By the end of this section, you will be able to describe the law of conservation of linear momentum, derive an expression for the conservation of momentum, explain conservation of momentum with examples, and explain the law of...

Travel room-by-room through a virtual house and learn about the uses of water in homes and about ways to conserve water. Includes information about at-home water meters and how to read them.

See eight-year-old Aqua and her dog show her family how to save water in their home, and eventually save money. Also, read about her adventures in comic and coloring books about water conservation.

Articles, videos, and photos on the topic of world conservation such as green health, air quality, and climate change.

From a chapter on Linear Momentum and Collisions in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter discusses the principle of conservation of momentum and the expression for it, along with examples. It then explains the role this...

A tutorial that explains the law of conservation of momentum using examples, an animation, a video, and interactives. Includes questions for self-checking one's understanding.

By the end of this section, you will be able to understand the analogy between angular momentum and linear momentum, observe the relationship between torque and angular momentum, and apply the law of conservation of angular momentum.

In this interview filmed for Evolution: "Darwin's Dangerous Idea," biologist Chris Schneider discusses the relationship between conservation and speciation.

Conservation success stories are now evident all over the world, attesting to the resilience that bird populations can exhibit when agents causing their declines are removed, and when birth and death rates come back into balance. Read...

Read about where how the electricity to our homes is produced and why it is important to conserve energy. Book includes audio narration in nine additional languages with text in English.

The online version of the "Soil Conservation Surveys Guidebook," helps forest resource managers from British Columbia plan and implement sound forest practices. Divided into three sections, the guidebook includes soil conservation...

Provides background to the Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977 and its later amendments. Describes how input was gathered from various public interest groups. The full report, an information sheet, summaries of meetings,...

From the Glenn Research Center at NASA, read about the law of conservation of energy. Included are formulas and many links to key terms.

The importance of energy conservation and energy efficiency are discussed, with reference to where Americans' energy use compares to that of the rest of the world.

American Memory site documents the historical formation of the movement to conserve and protect America's natural heritage. Browse through literature, books, pamphlets, government documents, and manuscripts drawn from the collections of...

This chapter on the Conservation Movement, from the presidency of Benjamin Harrison, through the substantial support in the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, to the pulling back in the presidency of William Howard Taft, is from an online...

Conservation network which works to protect nature through scientific study, having a dialogue with governments, and education.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn and apply the concept of conservation of momentum using action and reaction forces with classmates on skateboards.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online lesson students will apply the concept of conservation of momentum using action and reaction forces.

Students learn about saving energy and encourage their families to conserve in this outreach activity.

In the following tutorial, students will learn about the law of conservation of energy. They will read about some of the many forms of energy. They will understand the definition of efficiency of an energy conversion process as the...

By the end of this section, you will be able to explain the law of the conservation of energy; describe some of the many forms of energy; and define efficiency of an energy conversion process as the fraction left as useful energy or...

Discusses conservation of energy, and explains what kinetic energy is, some kinds of potential energy, and how work and energy are related using the work-kinetic energy theorem. Provides lots of examples along with calculations.

Access to information, policy initiatives, advice, and analysis on issues of energy efficiency and renewable energy, from the U.S. Department of Energy. Its network is responsible for tracking the technological, economic, and...