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Wallington, Timothy J.; Anderson, James E.; Siegel, Donald J.; Tamor, Michael A.; Mueller, Sherry A.; Winkler, Sandra L.; Nielsen, Ole J. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2013
Providing sustainable mobility is a major challenge that will require new vehicle and fuel technologies. Alternative and future fuels are the subject of considerable research and public interest. A simple approach is presented that can be used in science education lectures at the high school or undergraduate level to provide students with an…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Undergraduate Study, Scientific Principles
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Adlong, William – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2012
The rapid development of renewable energy technologies has a number of implications for environmental educators and educators more generally. The costs of a number of renewable energy technologies are expected to be competitive with fossil fuels within 10-15 years and some installations are competitive already. From 2006-2011 global installations…
Descriptors: Climate, Environmental Education, Fuels, Energy
Simpson, Walter – Facilities Manager, 2012
When the author is invited to speak about climate change, he always makes these four basic points: (1) Climate change is real and occurring; (2) It's principally caused by burning fossil fuels, which releases the greenhouse gas (GHG) carbon dioxide; (3) The consequences are serious; and (4) It's not too late to do something about it. These points…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Fuels, Energy, Climate
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Darling, Gerald – Science Scope, 2012
Middle school students hear about energy continuously: in the news, in many of their classes, and at home. Most students realize that recent wars have been fought over energy resources, and many will accept that overreliance on fossil fuels is changing the global climate. Students understand that as the world population surges past seven billion,…
Descriptors: Climate, Fuels, Energy Education, Middle School Students
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Ambusaidi, Abdullah; Boyes, Edward; Stanisstreet, Martin; Taylor, Neil – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2012
A 44-item questionnaire was employed to determine pre-service teachers' beliefs about how useful various specific actions might be in helping to reduce global warming, their willingness to undertake these same actions, and the extent to which these two might be related. The instrument was administered to pre-service science teachers (n = 104) at…
Descriptors: Climate, Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Role Models
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Finley-Brook, Mary; Zanella-Litke, Megan; Ragan, Kyle; Coleman, Breana – Liberal Education, 2012
Colleges across the country are hosting on-campus renewable energy projects. The general assumption is that trade schools, community colleges, or technology-oriented universities with large engineering departments make the most appropriate sites for training future leaders in renewable energy innovation. While it makes sense to take advantage of…
Descriptors: General Education, Liberal Arts, Energy, Power Technology
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Bartkovich, Kevin G. – Mathematics Teacher, 2013
The standard for measuring fuel efficiency in the U.S. has been miles per gallon (mpg). However, the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) switch in rating fuel efficiency from miles per gallon to gallons per hundred miles with the 2013 model-year cars leads to interesting and relevant mathematics with real-world connections. By modeling…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Fuels, Energy Education, Fuel Consumption
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Katsioloudis, Petros J.; Jones, Mildred V. – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2012
Transportation is one of the biggest contributors to the destruction of the environment. Results from environmental research and pursuant governmental regulations are changing the way companies do business and how transportation systems address the future. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been at the forefront in leading environmental…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Transportation, Energy Conservation, Fuels
Hogan, Theodore J.; Kelter, Paul – Science Educator, 2015
Environmental issues can serve as a marvelous framework for high-level student analysis of critical scientific and social concerns. We describe a series of activities and discussions that motivate students to explore environmentalism, sustainable development, carbon offsets, and related ideas with an engaged learning format that helps students to…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Learning Activities, Environmental Education
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Deal, Walter F. – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2010
One may ask the question, What is energy? Typically the first answers that come to mind are oil, coal, and natural gas or nuclear energy. Most human activities require some form of energy consumption. This may be the energy produced by the food that one eats or the gasoline that is used in cars, trucks, buses, and other vehicles. One cannot ignore…
Descriptors: Energy Conservation, Nuclear Energy, Energy, Mining
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Jin, Hui; Anderson, Charles W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
This article reports on our work of developing a learning progression focusing on K-12 students' performances of using energy concept in their accounts of carbon-transforming processes in socio-ecological systems. Carbon-transforming processes--the ecological carbon cycle and the combustion of biomass and fossil fuels--provide all of the energy…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Energy, Role, Science Curriculum
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Patzek, Tad W. – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2009
A proper First Law energy balance of the soybean biodiesel cycle shows that the overall efficiency of biodiesel production is 0.18, i.e., only 1 in 5 parts of the solar energy sequestered as soya beans, plus the fossil energy inputs, becomes biodiesel. Soybean meal is produced with an overall energetic efficiency of 0.38, but it is not a fossil…
Descriptors: Fuels, Energy Conservation, Physics, Energy
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Malott, Richard W. – Behavior Analyst, 2010
In the provocatively titled "I'll Save the World from Global Warming--Tomorrow," Dick Malott says that although we all want to do the right thing to help the environment, whether it's buying and installing compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) or replacing an energy-guzzling appliance with a more efficient one, we put it off because there's no…
Descriptors: Climate, Internet, Behavior Change, Conservation (Environment)
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Nevin, John A. – Behavior Analyst, 2010
In "The Power of Cooperation," Tony Nevin tells how the townspeople of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, are attempting to replicate a successful alternative-energy project in Samso, Denmark, where thinking about ways to reduce fossil-fuel use "became a kind of sport." Nevin says that thinking and acting locally helps people to…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Climate, Energy Conservation
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Cook, Emma – Primary Science, 2011
Increased energy efficiency and reduced reliance on fossil fuels are both essential if people are to have any chance of avoiding escalating energy prices and the grim reality of catastrophic climate change. By increasing the diversity of energy sources people can also achieve increased security, reducing their dependence on imports. As…
Descriptors: Fuels, Energy Conservation, Energy, Climate
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