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Best energy source for London buses

In this lesson students investigate different fuels both practically and as a research project. This includes energy output, ease of combustion, the cost to environment in extraction, economic cost, ease of delivery and related factors.

Learning outcomes:

  • Students could calculate the energy output from combustion of methane and other fuels.
  • They should describe and experiment to calculate the temperature rise from the combustion of different fuels.
  • Students should choose appropriate criteria with which to judge the best fuel and research and record some information about a given fuel.

This resource is part of a full set of lessons looking at different fuels and their contribution to pollution found here

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