Curated OER
US Energy Geography
The maps display the statistics for energy consumption and power production, state by state. They are tremendous visual aids for your natural resources unit. Consider having your class compare energy consumption versus production, or...
Re Energy
Build Your Own Biogas Generator
What is biogas and how is it made? After examining background information about the sources of biogas and biogas generators, class members follow the provided information and build a biogas generator that can be used in the...
National Institute of Open Schooling
Chemical Thermodynamics
All chemical reactions require energy. To explore thermodynamics, classes read and discuss its laws, exothermic and endothermic reactions, enthalpy in many forms, calculate enthalpy problems, and use Hess' Law to calculate enthalpy of a...
Other
American Gas Association: Learn About Natural Gas
Learn about natural gas including topics such as statistics on natural gas usage in the United States and little-known facts about this energy source.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Natural Gas: Background
A resource page on natural gas. Learn what natural gas is, how it used, how it is formed, how it is drilled, processed, and transported, and advantages and disadvantages.
Energy for Sustainable Development
Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Natural Gas
Learn how natural gas forms, how scientists find it beneath the Earth's surface, and how it is produced, stored, and transported.
Energy4Me
Energy4me: Petroleum Oil and Natural Gas
Learn the history of the world's use of the fossil fuels oil and natural gas for usable energy.
eSchool Today
E School Today: Nonrenewable Energy: Natural Gas
Get the basics on nonrenewable energy. Learn about its uses and conservation.
Other
Institute for Energy Research: Fossil Fuels
A detailed article providing information about fossil fuel resources in the United States and how they impact economic growth. Several reports, which can be downloaded, examine energy policies, the potential for economic growth, and...
National Geographic
National Geographic: Encyclopedic Entry: Non Renewable Energy
A good primer on non-renewable energy sources. Covers the overall advantages and disadvantages, and discusses the different types and their pros and cons. Includes a slideshow with captions.
State Energy Conservation Office-Texas
State Energy Conservation Office: Clean Energy From Texas Landfills [Pdf]
Explains what landfill gas is, some of its applications, and how Texas is harnessing it as a source of renewable energy.
US Energy Information Administration
U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Timelines: Natural Gas
A timeline of key milestones in the use of natural gas as a source of engergy.
Energy for Sustainable Development
Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Electricity
Electricity is the flow of electrical power or charge. It is a secondary energy source which means that we get it from the conversion of other sources of energy, like coal, natural gas, oil, nuclear power and other natural sources, which...
eSchool Today
E School Today: Non Renewable Energy
Learn what non-renewable energy is and the different types.
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.