Burning Ethanol

Middle School
High School
Undergraduate
Nonformal
Video

Join Darryl and Nina as they experiment to find out what happens when ethanol burns. This video also serves as a supplement to the GLBRC Biofuels vs Fossil Fuels Unit as students investigate the energy and matter transformations associated with combustion. It was created the CarbonTIME education research project at Michigan State University. See: http://carbontime.bscs.org/.

Subjects
Chemistry
Earth Science
Environmental Science
Physical Science
Physics
Topics
Carbon Cycle & Climate Change
Prior Knowledge
Tracing matter and energy, combustion, chemical reactions, carbon cycle, ethanol, scientific argumentation