Have you ever wondered about ethanol from starch or wood, biodiesel, biodegradable plastics or other related topics? Your students probably have, too.
This two-week workshop will focus on middle school and high school science, presenting new, exciting hands-on experiments and information related to biofuels, bioenergy, bioproducts, recycling and sustainability that can effectively enhance your existing science curriculum. We will examine MCA II requirements and discuss how to adapt your existing curriculum and/or include the new exercises to best meet the new requirements.
Some of the course activities include: bio-diesel from vegetable oil (lab), heat value of energy crops (lab), ethanol from corn, cellulosic ethanol and some of the challenges (lecture ), fermentation processes (lab), hydrogen and hydrogen fuel cells (lecture and lab), paper recycling (lab), bio-based composites (demonstration), biodegradable plastics (lecture) and other topics.
University of Minnesota,
St. Paul campus
Dr. Ulrike Tschirner (U of M), Beverly Zelinski (Irondale High School), Michael O’Connor (Roosevelt High School).
All course fees, materials, per diem, part of lunches and three graduate credits will be covered by a grant from the Minnesota Office of Higher Education’s Improving Teacher Quality Grant program. On campus housing for up to three participants is available.
Fill out online application or contact instructor Ulrike Tschirner at 612-624-8798 or ulrike@umn.edu. All participants must apply for admission to the course. Applications received by April 15 will be considered first, but applications will be accepted until the course is full.
