I am thinking first how I can adapt the project for my Honors Physical science class. This includes the prospective Arizona Science and Engineering fair for next school year. I want the studens to identify the problems with current conventional fuel and the Biofuel alternatives. Then possibly create a Buisness plan to convert the Florence school district busses to run on biodiesel or possibly run on reclaimed vegetable oil. I have identified the interdisceplinary connection possibilities and have requested a bus from the district to use for this research purpose. We will see if they give me a bus to work with!!! Of course I have also identified many things that I will need to do before this project will materialize, most notably GRANTS and donations in order to aquire the materiels my students will need.
Possibilities for my regular students could take the form of situatinal based problem solving. For example: A story starting with... It is 2060, conventional gas prices have topped $15 dollars per gallon due to depleted nonrenewable sources. Describe the impact this event would have on:
1. the community
2. on the Government
3. Consumer-Retail businesses
etc..
What solutions are present:
Now: Future possibilities:
Pros/Cons of the above solutions:
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