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As fuel costs rise and energy efficiency becomes a bigger issue, a Western Kentucky University alumna is pushing high school students to make their own fuel in the classroom.
High school teachers and administrators across the state can apply for the Kentucky Biofuels for Schools Program. Organizers will allocate between $500 and $2,000 to as many as six schools.
The grant, which is administered through the Kentucky Division of Compliance Assistance, will fund equipment, curriculum and teacher training that will help students produce biodiesel fuel and hopefully use it at school.
Kenya Stump, project director and WKU graduate, received a fellowship from the National Audubon Society and Toyota. After majoring in chemistry at WKU and taking some beneficial hands-on courses, Stump wanted to return the favor. She decided to use the fellowship to start a project that would help make science interesting to young students, she said.
“It’s a perfect match for high schools in that you can actually make biodiesel from waste grease,” she said. “So a high school theoretically could collect waste grease from the cafeteria and students in chemistry classes could use it to make biodiesel.”
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As fuel costs rise and energy efficiency becomes a bigger issue, a Western Kentucky University alumna is pushing high school students to make their own fuel in the classroom.
High school teachers and administrators across the state can apply for the Kentucky Biofuels for Schools Program. Organizers will allocate between $500 and $2,000 to as many as six schools.
The grant, which is administered through the Kentucky Division of Compliance Assistance, will fund equipment, curriculum and teacher training that will help students produce biodiesel fuel and hopefully use it at school.
Kenya Stump, project director and WKU graduate, received a fellowship from the National Audubon Society and Toyota. After majoring in chemistry at WKU and taking some beneficial hands-on courses, Stump wanted to return the favor. She decided to use the fellowship to start a project that would help make science interesting to young students, she said.
“It’s a perfect match for high schools in that you can actually make biodiesel from waste grease,” she said. “So a high school theoretically could collect waste grease from the cafeteria and students in chemistry classes could use it to make biodiesel.”
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