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Combustion or Lack of Oxygen

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders experiment and see the combustion of ethanol, then write a report about why ethanol didn't ignite a second time.
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Photosynthesis and Biomass Growth

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine renewable energy sources such as ethanol.  In this photosynthesis and biomes lesson students complete a project on farming techniques. 
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Ethyl Alcohol

For Students 9th - 12th
In this ethyl alcohol learning exercise, high schoolers read about the characteristics of ethanol including the effects it has on the body when ingested and digested. This learning exercise has 2 short answer questions.
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Chromatographic Separation of Methylene Blue and Sodium Fluorescein

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students determine the best solvent system for separating a methylene blue/sodium fluorescein mixture by thin layer chromatography. They conduct an initial TLC separation using ethanol and a different solvent mixture and analyze the data...
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Simple Calorimetry to Find the Enthalpy of Combustion of Alcohols

For Students 9th - 12th
Accomplished chemistry learners set up a calorimeter and measure the energy released by various alcohols: methanol, ethanol, and either propanol or butanol. Lab masters will first need to design their own tables for recording data....
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Biomass: The Energy of the Future

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine information about a variety of renewable fuels. They read key vocabulary terms, read and discuss a story handout, and conduct research on renewable fuels. Students then complete a comparison chart, and write an...
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Nuffield Foundation

Extracting DNA from Living Things

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Help! Someone's trying to take my DNA! An interesting lab experiment has scholars use basic materials to extract DNA. By applying ethanol, cold water, and a protease enzyme, like pineapple juice, they pull strands of DNA from peas,...
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Nuffield Foundation

Working with Immobilized Enzymes or Microscopic Organisms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Let the lab be a catalyst to learn about enzymes. Scholars create alginate beads filled with yeast. As part of an investigation into enzymes, they see how these beads provide a catalyst to the reaction of glucose into ethanol.
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Scavenger Hunt!

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students conduct Internet research to describe products made from corn. They identify how corn produces ethanol, complete a graphic organizer demonstrating the importance of corn production in people's lives, and design a poster about corn.
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Lab Resource
Pingry School

Determination of Molar Mass by Boiling Point Elevation

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Francis Raoult discovered the change in boiling points of solutions varies by the number of particles in the solution. Scholars apply the concept to determine the molality of a solution based on the change in boiling point. They use an...
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Texas State Energy Conservation Office

Creating an Advertisement

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Advertising for the purpose of influencing public policy regarding the use of alternative fuels is the focus of an innovative and engaging lesson. Learners are split up into six team in order to create an advertising campaign that...
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AP Test Prep
College Board

2010 AP® Microeconomics Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
When the demand for ethanol goes up, what does that do to corn farmers, who provide a key ingredient? Learners ponder the connection using authentic College Board prompts in preparation for AP® or other exams. Other questions consider...
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Introduction to Density

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discover the definition of density through a demonstration using ethanol and ice cubes and a class discussion using a SMART Board to illustrate formulas and calculations. Students finish the instructional activity by...
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Ethanol

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Young scholars explore how to fuel cars with corn and then test different items to explore the process of fermentation.
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The Price is Right?

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders read "A Primer on Gasoline Prices" and complete a worksheet on the price of gas. They discuss supply and demand and what a consumer can do about prices at the pump.
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Worksheet
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The Preparation of Teraamminecopper(II) Sulphate-1-water

For Students 9th - 12th
In this complex salt worksheet, high schoolers create teraamminecopper(II)sulphate-1-water using copper(II)sulphate, concentrated ammonia and ethanol. Students determine the formula mass for their product, the theoretical yield of the...
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Photosynthesis

For Students 9th - 10th
In this photosynthesis instructional activity, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms pertaining to the process of photosynthesis. There are 18 biology terms located in the word search.
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Vapor Pressure

For Students 9th - 12th
In this vapor pressure worksheet, students use a given graph of the vapor pressure of four liquids to answer eleven questions. They compare and find boiling points and vapor pressures of propanone, ethanol, water, and ethanoic acid.
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No Fossils in This Fuel!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain how technology leads to a cleaner environment. They gain hands-on experience with ethanol as a fuel alternative.
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Selling and Buying a Green Car

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the concerns over fuel sources and the debate over ethanol as an energy source.  In this alternative energy lesson students complete an activity of selling and buying an environmentally friendly car. 
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Chemical Compounds

For Students 10th - 12th
In this chemical compounds instructional activity, students write the name or chemical formula for the given compounds. Students determine the mass of a cylinder and a given volume of ethanol. This instructional activity has 2 fill in...
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Properties of Ionic and Covalent Compounds

For Students 9th - 12th
Test six various reagents for their ability to conduct electricity. Cooperating chemists research whether each is ionic or covalent and discover the relationship between bonding and conductivity. This laboratory exercise would be an...
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Worksheet
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Preparation of Crystalline Derivatives of Aldehydes and Ketones

For Students 9th - 12th
Chemistry explorers prepare a crystalline derivative and find its melting point. Once they discover the melting point, they are able to identify whether or not the substance is pure, and whether it is an aldehyde or ketone. This is an...
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Alcoholic Fermentation in Yeast

For Students 7th - Higher Ed
Biology classes will bubble with excitement as they complete this assignment. Beginning with an informative overview of cellular respiration and fermentation processes, the highlight comes as an experiment in determining the rate of...

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