Tagged bioenergy

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Agricultural engineering

Agricultural engineers explain their work and how they use biology and engineering to make farms energy-efficient and our food supply safe and plentiful. They describe what drew them to agricultural engineering and discuss their education and career …
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Andrea Harpen

Chemistry and Physics Teacher at Blanchester High School
bioenergy bioproducts chemistry high-oleic oil physics soy-based products
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Biochar: producing bioenergy from waste

1 lesson, 1 file
How can a waste stream become part of a cyclical system? Make biochar, a soil amendment, by making and using a model top light updraft (TLUD) pyrolysis kiln or oven.
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Company pleased with high oleic innovations

Emery Oleochemicals has been in business for more than 170 years, but they aren’t stuck in the past. Instead, they’re on the cutting edge of new bioscience. Emery Oleochemical is a global company with a facility in Cincinnati. They create building …
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Exploring Energy

19 Ohio STEM teachers met at the Summit County ESC building to learn more about energy and biofuels in a unique co-sponsored workshop. Presenters included Ohio Soybean Council’s GrowNextGen, Ohio Corn & Wheat’s Feed the World, and the Ohio Oil …
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Making biodiesel from soybeans

5 lessons, 16 files
How might we make and use renewable fuel? Make biodiesel and create a scale model of an anaerobic digester, while investigating bioenergy and how it is produced.
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Making biodiesel from soybeans (TL version)

2 lessons, 6 files
How might we make and use renewable fuel? Make and test biodiesel from different sources while investigating bioenergy and how it is produced.
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Making biodiesel with biotech students

John Thomas is a GrowNextGen teacher leader who teaches at Fairbanks High School. He attended the Science of Food and Fuel workshop sponsored by USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Here he talks about using the biodiesel lesson from the …
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New programs and improvements at ATI to share with your students!

Jason Hardin, an Environmental Science teacher at Gahanna Lincoln High School, shares news about ag education opportunities at ATI: I attended the annual Spring Update Day Educators’ Breakfast at the Ohio State Agricultural Technical Institute (ATI) …
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Seeing the value of biodiesel

Bioenergy is a kind of renewable energy made available by converting one form of chemical energy, from a biological source, to a more usable energy. Typical biomass includes agricultural wastes, municipal sewage and solid waste, industrial and …
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“Soybeans as an energy feedstock”

Find the lesson plans you need for cutting-edge teaching. Check out this great bioenergy curriculum. Bioenergy comes from renewable sources yields little or no chemical pollutants in production is more reliable than solar or wind energy uses organic …