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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
Knows about:
bioenergy
,
bioproducts
,
chemistry
,
high-oleic oil
,
physics
,
soy-based products
.
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1 lesson
Biochar: producing bioenergy from waste
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.
unit
4 lessons
Making and testing biodiesel from soybeans
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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4 lessons
Making biodiesel from soybeans
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 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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