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6th grade unit on magnets: The layer of air surrounding our Earth
contains important gases which keep the atmosphere at just the right temperature
for life and which filter out harmful forms of radiation from the sun. We say that
these gases "trap" heat in the Earth's atmosphere and call this planetary warming
mechanism the "greenhouse effect." From the Solar School |
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Alexander's Book of Science Projects : takes you on a picture tour of
all the different types of renewable energy. Based on the available CD-ROM by the
same name. More different energy sources than you could imagine! |
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Alternative Energy Online Lesson: The Virtual PV Power Station is unlike
any other power station in Australia. Firstly, it consists of different PV systems
across the country, all linked to you by the World Wide Web. Secondly, this power
station doesn't produce any of the gases that cause global warming. And thirdly,
you can access the PV systems to see exactly how they are performing. From
the Solar School |
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Arizona Project Wet: Features wind activities and projects, including
instructions for building a small wind turbine and making a windsock. (Developed
by the Danish Wind Industry Association) / (added 09/2005) |
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Ask the commissioners!: has 16 lessons. Alternating Current (AC) would
not be possible without magnets . |
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Average Daily Temperature Archive : Collection of nine science projects
that school age kids can do including a jet engine, and gas and steam turbines.
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Ben Wiens Energy Science Infosite : |
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Biomass power: online science unit on alternative fuels. / (added
09/2005) |
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Centre for Alternative Technology - Wales UK : An international,
interdisciplinary water education for formal and nonformal educators
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Classroom Energy org: |
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Consumer Energy Resources: University of Dayton / (added 09/2005) |
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Convert Plus: Webbooks, papers, articles and links about energy targeted
at laypeople as well as scientists. |
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Driving to a Cleaner Future Lesson: |
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EERE-Renewable Energy Education: |
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Energy Curriculum Guides and Activities: a handy online tool for
converting from one unit of measure to another. This online calculator includes
conversions for many common energy units. |
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Energy Ed Online: |
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Energy Education Clearinghouse: radio broadcasts and text on energy
topics, including: coal supply and energy costs. / (added 09/2005) |
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Energy Education Resources: Kindergarten Through 12th Grade: / (added
09/2005) |
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Energy Science and Technology Information: published by the Energy
Information Administration (EIA), is a list of generally free or low cost energy
related educational materials available for students and educators. This is the
16th Annual edition. / (added 09/2005) |
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Fossil Energy Lessons: an Australian site containing a thesaurus,
dictionary, encyclopedia, and a database of over 30,000 kid safe sites that are
arranged by topic. |
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Geothermal Energy is energy from heat inside the Earth : is a
partnership -- a joint effort of Government and private organizations -- led by
the U.S. Department of Energy. The partnership's goals are to reduce energy
consumption and costs and increase use of clean energy technologies in K-12
schools nationwide and to increase student, teacher, and community awareness of
energy and related issues including financial management, air quality, climate
change, and new technologies. |
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How People Create and Use Energy: a statewide research institute, which
dedicates substantial effort to the development of educational resources for
teachers and children. |
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Hydoelectric energy: |
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Hydro electric: Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) "...dedicates
substantial effort to the development of educational resources for the teachers of
our children. We do this out of the simple belief that clean and efficient energy
resources are key to our future generations' ability to achieve a safe and
sustainable environment." / (added 09/2005) |
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Hydro electricity: |
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Institute of Environmental Studies : |
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Introduction to hydroelectric power: |
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Introduction to ocean energy: |
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Introduction to Wind Energy: |
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Inventors Inventions Biographies: |
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Kentucky Coal Education Lessons: University of
Wisconsin-Madison |
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Kids World: Information about how water's mechanical energy is turned
into electricity. From the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. |
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Measuring Solar Activity: Does the Texas Railroad Commission develop an
educational site. |
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Measuring the Distance to the Sun: |
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Minerals Management Service: |
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National Energy Education Development Project (NEED): Children can get
an idea about how a refinery operates and about the tools Chevron uses in the
search for oil and natural gas; learn about the history and properties of crude
oil; and find out what a Chevron service station is all about. |
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National Energy Foundation-Resources for Education: click on EE
Education, and scroll down. “What’s a Watt?” is listed as an activity for middle
school level, but is good for even older students who are unfamiliar with the
concept that different appliances use different amounts of electricity. Teaches by
requiring investigation at home. / (added 09/2005) |
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Nature of Water Power Curriculum: Investigate the cycles of the Sun with
250 years of data! Learn to recognize common features and match x-ray images of
the sun with visible light images from the same day. |
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Nature of Water Power The: Investigate the shape of the Earth's orbit
based on the apparent changing size of the Sun. Is the orbit elliptical? Is it
circular? |
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NEED Energy Info Packets Curriculum Resources :
Compare the difference in the Sun's diameter as measured from two points in the
Earth's orbit and see what you discover! |
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NREL-Geothermal: is a network of students, teachers, community
organizations, government agencies, and corporations that are dedicated to
learning about energy. NEED is helping EIA maintain the EIA Kid's Site and make it
fun and educational for students and teachers alike. |
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NREL-Learn about Renewable Energy: nonprofit educational organization
and a national leader in teacher training, student programs, instructional
materials, development and distribution. Cooperative partnerships with sponsoring
businesses, government agencies and the education community provide continued
support for our programs and services. |
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NSEA-Educational Resources: |
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Office of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology: hands-on science
curriculum for students. |
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Oil Spill Lesson: |
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Paleontological Research Institution Ithaca New York : / (added
09/2005) |
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Petroleum Related Lessons: |
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Planet Earth Solar: provides a list of teaching material
about energy, transportation, and the environment. |
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Planet Earth Wind Energy: is part of the U.S. Department of
Energy. This site provides lots of nuclear energy information. / (added 09/2005) |
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Solar Enegy for older kids: a video about nuclear energy that you can
download ("Splitting Atoms -- An Electrifying Experience"). / (added 09/2005) |
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Solar Energy for younger kids: In this lesson from Science NetLinks,
students will use Internet resources to investigate renewable sources of energy.
The students should already have a basic understanding of energy, and know several
examples of renewable and nonrenewable sources. |
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Solar Power is energy from the Sun : is a service of the U.S. Department
of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN). Provides a fun
way to learn about solar energy and energy efficiency. |
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Solar Rotation: technically oriented web presentation from the
Department of Energy. |
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Story Of Powering A Generation: for teachers and students in grades 4-8.
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Teachers' Resources For Solar Cooking: |
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Teachers: FREE Hands-on, Multidisciplinary Lesson Plans:
new link -- Study the rotation rate of the Sun and the
planets. This lesson includes several hands-on activities to familiarize yourself
with the concept of rotation. You will then use movies made with actual solar
images to study the rotation rate of the Sun. |
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The Academy of Energy website: for high school teachers and students.
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The Energy Chest: an RE educational website. All of us here at
SolarKnowledge.com are dedicated to getting the word out about solar. |
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The Energy Planet Think Quest: has an award-winning, site
for anyone who wants to understand electricity and power utilities better. It's
for kids, teachers, parents – and anyone who ever wondered how the juice gets to
the plug . It's also for folks looking to learn more about current issues like
utility deregulation. |
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The Energy Planet: Solar Power: provides electricity basics and history,
including an explanation of electricity restructuring in the United States.
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The Energy Planet-Hydroelectric power : slide and movie presentations,
lesson plans, work sheets - from the Abess Center for Environmental Studies at
Miami Country Day School. Introduction to solar cookers, student webcasts and
international projects: see what the students are doing, see how they teach, and
see how they affect others abroad. |
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The Nature of Water Power Curriculum: elementary and middle school.
"Teachers around the nation told us that they would like free, hands-on,
multidisciplinary lesson plans in the hot area of energy...You can view complete
lesson plans on-line. You can then download the plan as a PDF file and print it
out." - Alliance to Save Energy. |
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The Story Of Powering A Generation: provides an information-rich,
action-based journey that provides valuable information, tests knowledge, enables
access to outstanding teaching and learning resources, and encourages everyone to
take action in terms of energy conservation. |
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Tidal: new link -- a treasure-trove of
information and activities to support energy studies in UK schools. Energy Chest
has been developed for pupils aged 8-14 years / (added 09/2005) |
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Tidal energy Energy from the sea: |
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Tracking Satellites Using the Internet: |
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Understanding Energy: |
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US Department of Energys Office of Science: |
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Using thecomputer to Measure Sunspots: provides electricity basics and
history, including an explanation of electricity restructuring in the United
States. |
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Video tutorials: |
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Walk Through a Hydro Project : |
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Wave Energy: Have you ever seen a satellite passing overhead at night?
Did you wonder how high up it was? In this lesson you will obtain the period of
the Yohkoh satellite from an image of its orbital path, which is updated
regularly. With this information you will calculate the height of the satellite
above the Earth's surface / (added 09/2005) |
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Wave Power energy from the wind on the sea: |
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Wind power - Energy from the air : Learn image-processing skills that
will help you measure the size of solar sunspots. You will be able to use these
skills to measure features on any electronic image. Graphics processing software
is needed. Download links are provided in the lesson. |
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Wind Power Gathers Speed: about solar, wind, and hydrogen power.
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