Roots and Shoots |
Students will design an experiment to measure plant growth rates in the field and gather data to help determine the best crop choice for biofuel production. They will also explore carbon sequestration. |
Bioenergy, Biology |
Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12) |
Save the Day |
Students use a card game to generate ideas for designs that will help someone in various disaster scenarios. |
Engineering |
Elementary (4-5), Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12) |
Save The Penguins |
Students in this lesson will learn the broad context of global climate change. |
Biology, Climate Change, Ecology |
Elementary (4-5), Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12) |
Saving White City's Air Part I |
In this lesson students will learn to differentiate thermal conversions of wood to understand the uses of each thermal conversion product. |
Bioenergy, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering |
Middle School (6-8) |
Saving White City's Air Part II |
In this lesson students will learn about different thermal conversions and thermal conversion product to create a basic model of a gasifier. |
Bioenergy, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering |
Middle School (6-8) |
Saving White City's Air Part III |
In this lesson students learn about steam for generating and transporting heat from biofuels. |
Bioenergy, Biology, Ecology, Engineering |
Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12) |
Saving White City's Air Part IV |
In this lesson students will learn the importance of biomass boilers to convert sawdust into steam. |
Bioenergy, Biology, Ecology, Engineering |
High School (9-12) |
Schoolyard Quadrats |
In this lesson students learn how to measure population density in quadrats by sampling plant species. |
Biology |
Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12) |
Scribbler Machine |
Students will design and build a simple machine to accomplish a task. |
Engineering |
Middle School (6-8) |
Secret Life of Plankton |
Students learn about the diversity of plankton and are then challenged to design a planktonic organism. |
Engineering, Marine |
Elementary (4-5), Middle School (6-8) |