Energy

Use the resources below as a stepping stone, to create a report/project to demonstrate your understanding of [|Energy].

To begin your research, find out the following:
 * What is energy?
 * List the three types of fossil fuels.
 * List 3 facts for each of the fossil fuels.

Other questions to consider in your report/project:
 * What is non-renewable energy? renewable energy?
 * What are advantages of fossil fuels? disadvantage of fossil fuels?
 * How is electricity made?
 * What are alternative energies?
 * How do alternative energies work or create electricity?
 * What are the advantages and disadvantages of alternative energies?

**Youtube Energy Videos**
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Energy
[|Introduction to Energy](Energy Quest - California Energy Commission) [|What is energy?] (Energy Quest) [|What is electricity?] (Energy Quest) [|Turbines, Generators, and Power Plants] (Energy Quest) [|Energy Facts] (Energy Info Admin.) [|Energy Information Resource] ( **// Andy Darvill's Science Site) //** [|Hybrid Cars] (HowStuffWorks.com) [|National Renewable Energy Laboratory] (NREL, US) [|Renewable Energy Option for Canada] [|How a Generator Works]

Fossil / Non-Renewable Fuels
[|Fossil Fuel - Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas] (Energy Quest) [|Learning about Fossil Fuels] (US Dept. of Energy) [|Beyond Fossil Fuels] (PBS) [|What's Up with the Weather?] (PBS) [|Fossil Fuels Links] (Link Center for fossilfuel.org) [|Refining Oil] (HowStuffWorks.com) [|Brain Teaser- Jevon’s Paradox] [|Renewable Energy Basics] (NREL)
 * Alternative / Renewable Fuels**

TED: Juan Enriquez: Why Can't We Grow New Energy
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Solar Energy
[|Solar Energy] (Energy Quest) [|How Solar Energy Works] (HowStuffWorks.com) [|Solar Basics] (NREL) [|Thin-Film Solar] = =

Wind Energy
[|Wind Energy Basics](Click to see “Wind Turbine Animation”) [|Wind with Miller] (Take the “Crash Course”) [|Wind Energy] (Energy Quest) [|Wind Power] (Popular Science) [|Wind Energy Info Sheet] (Ontario) [|Wind Energy: What is it?] (Hawaii) [|American Wind Energy Assoc.](Fact Sheet)

Biomass
[|Biomass Energy] (Energy Quest) [|How Biodiesel Works?] (HowStuffWorks.com) [|Biomass Energy Basics] (Biomass Basics, NREL) [|Biomass Photos](NREL) [|Biomass] (NREL) [|Willie Nelson Biodiesel] [|Enerkem]

Geothermal Power
[|Geothermal Electricity](NREL) [|Geothermal Energy] (Energy Quest) [|See Geothermal Technology] (Dept. of Energy)) [|Ways to Use Geothermal Energy](Dept. of Energy) [|Geothermal Education - Introductory]

Hydro Power
http://www.howstuffworks.com/hydropower-plant.htm http://www.nrel.gov/clean_energy/hydroelectric_power.html

Hydrogen & Fuel Cells
http://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/fuels/index.html [|http://www.howstuffworks.com/hydrogen-economy.htm <span] http://www.nrel.gov/clean_energy/hydrogen.html (Difficult to Read) http://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/powersystems/fuelcells/index.html [|http://science.howstuffworks.com/fuel-cell.htm <span] http://www.fuelcells.org/ (Click on UTC Animation to see how a fuel cell works) =Nuclear Energy=

[|How Nuclear Power Works] (HowStuffWorks.com) [|Nuclear Energy - Fission & Fusion] (Energy Quest) [|Nuclear Energy - Energy from Atoms] (EIA) =Ocean Energy=

[|What is Ocean Energy?] (Energy Quest) [|Energy from the Ocean] (EIA) [|Ocean Tidal Energy](EERE) [|Ocean Energy Basics](NREL) [|Wave Energy Farm Animation] (Popular Science) media type="custom" key="781669"

[|The Race to Build the Super Green Car (Wired Magazine)] [|Food Aid Programs in Asia, Africa Cut Because of Food Prices (Herald Tribune)]
 * News**

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