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Subtopic: Energy Sources

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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
As the Rotor Turns: Wind Power and You An Investigation of Wind Power as an Energy Resource in Pennsylvania	6-8	Lesson Plan
Astronomy Theories This video segment from Swift: Eyes through Time deals with the advancement of science through changing existing ideas, refuting outdated theories, and incorporating new findings.	5-8	QuickTime Video
Bear Creek Wind Farm Tour In this interactive, a construction project manager explains the process of constructing a wind farm, its challenges and benefits.	9-12	Flash Interactive
The Biomass Balancing Act An investigation of biomass as a sustainable energy resource.	6-8	Lesson Plan
Capturing Renewable Energy Students investigate renewable energy sources and how to transition from an energy source to a usable, on-demand power source.	6-12	Lesson Plan
Chernobyl: What Really Happened? This text excerpted from Richard Rhodes' book, Nuclear Renewal and reprinted on the FRONTLINE Web site examines the causes of the Chernobyl accident.	6-12	HTML Document
Clean Coal? Explore the challenges facing the deployment of clean coal technology in this video segment adapted from FRONTLINE: "Heat."	6-12	QuickTime Video
CO₂ Concentrations at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaiʻi This resource, adapted from the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, provides a graph of monthly average carbon dioxide (CO₂) concentration from 1958 to 2000 at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaiʻi.	6-12	PDF Document
Cooking Cookies with Solar Power In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, two solar cookers are tested against a control to see which can cook a "s'more" faster.	K-8	QuickTime Video
Designing Future Cities: Alternative Energy In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, visit a class as they design a city of the future that will use solar, wind, and water power to fuel its economy.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Energy in a Roller Coaster Ride See potential energy convert to kinetic energy in this interactive activity from WGBH that shows a roller coaster in action.	3-12	Flash Interactive
Energy Production Students examine the role of energy in our daily lives and how we produce energy to power our cities, homes, and schools. The advantages and disadvantages of each energy source are also addressed.	6-12	Lesson Plan
Energy Sources This video segment illustrates a variety of energy sources used to generate electricity, some of which are in use and some of which are under exploration.	3-12	QuickTime Video
FAQs About Nuclear Power Nuclear physicist, Dr. Charles Till, answers questions about nuclear power in this interview from the FRONTLINE Web site.	6-12	HTML Document
Fission and Reprocessing: How They Work This video-enhanced document from the FRONTLINE Web site explains how nuclear fission and nuclear reprocessing work.	6-12	HTML Document
Franklin Chang-Díaz: Rocket Scientist This video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW profiles Franklin Chang-Díaz, a scientist who is working on plasma-powered rockets and was NASA's first Latin American astronaut.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Fuel Cells In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, hydrogen fuel cell cars promise pollution-free driving, but will we see them anytime soon?	6-12	QuickTime Video
Fusion Energy Advances In this report from the NewsHour, correspondent Spencer Michels reports on ongoing efforts to produce fusion energy to help fuel American energy independence.	9-12	MPEG 4 Video
Fusion: The Hydrogen Bomb Just after World War II, nuclear scientists turned their attention from fission to fusion. This video segment adapted from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE looks at the beginnings of thermonuclear power generation.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Gamma-ray Burst Theories This video segment from Swift: Eyes through Time introduces and explains theories of the origin of gamma-ray bursts.	5-8	QuickTime Video
Get Close to a Nuclear Fission Reaction! Learn how scientists regulate a nuclear reactor in this animation-enhanced essay from the FRONTLINE Web site.	6-12	HTML Document
Global Warming and The Greenhouse Effect This video excerpt from Race to Save the Planet discusses the greenhouse effect and global warming.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Global Warming: Beyond Fossil Fuels Martin Hoffert, professor of physics at New York University, discusses global warming and alternative energies in this interview from the NOVA/FRONTLINE Web site.	6-12	HTML Document
Global Warming: Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE demonstrates the physical property of carbon dioxide that causes the greenhouse effect.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Global Warming: The Developing World This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE looks at the future of global warming as developing nations, including India and China, increase their need for energy.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Global Warming: The Hydrogen Car Is the hydrogen car the answer to global warming? This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE looks at the pros and cons of this developing technology.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Global Warming: The Physics of the Greenhouse Effect This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE examines the greenhouse effect, its role in keeping Earth habitable, and the industrial changes that have led to an increase in the planet's average temperature.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Heat Transfer In this interactive activity adapted from the Wisconsin Online Resource Center, learn how heat can be transferred in one of three ways: conduction, convection, and radiation.	5-8	Flash Interactive
History of Pennsylvania Energy through the 20th Century This video defines the sun as the first source of energy in Pennsylvania. Since prehistoric times, energy has defined Pennsylvania's story. Wood fires, lumber, fossil fuels, nuclear power, biomass, windmills and solar panels have all played a part.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Hoover Dam and Hydroelectric Power How does a dam generate electricity and what are the environmental impacts of operating these mammoth structures? Find out in this video segment adapted from Building Big.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Inside an Explosion From afar, an explosion may seem like one of the most incredible examples of chaotic interaction. But once you look closer, as in this video from QUEST, you will find that large-scale explosions require very precise interactions to occur in just the right sequence.	8-12	QuickTime Video
Inverse Square Law This animation from KET's distance learning physics course demonstrates the mathematical formula for a scientific law as it applies to light.	6-12	HTML Interactive
Making Electricity at a Coal Burning Plant This video from KET traces the energy transformations that occur when coal is burned to produce electricity. Some of the mechanical processes are also described.	6-8	QuickTime Video
Maximum Power Point The Principles of Optimizing Photovoltaic Cell Power Output	9-12	Lesson Plan
Nuclear Blast Footage These video clips from the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Web site feature actual footage of thermonuclear blast testing done in the 1950s.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Nuclear Reaction: Fission This video segment adapted from FRONTLINE looks at nuclear fission as an energy source that can be used to generate electricity.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Nuclear Reaction: Searching for Safety This text excerpted from Beyond Engineering: How Society Shapes Technology by Robert Pool and reprinted on the FRONTLINE Web site looks at the impact of nuclear power.	6-12	HTML Document
Nuclear Reaction: Three Mile Island This video segment adapted from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE examines the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Pennsylvania Energy: Biomass Many potential, renewable sources of biomass energy exist in Pennsylvania, especially on farms. This video profiles various facilities that make biomass energy, including biodiesel fuel. Biomass energy is important to the economy and the food supply.	6-8	QuickTime Video
Pennsylvania Energy: Energy from the Sun In this video, an engineering design professor explains that solar energy can convert to heat, heat hot water, or convert to electricity. The video details how solar energy in a school and a prison decrease their energy consumption.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Pennsylvania Energy: Wind This video suggests wind along the ridges of Pennsylvania could provide as much as 25% of the state's electricity while avoiding the creation of tons of CO2; the price for energy from a clean source like wind will come down as the demand goes up.	9-12	QuickTime Video
Photovoltaics This animation shows how photovoltaic panels and their solar cells capture sunlight's energy and create electricity. Solar cells are designed to free electrons from absorbed photons with a positive and a negative layer that create an electric field.	9-12	QuickTime Video
The Relationship Between Science and Technology Students will learn how technology can help scientists solve a problem. One of the challenges scientists face with any spacecraft is attitude control. Students will be introduced to the problem of attitude control in space and two different ways scientists address it.	5-8	Lesson Plan
Running on Renewables Utilizing HOMER: Modeling Software for Hybrid Electric Power Systems	9-12	Lesson Plan
Siting Wind Power Wind Power Curves and Community Considerations	9-12	Lesson Plan
Snapshot of U.S. Energy Use This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE looks at American energy consumption and the resulting production of greenhouse gases.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Solar Car In this video from DragonflyTV, follow the investigation of Isaac and Anjali as they record, measure, and analyze data about how the Sun's position in the sky affects a solar-powered car's speed.	4-8	QuickTime Video
Solar House In this What's Up in the Environment? video segment, an electrical engineer in Virginia and his 13-year-old son explain how they produce electricity in their home.	5-9	QuickTime Video
Solar Paint Your Roof In this video segment adapted from NOVA, see how nanotechnology might be used to create a new, cheaper way to produce solar electricity for the home.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Solar Power This video segment from Vegas PBS shows the largest solar power system to date in the U.S. and explains how solar power can serve the needs of large-scale facilities and benefit the environment.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Solar Racing The Design, Construction and Evaluation of a Solar-Powered Car	6-8	Lesson Plan
Spotlight on Photovoltaics and Fuel Cells A Web-based Study and Comparison	9-12	Lesson Plan
Steam Machine Explore NOVA Online's interactive steam engine and discover how this machine can convert heat to mechanical energy.	3-12	Shockwave Interactive
Theories This lesson will help the students understand that science theories change in the face of new evidence, but those changes can be slow in coming.	5-8	Lesson Plan
Thinking about Energy A survey of students’ understandings of energy resources in Pennsylvania	6-12	Lesson Plan
Three Mile Island: What Happened This interactive activity from the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Web site looks at the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history.	6-12	Shockwave Interactive
Windmill Gallery This collection of still images features a variety of windmills and turbines.	K-12	Flash Image
Wind Story The flash animations present the characteristics of wind power as a source of clean energy and allows the viewer to examine how a modern wind turbine works by pausing and clicking on its components.	9-12	Flash Interactive
Your Carbon Diet Find out how much energy you use and some ways to conserve in this interactive activity from the NOVA/FRONTLINE Web site.	3-12	Shockwave Interactive