electricity?

• Partner X—read an underdeveloped resource• Question: What is a problem with wind electricity?

• Partner Y—look at the graph and read the 3 axis• Question: Give an interpretation of graph• Question: In what year did wind power production begin to experience a significant

growth?

Wind energy clip pg 46 in notebook

Design a car to run on wind energy pg 46

Copy on pg 40Write a letter to the School Board asking for the use of Biofuels

• First paragraph—Introduce biofuels + what they can be used for at Lawndale

• Second paragraph—Positives about biofuels (with 2 text-based quotes)

• Third paragraph—Negatives about biofuels (with 2 text-based quotes). Present solutions

Due Wed

Congrats Nick—perfect attendance 11th grade•Pick a partner, one is partner X, one is partner Y. Each person needs a book

•FLT—I can compare and contrast methane and alcohol biomass fuels through a Venn Diagram

Open book to pg 462

• Partner X—read Biomass paragraph stopping at figure 1.8• Let’s look at figure 1.8• Partner Y—read second part of Biomass paragraph• Partner X—read methane paragraph• Partner Y—read alcohol paragraph