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Ecological Enterprises, Inc.: Climate Ark
Provides links, a search tool, and an archive to climate change related news stories on topics including greenhouse effect, deforestation, alternative energy sources, global warming, and other environmental issues.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Environmental Challenges in China
Students learn about the wonderful and fascinating country of China, and its environmental challenges that require engineering solutions, many in the form of increased energy efficiency, the incorporation of renewable energy, and new...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: A Case of Innovation
A white paper is a focused analysis often used to describe how a technology solves a problem. In this literacy activity, students write a simplified version of a white paper on an alternative electrical power generation technology. In...
PBS
Pbs: Pov Borders: Environment
Point of View is television's longest running showcase for independent non-fiction films. This particular feature provides insight regarding alternative means of energy, transport, and the consumption of natural resources. Video, games,...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Rising Co2! What Can We Do?
With this resource, students learn how much fossil fuel emissions have increased since 1600 by exploring a graph showing carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. Then answer questions and read facts about climate change over the centuries....
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: A 40 Year Plan for Energy
In this intimate talk filmed at TED's offices, energy innovator Amory Lovins shows how to get the US off oil and coal by 2050, $5 trillion cheaper, with no Act of Congress, led by business for profit. The key is integrating all four...
Climate Literacy
Clean: Solar Water Heater
Student teams design and build solar water heaters to capture energy in the form of solar radiation and convert it to thermal energy. Once the model devices are constructed, students perform efficiency calculations and compare designs.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Power to the People
Students read and evaluate descriptions of how people live "off the grid" using solar power and come to understand better the degree to which that lifestyle is or is not truly independent of technological, economic and cultural...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Science of Everyday Life: 3 M Wind Energy Virtual Lab
Do you think you can design a wind turbine that supplies energy to 400 homes at the highest efficiency and lowest cost? Try your hand at turbine design in this interactive activity that allows you design, build, and test a device to...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Wind Generator
Using a voltage sensor, students will measure how much "electricity" is produced by the wind turbine that they design and build. Students will experiment with blade designs to see which one collects energy from the wind the most...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Waste Not, Want Not: Use the Microbial Fuel Cell to Create Elec
Gross. What is that in the toilet? But maybe it's not just gross. Did you know there are bacteria that digest organic waste and create electrons? What if there was a way to collect those electrons to power a circuit? In this science fair...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Form vs. Function
Students take a closer look at cars and learn about some characteristics that affect their energy efficiency, including rolling resistance and the aerodynamics of shape and size. They come to see how vehicles are one example of a product...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Claim Testers: Episode 4 Fueling the Future
The claim tester gang comes face-to-face with Orx-30. This comic focuses around the topic of sustainable forms of energy.
Other
Edie Weekly News: Bush Unveils Energy Plan
This is an article looks at criticisms of the Bush energy plan. Gives perspectives from environmentalists and democrats. A great way to exercise critical thinking skills and weigh various perspectives.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Can 100% Renewable Energy Power the World?
Why don't we exchange our fossil fuel dependence for existence based only on renewables? Federico Rosei and Renzo Rosei describe the challenges.
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Sun Wind Solar Industries, Inc.
Solar energy facts and information. Instructions on how to build solar devices.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Do Solar Panels Work?
The Earth intercepts a lot of solar power: 173,000 terawatts. That's 10,000 times more power than the planet's population uses. So is it possible that one day the world could be completely reliant on solar energy? Richard Komp examines...
NASA
Nasa: Climate Kids: Tower of Power
A quick tutorial which illustrates how mirrors and a solar energy tower harness the sun's energy for use.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Energy From Biomass
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How fuel can be produced from biological materials.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Energy From Biomass
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How fuel can be produced from biological materials.
US Department of Energy
U.s. Department of Energy: Wind Program: How Does a Wind Turbine Work?
This animated illustration shows how a wind turbine can generate electricity for homes and communities.
FT Exploring
Ft Exploring: Wind Turbines and the Energy in Wind
Discover the science concepts behind wind turbines and wind energy.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How to Fly Around the World Without Fuel
Imagine if we could fly day and night using only solar energy. The expertly engineered Solar Impulse plane is flying around the world delivering a powerful message: clean technologies can achieve the seemingly impossible. Powered by a...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Wind Power
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How wind can be used to generate power, and its consequences.
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