| Energy Tips for Kids
The Internet is a valuable resource for children interested in learning about conservation. These links will help children interested in doing their part to save the planet.
How you can be more energy efficient
If each of us did just one thing to make our Earth a cleaner place with a healthy environment, it would make a BIG difference. These sites will show you how you can be more energy efficient at home and at school. Thanks for your help!!!
- Environmental Defense Fund - Here are lots of tips on energy efficiency and energy alternatives, plus games and more!
- Funergy! - Learn about saving energy through fun online activities
Alterntive fuels
Exhaust from cars and trucks causes a lot of the smog and global warming you see or hear about. We're looking for ways to make fuel cleaner. These sites will tell you how.
Geothermal Energy
We use the very high heat of the inside of the Earth to make electricity. Underground water reservoirs are heated by the very hot rocks of the crust (which are heated by magma below them, which is heated by the extremely hot core). We use this hot water to make steam, which powers a generator that makes electricity. These sites will tell you more.
General Renewable Energy
Renewable energy means it comes from a source that's constantly renewed - the wind keeps blowing, the sun keeps shining, and the Earth keeps heating underground rocks. This energy will be around for as long as the Earth is, so we don't have to worry about running out of it.
- The Atoms Family : Miami Museum of Science - in the "Mummy's Tomb" and "Dracula's Library," you can learn about energy conservation, physics principles, and electricity.
- Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology - An interactive site explaining the basics of renewable energy.
- Cleaner and Greener Program for Schools - Kids can calculate how much emissions are caused by using energy at home and school.
- Department of Energy KidzZone - Quizzes, games, contests, and other activities about energy.
- Earth Dog - MSNBC - information about solar, wind, and other technologies, plus games, contests, and an Earth Dog Club.
- Edugreen - Information about renewables, video clips, model of a sustainable habitat, maps, and activities.
- Energy Action for Students - National Energy Foundation - Ideas and activities about conserving energy.
- Energy Information Association - Energy Ant has lots of fun facts and activities.
- Energy Quest- California Energy Commission - Lots of information about renewable energy technologies, saving energy, puzzles, and contests.
- Energy Smart Schools - Department of Energy - Tips about conserving energy at schools, contests, quizzes, and success stories.
- Energy Trail : Planet Energy : UK Department of Trade and Industry - Travel the "Energy Trail" to learn about different renewable energy technologies.
- Environmental Protection Agency Explorers Club - information about recycling, pollution, and EPA efforts; games and activities.
- Learning about Saving Energy - DOE's basic fact sheet about the uses of energy and many ways it can be conserved.
- Learning about Renewable Energy - DOE's basic fact sheet about renewables; includes a glossary and links to other organizations.
- Glossary of Renewable Energy Terms - Solar Now - Definitions of renewable energy terms.
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - Stories, games, jokes, and activities about the environment.
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Renewable Energy Activities for Teachers and Students : activities and links for students of all grades.
- Watts New? - Lifetime Learning - A mad scientist describes uses for renewable energy, and shows how to conserve it.
- What Do You Need to Know About Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy? - The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's page describing renewable technologies and providing links to further information.
Solar Energy
We can use the light of the sun to create electricity! The sun shines on "solar cells" : you've probably seen them on the roofs of houses. When the sun hits the solar cells, it causes a chemical reaction, which generates electricity! These sites will tell you more.
Wind Energy
We can use the power of blowing wind to create electricity! The wind turns a large "fan," which then powers a generator that makes electricity. These sites will tell you more.
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