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Module 1

Extraction Fundamentals

From Zero to Lab-Ready

A student who can walk into a cannabis extraction laboratory on day one and operate safely, understand the chemistry driving every process decision, select appropriate solvents and equipment for a given production goal, and execute standard extraction procedures with proper documentation.

8 units43 lessons30-40 hours estimated

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Unit 1

Laboratory Foundations

Quiz: 20 questions, 80% to pass

Safety, orientation, and the professional mindset required before touching any equipment or chemical.

1.1.1Laboratory Safety Culture🔒
1.1.2Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)🔒
1.1.3Safety Data Sheet (SDS) Literacy🔒
1.1.4Fire Safety and Emergency Response🔒
1.1.5Laboratory Etiquette and GMP Mindset🔒
quiz-unit-1Unit 1 Quiz: Laboratory Foundations🔒
Unit 2

Chemistry You Actually Need

Quiz: 20 questions, 80% to pass

The chemistry concepts that directly explain why extraction works.

1.2.1Cannabinoids and Terpenes: What You Are Actually Extracting🔒
1.2.2Polarity and Solubility: The Principle That Drives Everything🔒
1.2.3Undesirables: Fats, Waxes, Lipids, and Chlorophyll🔒
1.2.4Decarboxylation: The Chemistry of Activation🔒
1.2.5Phase Behavior: Liquid, Gas, Supercritical, and Why It Matters🔒
quiz-unit-2Unit 2 Quiz: Chemistry You Actually Need🔒
Unit 3

Solvent Selection

Quiz: 20 questions, 80% to pass

How to think about solvent choice as an engineering and business decision.

1.3.1Ethanol: The Workhorse Solvent🔒
1.3.2Hydrocarbons: Butane, Propane, and Blends🔒
1.3.3Carbon Dioxide: Supercritical and Subcritical Extraction🔒
1.3.4Water and Ice: The Solventless Philosophy🔒
1.3.5The Decision Matrix: Choosing Your Solvent🔒
quiz-unit-3Unit 3 Quiz: Solvent Selection🔒
Unit 4

Extraction Equipment

Quiz: 20 questions, 80% to pass

What each piece of equipment does, how it works mechanically, what to evaluate when purchasing, and what the failure modes are.

1.4.1Cold Ethanol Extraction Systems🔒
1.4.2Hydrocarbon Closed-Loop Systems🔒
1.4.3CO2 Extraction Systems🔒
1.4.4Solventless Equipment: Wash Vessels, Freeze Dryers, Presses🔒
1.4.5Rotary Evaporators, Vacuum Pumps, Chillers, and Filtration🔒
quiz-unit-4Unit 4 Quiz: Extraction Equipment🔒
Unit 5

Extraction Procedures

Quiz: 30 questions, 80% to pass

Full procedural walkthroughs for each extraction method. SOP-level detail with teaching context. Includes product-specific procedures for RSO, BHO textures, flower rosin, and hash rosin.

1.5.1Cold Ethanol Extraction: Full Procedure🔒
1.5.2Hydrocarbon Extraction: Full Procedure🔒
1.5.3CO2 Extraction: Full Procedure🔒
1.5.4Solventless Processing: Ice Water Hash and Rosin🔒
1.5.5RSO (Rick Simpson Oil): Full Spectrum Ethanol Extract🔒
1.5.6BHO Textures: Shatter, Budder, Crumble, Sugar, and Sauce🔒
1.5.7Flower Rosin: Direct Press SOP🔒
1.5.8Hash Rosin: Pressing from Bubble Hash🔒
Unit 6

Post-Extraction Basics

Quiz: 15 questions, 80% to pass

Introduction to what happens after extraction. Enough to complete the picture for Module 1.

1.6.1Winterization: Removing Waxes After Extraction🔒
1.6.2Decarboxylation in Practice: Reactor and Oven Protocols🔒
1.6.3Solvent Recovery Optimization🔒
1.6.4Crude Characterization: Testing and Routing to Downstream Processing🔒
Unit 7

Quality, Compliance, and Documentation

The documentation and compliance backbone that separates professional operators from hobbyists.

1.7.1Batch Records: Documentation That Protects You🔒
1.7.2Chain of Custody: Tracking Material Through the Lab🔒
1.7.3COA Interpretation: Reading and Understanding Lab Results🔒
1.7.4Regulatory Landscape: What Extraction Operators Must Know🔒
Unit 8

Capstone Assessment

Synthesis. Scenario-based assessment that proves the student can apply everything from Module 1.

1.8.1Module 1 Capstone: Full Production Scenario🔒