NASA
Nasa: Climate Kids: Green Building Contractor
This conversation with Blaine Rowland highlights the work that goes into building green and the benefits of this practice.
Other
Advanced Thermoelectric: Fundamental Thermoelectrics
Discusses the scientific principles (the Peltier effect) and the reliability and operation of thermoelectric modules. Includes a link to several other pages, one of which contains an animation of their operation.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Electrical Equivalent of Heat Lab
This lab is designed to have students look at the conversion of electrical energy into heat energy. Students will have control over the amount of water in their beaker, the voltage of the power supply and the time they add energy to the...
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Temperature
A page describing the concept of temperature and temperature scales. An interactive JavaScript form allows the visitor to investigate the relationship between the Kelvin, Celsius and Fahrenheit scales; enter a value and allow the...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Mechanical Equivalent of Heat Lab
This lab is designed to have students look at a greatly simplified version of James Joule's experiment showing the conversion of mechanical energy to heat.
Concord Consortium
The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Overshot Water Wheel
View a simulation of water moving over the top of a water wheel and causing it to move demonstrating the conversion of energy.
University of Oregon
Electronic Universe Project: Fossil Fuel Consumption
Information on historical energy consumption in the U.S. and projected figures.
Concord Consortium
The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Forces and Systems
See how motion is converted and the energy associated with the motion is used to do work.
City University of New York
The World of Cells: Mitochondria
Check this out if you want only the basic information on structure and function of mitochondria. It is accurate, but not too detailed.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: Mitochondrion
This encyclopedia article from Wikipedia on mitochondrion describes its function, structure, the energy conversion process, and its use in genetic studies. An illustration is also provided.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: Mitochondrion
This encyclopedia article from Wikipedia on mitochondrion describes its function, structure, the energy conversion process, and its use in genetic studies. An illustration is also provided.
Ohio State University
Ohio State University: Respiration
Informative text is clearly written and supported by good illustrations and charts as well. A quiz is also provided at the bottom of the site.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: The Particle Adventure
Visit this site for an interactive tour of the atom and all aspects of particle physics. View the animations available with almost every description on this site. A great place for the fundamentals of particles and forces including a...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Introduction to Electric Power Systems
College-level electrical engineering course highlighting electric power systems. Course introduces electric power and the conversion of electrical to mechanical energy. Course features include readings, assignments, and quizzes.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Fractions as Percents Grade 8
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Write percents as fractions and fractions as percents