California Academy of Science
Buses and Biofuels: Sustainable Transportation
One-third of all carbon emissions comes from transportation in the United States. The third lesson in a 13-part series on Exploring Energy offers ideas on how to reduce emissions from cars, airplanes, large trucks, and more.
Fuse School
Carbon Neutral and Biofuels
Explore the cycle of carbon used as a biofuel. The video narrator describes the need for biofuels to maintain the amount of carbon dioxide in our air. Scholars learn different sources of these biofuels such as organic matter, crops, and...
Fuse School
Economic, Environmental, and Social Effects of Biofuels
Analyze the socioeconomic advantages and disadvantages of biofuels. Although generating fuel from living organisms seems to be a good idea, there are many implications to consider. A thorough video lesson helps learners examine these...
University of California
Could Poop Power Our Cars?
Have you ever considered that your poop might be the key to saving the planet? The video discusses how human and animal waste is an issue. Then the scientist explains how researchers are using one problem to solve another. Maybe...
Curated OER
Electricity From All Kinds of Renewable Sources
On a bold, computer-generated animation of a landscape appears a city, power plants, wind turbines, and smaller, decentralized combined heat and power (CHP) plants. The intent is to show how CHP plants can be incorporated into the energy...
Curated OER
Alternative Energy
Solar energy and biofuels are introduced as future alternative sources of energy. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has made it their mission to make these alternatives more efficient and competitive with the use of fossil fuels....
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: Plants and Environmental Resources
Earth contains a variety of plants to provide food, medicine and, most importantly, energy sources for humans. In this lesson, students will categorize plants by their components and shapes. Additionally, they will learn the mechanisms...
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science of Innovation
A collection of videos that highlight major innovations in the sciences, such as biofuels, self-driving cars, and 3-D printing. The series was compiled in honor of Thomas Edison's 165th birthday anniversary.
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science of Innovation: Biofuels
Scientists are investigating how to use a marine bacterium called Saccharophagus degradans in biofuels. [5:22]