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\nComparing Fossil Fuels and Renewable Energy Sources\n

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\nIn this energy worksheet, students will complete a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting fossil fuels and renewable energy sources.\n
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\nEnergy Resources and Systems\n

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\nWe've talked a lot about energy, but where does energy come from? Pupils brainstorm different energy sources through a class discussion to kick off the 14th installment of a 25-part Energy Systems and Solutions unit. They then research...\n
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\nEnergy Resources: Where Are They and How Do We Get Them?\n

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\nFuture energy engineers visit several stations, each one dedicated to a different alternative source of energy. They describe how solar energy is converted into other forms of energy, the patterns of distribution of energy resources in...\n
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\nExploring Renewable Energy Through Graphs and Statistics\n

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\nNinth graders identify different sources of renewable and nonrenewable energy. In this math lesson, learners calculate their own carbon footprint based on the carbon dioxide they create daily. They use statistics to analyze data on power...\n
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\nThe Appliance Explosion\n

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\nLearners explain why the number of appliances used today differs greatly from the number used previously. They construct a bar graph to show changes in appliance use over a period of time. They also list appliances that could be eliminated.\n
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\nGerman Energy Conversations\n

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\nLearners identify and interpret the current German energy mix and trends, as well as to make comparisons and contrasts to that of their own country. They write a two paragraph description of including its likely position in the future...\n
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\nCoal Derivatives by Destructive Distillation\n

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\nChemists use the destructive distillation technique to produce three derivatives from a sample of bituminous coal. You will find background information, a materials list, procedures, and sample follow-up questions that you can use in...\n
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\nNon-Renewable Energy Resources\n

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\nWhat is a fossil fuel and why is it important? The video explains fossil fuels as an energy source and how they may be harmful to the environment. Nuclear energy is an alternative with its own implications. \n
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\nCoal, Oil and Gas Hydrocarbons\n

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\nWhere do the hydrocarbons we use for energy come from? Science scholars learn the origins of our fossil fuels in a short video. The animated video includes information on how fossil fuels formed, their uses, and how a number of useful...\n
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\nHow The Atmosphere Changed\n

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\nHas Earth's atmosphere always been capable of supporting life? Discover how the air around us has evolved in the first video in a series of seven. Learners watch the amazing transformations that occurred within the atmosphere...\n
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\nThe Rock Cycle\n

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\nAren't all rocks the same? High school earth scientists can say \"definitely not!\" after viewing the second in a series of seven videos. Beginning with an easy analysis and comparison of sandstone and granite, class members follow the...\n
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\nEffect on Health of Air Pollutants\n

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\nIs air making us sick? How exactly does air pollution contribute to illness across the world? Part five in a series of seven about the atmosphere addresses these questions and many others. This is a perfect resource to show during your...\n
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\nTeach your environmental studies, life science, or engineering class how an internal combustion engine works using the first few slides of the accompanying presentation. Then, focus in on the resulting carbon emissions. Finally, take a...\n
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\nCoal Camps and Mining Towns\n

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\nYoung scholars should gain a better understanding of the processes involved in extracting coal from the Earth as a result of this instructional activity. They reearch the history of coal mining, look into coal mining towns, and create a...\n
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\nA Closer look at Oil and Energy Consumption\n

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\nUpper graders analyze basic concepts about the consumption, importation and exportation of the worlds oil production. They create several graphs to organize the data and draw conclusions about the overall use of oil in the world.\n
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\nEnvironmental Issues Vocabulary and Speaking Exercise\n

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\nEight color graphics fill the top half of this page. Each of them is meant to represent a different environmental topic: poaching, deforestation, pollution, etc. Youngsters associate vocabulary terms with each graphic and then answer...\n
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\nMake a Solar Oven\n

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\nLearners build a solar oven. For this Science lesson, students construct a functional solar oven. Learners design the oven and explain the energy concepts involved.\n
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\nCrude Oil\n

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\nWatch the distillation process as a female narrator explains what is happening. Ideally you would demonstrate this process or have advanced classes work in lab groups to perform it themselves. If time is short or materials not available,...\n
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\nThe Carbon Cycle\n

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\nHear how carbon functions on our earth and the purpose it serves. The carbon cycle is illustrated with narration for your junior high or high school biologists. Global temperature increase is also included, though the clip cuts off...\n
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\nWhat is My Carbon Footprint?\n

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\nHere is a lesson that walks youth through an online carbon footprint calculator produced by the University of California, Berkeley. Once learners finish inputting information, they compete a worksheet with the results. This is simple,...\n
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\nElectricity Sources\n

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\nIn this electricity learning exercise, students review the different types of energy sources including fossil fuels, solar, wind, and nuclear energy. This learning exercise has 10 fill in the blank questions.\n
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\nEarn Points with Technology\n

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\nStudents explore renewable energy by analyzing a diagram. For this fossil fuel lesson, students view a chart explaining the different energy consumption from automobiles and how they impact our environment. Students analyze a point based...\n
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\nHarvesting Oil from the Earth\n

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\nFourth graders research sources of fossil fuels especially oil while determining how scientists take core samples from an Earth model. They look at oil consumption and production in the US and throughout the world.\n
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\nEnergy From Space: The Next Frontier\n

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\nStudents investigate ideas for getting energy from space. In this space-based power lesson, students read articles about ideas for alternatives to fossil fuels. Students define and give examples of vocabulary words. Students answer...\n
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