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Sustaining a Green Collar Workforce : An Interdisciplinary Approach

** Green Application Projects (GreenApps) **


 * Title: **// The Energy of Bottled Water //


 * Authors: **// Cheryl Manning, Tera Schnacker, Dori Walker, Renata Bradford //


 * Date: **// August 13, 2011 //


 * Interdisciplinary Classification (Subject, Level?): **// Earth Science, Environmental Science, Chemistry, Process Tech, Marine Bio //


 * Prerequisite Skills: **// Students should understand the water and carbon cycles (and other biogeochemical cycles). Students should also understand the origin of plastics, knowledge of acidity/alkalinity (pH).Students should know units of energy and basics on the laws of thermodynamics and conservation of matter. //


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 * // Support for this work was provided by; the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program under Award No. 0903055. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. //**

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