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.

Background
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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.
- MS-LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes