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The Science of Alternative Fuels


Marking Period 1

Petroleum Unit

  LESSON 1- OPEC   

  * OPEC and Non-OPEC Petroleum Producing Nations POWERPOINT

         OPEC and Non-OPEC worksheet

         Article - The World is Running Out of Oil by Oliver Dixon

          

   LESSON 2 - Oil Formation

      *Where does Petroleum Come From? POWERPOINT

       Article - The World is Not Running Out of Oil by Max Singer

        Formation of Oil and Gas Deposits worksheet

 

   LESSON 3 - Petroleum Geology

      * Where to look for petroleum? Part 1: A Geologist Dream POWERPOINT

      Article - USGS: The Ecology of Oil Seeps in Central California by Tom Lorenson

 

   LESSON 4 - Petroleum Extration (Specific Examples, Ocean Geograpy, EEZ and Territorial Seas)

      * Petroleum Extraction POWERPOINT

 

Marking Period 2
 

PETROLEUM UNIT 2

    Hydrocarbons - building molecules, number of carbons and names of hydrocarbons, balancing the combustion equations.

 

    Oil Fuel Reading and Questions

    Refining Crude Oil Powerpoint

 

   4 Stroke Process Powerpoint - Article:   5 Technologies that Make Internal Combustion Engines Better

    Petroleum Unit 2 Current Events


     * Primary Air Pollutants Information

    * Primary Air Pollutant Powerpoint

Geography - Maping Oil Producing Nations

 

Electric Car Unit 1 - January 2013

 

Introduction to Alternative Fuels - Reading "How Far Can You Drive on a Bushel of Corn?" article from Popular Mechanics magazine May 2006

 

History of the Electric Car Powerpoint

History of Electric Vehicles reading

Documentary (2006) "Who Killed the Electric Car?" video and worksheet

 

MARKING PERIOD 3 - Starting January 28, 2013

 

   Mechanics of the Electric Car powerpoint   Video Future Cars: Electric Cars   TESLA Electric car website

   Mechanics of the Electric Car reading 

 

Nikola Tesla Video 1 of 5

 


Metals - Independendent Study

         Discovery of Metals worksheet
Metal Ores powerpoint
Inside the Atoms of Metals powerpoint
Inside Metal Crystals powerpoint
Metal Alloys powerpoint
How to Make Rock Candy


Driving for Efficiency Unit
 - Psychology of Drivers