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Year 9 - Science - Future Fuels - Running on Iron

Future Fuels Task

You are to prepare a background briefing to explain how and why iron might be used instead of petrol as a fuel for the internal combustion engines of cars. Provide an overview of laboratory tests you will complete to determine if iron can be used as a fuel.

Task Sheet 2017

Criteria Sheet 2017

'Running on Iron' Performance Task

Crude - The Incredible Journey of Oil The “Crude” web site has a great deal of information about how crude oil formed, our dependence on crude oil due to the resources that are extracted from it (e.g. petrol, diesel, etc., and what these components are used to make e.g. plastics, drugs, dyes, fabrics, etc) as well as the consequences of burning oil for the Earth’s environment.
The End of Oil Discusses the supply of crude oil in the future
The Real Oil Crisis Discusses the supply of crude oil in the future. Search the ABC’s “Catalyst” program web site for other relevant topics.
Peak Oil A more detailed treatment of this topic is the “4 Corners” special on “Peak Oil” Broadband version.

The Australian Greenhouse Calculator This web site is an excellent way to start your investigation of the enhanced greenhouse effect. Try the animations on the greenhouse effect to review the basic science.
Climate Change (for kids) The EPA (USA) web site on Climate change has extensive and interactive resources on this topic. Start by viewing & listening to the video on the home page
CSIRO– BOM State of the Climate 2012 This website provides up to date information about climate trends for Australia from the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO.
The Australian Academy of Science NOVA Science in the news This has articles that explore the science “behind the headlines”. For example the NOVA climate change website has links to several resources on climate change.
‘Earth’s greenhouse gases’ The web page from the Windows to the universe web site suits better readers and it provides detailed information about the GHE. Follow relevant links.
Journey through climate history” This website is an innovative way to plot how the climate has changed over human and geological history. Roll your cursor over the icons to find out information on the level of CO2, climate, human population, historical events, etc.
Climate change – a summary of the This website information is better suited to good readers. Click to download the pdf file.
Climate Change the Federal Government’s Department of Climate Change website. Follow the links to relevant information and issues.
BBC Bitesize KS3 Changes in the environment This website has revision notes, an activity and a test. Some of these pages have information on climate change.

How car engines work. This website has a small animation with moving parts. BEWARE: includes lots of advertising and pop ups
Internal combustion engine Small animation included.
On fire – combustion PBS 'Fireworks' website: Explore the basics of combustion, including how a fire ignites, how a molecule's atoms rearrange themselves during combustion, and what a flame is made of.
“What is a flame?” This website explains the chemistry of a candle flame

Metals as Fuels This website provides an overview of the topic
Oresome Resources A vast array of material on minerals and energy resources. You can find a facts sheet on iron ore by searching this site.

Molecules in chemical reactions View and analyse the Education You Tube video “If molecules were people
‘Reactions and rates’ The PhET flash program allows you to change variables (e.g. temperature, concentration) and test the effects of the changes on the rate of the chemical reaction
Khan Academy Register then Log in to the Khan Academy and search for links to chemical reactions and rates of reactions
Fire and Flame The Royal Society of Chemistry provides resources for Learning Chemistry which you can search. The topic “Fire and Flame” is relevant to this topic

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