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Energy and Biofuels (Grades 6-8)

Students explore the process of fermentation in the creation of ethanol and observe the role enzymes play in the fermentation of starch.

Grades
6 – 8
Estimated Time
2 hours
Updated
July 10, 2024
corn field with ethanol gas pump
Image: NCAL Team

Background

Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

Nourish the Future

Acknowledgements

This lesson is an excerpt of the Energy and Biofuels unit created by Nourish the Future.

Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Science
    • MS-LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
      • MS-LS1-7: Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.
    • MS-LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
      • MS-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
      • MS-LS2-3: Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and non-living parts of an ecosystem.