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05.24.2013
Cow Power
Reporter Stacey Delikat digs deep to discover what one Vermont farm is doing to lower its energy bills. [CC]
Questions:
- What is anaerobic respiration and what role does bacteria play in it?
- The St. Pierre’s are entrepreneurs – willing to take a risk in order to develop new products. What did they do to deserve this title and were they successful?
- Research other ways to produce energy that are good for the environment.
Tools:
- Transcript
- Cow Power (Science; Economics; Language Arts/Media Literacy)
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