Kidport
Kidport Reference Library: Energy
A simple introduction to energy, offering information on hydro-electric energy, fossil fuels, nuclear power, solar energy, and wind energy.
US Energy Information Administration
U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Energy Calculators
A series of useful calculators for converting different sources of energy from one energy unit to another. Find conversion calculators for coal, electricity, natural gas, crude oil, gasoline, and diesel fuel, along with an additional...
Other
Abc Da Energia
ABC Da Energia describes the many ways that energy can be obtained and conserved. It explains different sources of energy, how each works, and how energy can be saved in our daily lives. Interactive energy-saving activities and games...
Other
New Mexico Solar Energy Association: Impacts of Coal Mining
The impact of surface or strip coal mining in the United States, and the government response to it, are examined in this article.
Energy for Sustainable Development
Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Timelines: Coal
A short history of developments in the coal industry.
University of California
Understanding Science: Cold Fusion: A Case Study for Scientific Behavior
Major issue--the energy sources currently available to the world all have major drawbacks in the long term. Oil is efficient but leads to climate change. Coal is plentiful but polluting. Solar energy is appealing but only as dependable...
Science Museum, London
Science Museum Energy Hall: The Impact of the Steam Engine
This fascinating museum exhibit is on how the development of the steam engine has impacted the lives of many people over the last two hundred plus years.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
The National Academies: Our Energy Sources: Natural Gas
Energy production from natural gas is less destructive to the environment than energy produced from coal, but it is still produced from fossil fuels. While advances have been made in reducing its detrimental effects, our resources are...
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.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Energy, Light and Sound: Fossil Fuels
A slideshow and a short quiz on the types of fossil fuels we use and the impact this has on the environment.
US Energy Information Administration
Energy Information Administration: Mexico
A report on Mexico's Oil Industry. Oil is the "cash cow" of Mexico and has been run by the state owned company Pemex. Includes many pictures, maps, and graphs to enhance the material.
NC State University
Ncsu: What Will Be Left of Earth's Non Renewable Resources?
An interactive graph that predicts how many years until more than two dozen natural resources (e.g., chromium, oil, tin, coal, etc.) are depleted, based on current production rates or production that grows each year. Use the slider at...
Other
Penn State University: Energy and Fuels in Society
This site, which is provided for by the Penn State University, gives twenty one chapters of charts, graphs, and information on synthetic fuels.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Rolling Blackouts & Environmental Impact
The goal is for the students to understand the environmental design considerations required when generating electricity. The electric power that we use every day at home and work is generated by a variety of power plants. Power plants...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Industial Revolution
At one time, humans, fueled by the animals and plants they ate and the wood they burned, or aided by their domesticated animals, provided most of the energy in use. All life operated within the fairly immediate flow of energy from the...
Museum of Science
The Atoms Family
Let this classic family of monsters guide you as you learn about energy. Interactive exercises, experiments, and demonstrations help to build knowledge and raise questions.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source: Boomtimes: 20th Century Mining Mojave Desert
This collection uses primary sources to explore twentieth-century mining in the Mojave Desert.
Climate Literacy
Clean: Evaluating Woody Biomass Options for North Carolina's Electricity Future
In this activity, students learn about the pros and cons of co-firing woody biomass fuels with coal to produce electricity.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Methods of Generating Electricity
Provides brief descriptions of the different methods used to generate electricity.
Other
Eh.net Encyclopedia: The u.s.economy in the 1920s
A comprehensive look at the economic growth in the U.S. in the 1920s. Provides statistical information on national product, income and prices, population and labor, agriculture, productivity, coal and petroleum, energy and...
Other
Arkansas Geological Survey: Lignite
Article on lignite that includes general information as well as a history of lignite mining and a summary of the geology of lignite deposits. The second section presents more detailed information about lignite geology in Arkansas.
Other
Germany Info: Germany and the World Germany and Europe
This site provides detailed information regarding Germany's role in the European Union. Content focuses on the historical progression of European unification.
European Union
Europarl: The Webserver of the Eu Parliament
Official site of the European parliament in Strassburg.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Generators: Three Mile Island vs. Hoover Dam
Students are given a history of electricity and its development into the modern age lifeline upon which we so depend. The methods of power generation are introduced, and further discussion of each technology's pros and cons follows.