Put-Put Boat

Using the biodiesel from the lab we made Put-Put boats using it to race. Put-Put boats use steam engine to propel themselves forward, and can be made out of anything that floats. Not all we made were good, my group in particular.




Links

http://www.sciencetoymaker.org/boat/asembCartonl.html

http://www.nmia.com/~vrbass/pop-pop/buildpop.htm

Making Biodiesel

For the next part of the biodiesel unit, we made biodiesel from some pretty gross looking stuff. Taking used geese from chik-fillet a and some other compounds, then mixing them in heat, we were able to create burnable biodiesel. It wasn't particularity hard and can be done at home. (Warning: unpleasant smell)







Link:
http://www.make-biodiesel.org/
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html

Biodiesel

 Our next project in class is to put together a video to enter in a competition. The video must be supportive of biodiesel and the winner is the video with the most views. My lab partner decided to make a video of Uncle Sam encouraging the viewer to use biodiesel for the good of the U.S. We had to find a lot of facts on biodiesel, and we found this:






Links:
http://biodiesel.org/
https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/biodiesel.shtml