Earthquake/Volcano Seismic Eruption – log onto the website Alan L. Jones.  Scroll down to SeismicWavesSetup.exe and download it onto your computer.  Save it to your desktop.  There will be several files that save, create a folder and put them in it.  When you are ready to view the Seismic Eruption, click.  The download allows you to view Earthquakes and Volcanoes that have occurred around the world since 1960 to present day.  It shows the magnitude and depth of earthquakes and the magnitude and types of volcanoes.  The sound on the maps represents the intensity of the volcanoes and earthquakes.  Think about how these forces shape the Earth’s surface.

Energy Project Suggested Internet Sites

Multiple Sources:

EIA Kids Page - use Energy Ant for help:  http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/

Energy Quest's Energy Story: http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html

U.S Department of Energy:  http://www.eere.energy.gov/

Home Power: http://www.homepower.com/home/

U.S. Department of Energy – Sources: http://www.doe.gov/energysources/index.htm

Renewable/Inexhaustible sources: http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/solar.renewables/ilands/chapter3.html

Ollie Saves the Planet: http://www.olliesworld.com/planet/usa/info/issue/energy.htm

National Renewable Energy Laboratory: http://www.nrel.gov/

Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/ 

Infinite Power – Texas Energy Fact Sheet: http://www.infinitepower.org/factsheets.htm

Energy Resources: http://www.darvill.clara.net/altenerg/index.htm

Tennessee Valley Authority – How TVA makes electricity: http://www.tvakids.com/electricity/production.htm

Alternative Power: http://www.bpalternativenergy.com/liveassets/bp_internet/alternativenergy/index.html

 

Solar:

White House goes Solar: http://www.olliesworld.com/planet/usa/action/ofee13.htm

Smart World Energy – Texas: http://smartworldenergy.com/html/residential.html

Solar Energy Fact Sheet: http://www.solarenergy.com/ws400CS.cgi?category=info_solar_fact_sheet.html&cart_id=1080623013123117&page=se_complete_systems.html&dci=

Solar Electric Power Association: http://www.solarelectricpower.org/index.php?page=basics&subpage=pv&display=other

Clean Energy: http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/renewable_energy_basics/how-solar-energy-works.html

Solar Electricity Basics: http://www.homepower.com/basics/solar/

 

Wind:

American Wind Energy Association: http://www.awea.org/

Wind with Miller: http://www.windpower.org/en/kids/index.htm

Wind Power: Denmark’s Guided Tour: http://www.windpower.org/composite-85.htm

Skystream Wind Turbine (process): http://www.skystreamenergy.com/skystream/how-skystream-works/

National Renewable Energy Laboratory – Wind Energy basics: http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_wind.html

 

Fossil Fuels:

Fossil Fuels: http://www.bydesign.com/fossilfuels/links/

Fossil Fuels – presentation: http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/society/fossilfuels.htm

Fossils Fuels in the UK (England): http://www.energyzone.net/aboutenergy/fossil_fuels.asp

 

Geothermal:

Geothermal Information Office: http://www.alliantenergygeothermal.com/stellent2/groups/public/documents/pub/geo_001407.hcsp

Geothermal Education Office: http://geothermal.marin.org/

 

Nuclear:

NEI - Nuclear Energy Institute:  http://www.nei.org/

How Stuff Works – Nuclear Energy: http://www.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power.htm

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission:  http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/students.html

Nuclear Energy and Society: http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/society/nuclear.htm

 

Hydroelectric:

WVIC's Facts about Hydropower: http://www.wvic.com/hydro-facts.htm

U.S. Geological Society – Water Science for Schools: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/hyhowworks.html

Environmental Literacy Council: http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/59.html

Tennessee Valley Authority - Hydroelectric Power: http://www.tva.gov/power/hydro.htm

 

Biomass:

Waste to Energy: http://www.olliesworld.com/planet/usa/action/swana04.htm

EERE: Biomass information for students: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/for_students.html

Fuel without the Fossil – NYT article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/09/business/09fuel.html

 

Hydrogen:

Renewable Energy World: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/tech/hydrogen

 

Fun sites:

Energy Hog (games and activities): http://www.energyhog.org/

Energy Kids’ Pages: http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy_fungames/index.html

Energy Quest Projects: http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/index.html

Fruity Electricity demonstration: http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/wolfman/fruity.html

 

Energy Cost Comparison Graphs (pick one to use for your PowerPoint):

Fossil Fuels vs Nuclear, Solar, Hydrogen & Wind

Biomass vs other sources

ADDITIONAL SOURCES

 

Solar System Links

NASA Website        Solar System        Views of the Solar System        Solar System Exploration        NASA KIDS WEBSITE        NASA Interactive Website        Voyage Solar System information and website

Layers of the Sun click here for "The Sun In Layers" worksheet, sprial p.9

   "the Outer Planets" video (1/25/2008)  

 Communication Satellites video - Can You Hear Me Now?  
It takes a sophisticated network of hundreds of communication satellites orbiting the earth to connect the dots of the global economy.  It’s a field that relies on everything from variables to patterns and measurement to space science.
http://www.thefutureschannel.com/dockets/algebra/communications_satellites/

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