NAUTILUS EDUCATION | BETA PRODUCT Matter and its interactions (HS-PS1-1) Use the peri- 2. Apolymerisachain of molecules. Identify a kind odic table as a model to predict the relative properties of polymer in the story, and the monomer that of elements based on the patterns of electrons in the composes it. outermost energy level of atoms. —— : By 3. Plants need carbon dioxide for photosynthesis. From molecules to organisms: structure and pro- What are some of the sources for this carbon cesses (HS-LS1-6) Construct and revise an explana- dioxide? tion based on evidence for how carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen from sugar molecules may combine with other elements to form amino acids and/or other large DISCUSSION QUESTIONS carbon-based molecules. 7 : 1. Why ts itadvantageous for companies to be Ecosystems: Interactions, energy and dynamics (HS- green? LS-3) Construct and revise an explanation based on . . 2. Would you pay more for gas—or any other prod- evidence for the cycling of matter and flow of energy ; 7 _ . . ; .. uct, say a shirt—from a “green” company? What in aerobic and anaerobic conditions. . ; . . if some of that company’s practices were just as questionable as those of “dark” companies? 3. How would the world change if gasoline could be made cheaply from natural gas? Should we Teacher’s Notes: Frack ’er Up mane B ; consider this technology to be progress given VOCAB WORDS that natural gas has it’s own environmental . ae . consequences. Ethanol: also found in beer and wine, itis a kind of 4 biofuel that is sometimes added to gasoline for use in automobiles. Ethanol can be made from corn, e “ ACTIVITIES potatoes, or green plants. Its chemical formula is CH3CH20H. 1. Have students construct a timeline of fuel. Ask Biofuel: a fuel made from plants or other organisms, them to include dates mentioned from the story, : ‘ and to research and add other relevant informa- in recent time. . . . 4 . tion: like the moment 1n history when organisms Biomass: material from rece