Ms. Lea Smith, Technology Education
Peacock Middle School
(630)773-1232, Ext. 544

Presentation Aides

Intro to PowerPoint (PowerPoint)

www.cooltext.com

 

Keywords & Websites for Energy Research Project

General

Vision Trust, Inc.

www.nrel.gov/

www.energy.gov

http://www.ucsusa.org/

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/aasinfo.htm

www.eia.doe.gov

http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/

www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/home

www.eere.energy.gov

www.energyquest.ca.gov

www.GreenEnergyOhio.org

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/energy/?source=NavEnvEnergy

 

Fossil Fuels

www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/non-renewable/oil.html

www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/eng99/eng99187.htm

http://www.coalonline.org/site/coalonline/content/home

http://www.naturalgas.org/

 

Air Pollution, Environmental Impact

Greenhouse effect, climate change

Recycling energy

http://www.carbonfootprint.com/

www.grida.no/climate/vital/01.htm

www.nutramed.com/environment/carsepa.htm

www.smogcity.com/welcome.htm

www.epa.gov/students/

www.loe.org

www.ohvec.org/ (mountaintop removal)

http://www.environmentillinois.org/home

http://action.sierraclub.org/site/PageNavigator/E-Newsletters/Pressroom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84zIj_EdQdM&feature=player_embedded

 

Alternative Transportation Fuels

Hydrogen fuel cells

Fusion power

Brazil, ethanol

http://www.pbs.org/nbr/site/onair/transcripts/ev_impact_on_power_grid_110330/

www.energyquest.ca.gov/transportation/

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/

www.fueleconomy.gov

 

Nuclear Energy

Recycling nuclear waste

Chernobyl, Ukraine

Three-Mile Island, Pennsylvania

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/index.html

http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/Public_Information/pi110314.html (Fukushima)

www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/non-renewable/nuclear.html

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=worlds-largest-movable-structure-seal-chernobyl-reactor&WT.mc_id=SA_CAT_ENGYSUS_20110317

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/students.html

www.kids.net.au/encyclopedia-wiki/nu/Nuclear_power

www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2005/testimony050616.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/2763/Electricity/Generating/Nuclear.html

http://www.dipity.com/cqchoi/Chernobyl/

 

Geothermal

http://geothermal.marin.org/

https://inlportal.inl.gov/portal/server.pt/community/geothermal/422/what_is_geothermal_energy_

 

Wind Energy

wind farms, birds

http://windeis.anl.gov/guide/basics/index.cfm

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/wind_basics.html

www.awea.org

http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/wind_maps_none.asp

http://cr.middlebury.edu/es/altenergylife/alternative_power_sources.htm

 

Solar Energy

www.ases.org

http://www.eere.energy.gov/topics/solar.html

www.btfsolar.com

http://www.ese.ogi.edu/~waldemer/solarpaper.htm

 

Hydroelectricity

http://www.wvic.com/

http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/technology/hydro/wave-power/

http://www.consumersenergy.com/uploadedFiles/CEWEB/SHARED/LudingtonPumpedStorage.pdf

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/hydro_technologies.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumped-storage_hydroelectricity

 

Biomass/Biofuels

bioenergy, corn, soybean, switch grass, wood waste, cow power

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/biomass_basics_faqs.html

http://www.michigan.gov/dleg/0,1607,7-154-25676_25753---,00.html

http://cr.middlebury.edu/es/altenergylife/alternative_power_sources.htm

http://www.thegreencarwebsite.co.uk/biofuels.asp

Mars and Space Travel

www.jpl.nasa.gov/

http://www.bnsc.gov.uk/

http://www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/index.html

http://www.seds.org/~spider/mars/mars.html

http://www.space.com/

http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/