PopSci—Poo Power

Take a few minutes to download and listen to the Podcast. You can access the Podcast at the link below, but before you go get it, read the note and the directions below to find out what you should be listening for.

Note: To listen to this .mp3 file you need to have a "media player." You should have downloaded and installed a media player earlier in the course, in the first module. If you need to do so, please go back to this lesson to complete the download.

Complete the following activity and add the two questions below to your Travel Log:

1. Why dog poo and not cat poo? (Has to do with a previous topic of study.)

   After you have listened to the podcast, check out this article: Animal Plant News - Article: Pooch Poo to Power San Francisco. While you read, try to make the connection between poo, methane, and bacteria.

2. From the information in the Podcast and this article, guess (infer) what the cow manure produced on the Triple T is being collected and used for? What is the connection?

Podcast Download: PopSci: "Poo Power"—Episode 7

Note: be patient; the Podcast may take just a little time to load.

When you finish listening to the Podcast, investigating the article, and have answered the two questions above, go back to the Itinerary page.

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