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Engineering Biofuels

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In this video, students explore the work of Jay Keasling, a biologist who is experimenting with ways to produce a cleaner-burning fuel from biological matter using genetically modified microorganisms.

Disciplinary Core Ideas

  • Systems of specialized cells within organisms help them perform the essential functions of life.
  • As matter and energy flow through different organizational levels of living systems, chemical elements are recombined in different ways to form different products.
  • Resource availability has guided the development of human society.
  • All forms of energy production and other resource extraction have associated economic, social, environmental, and geopolitical costs and risks as well as benefits. New technologies and social regulations can change the balance of these factors.
  • Humanity faces major global challenges today, such as the need for supplies of clean water and food or for energy sources that minimize pollution, which can be addressed through engineering. These global challenges also may have manifestations in local communities.

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