Biofuels
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson comparing varied perspectives about growing corn as a biofuel commodity by decoding three text excerpts and six video clips.
Biofuels
Biofuel Lesson Plan
Biofuels Teacher Guide
Biofuels Student Reading
Biofuels Student Worksheet
Ethanol: Now is the Time (NCGA) Video Clip
Biofuels Disaster for Food, People and Planet Video Clip
Ethanol Blues Video Clip
Ethanol is Evil... E85 is Bad Video Clip
GM: Maize Alternative Video Clip
The Corn Ethanol Debacle Video Clip
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Resource Details
Relevant Subject Area(s)
Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Consumer Education, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language ArtsGrade Level(s)
High School, CollegeMedia Type(s)
Documentary Film, Editorial Opinion, Informational Text, News - Print, Television Commercial, Web VideoAuthor(s)
Sox SperryView Standards
Resource Standard Common Core ELA StrandReading For Science and Technical Subjects (RST), Speaking and Listening (SL), Writing-History Science and Technical Subjects (WHST)