Sources of Energy Links

Here are some links for your Energy and Sources of Energy WebQuest

 

What is Energy? http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=1

Sources of Energy http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=2

Energy Quest’s Energy Story site is at http://energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html Chapter 6-20 are good resources.

Non-renewable info http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/High_School_Earth_Science/Nonrenewable_Energy_Resources

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

The butons on the left side show many different types of energy resources including fossil fuels, nuclear, solar, wind, tidal, hydroelectric, wave, geothermal and biofuels.

Energy overview and Renewable vs. Non-renewable

http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/

How do power plants work? In Illinois, we use almost ALL coal and nuclear

Coal https://www.duke-energy.com/about-energy/generating-electricity/coal-fired-how.asp

Nuclear  https://www.duke-energy.com/about-energy/generating-electricity/nuclear-how.asp

Solar and Wind http://www.cleanlineenergy.com/technology/wind-and-solar

Nuclear Power Plant

Coal Power Plant

 

Garden Plant Research

Use this page as a resource to research important information about plants you'd like to grow in our school garden. 

Guidelines:

1. Plants must be able to be grown in Chicago

2. At least 2 of your plants must be vegetables or fruits

3. We can’t plant trees, so fruits which grow on trees won’t work this year.

Chicago is in Zone 6

Our average last frost (the last time we get freezing temperatures) is May 1^st.

Gardening Links

Ten Tips for Successful Gardening

http://web.extension.illinois.edu/vegguide/tensteps.cfm

Farmers Almanac Best Time to Plant Vegetables and Watermelon in Chicago

http://www.almanac.com/gardening/planting-dates/IL/Chicago

Park Seed “Know Before You Grow” info

http://parkseed.com/know-before-you-grow-complete-list/a/hand13/

Zone Map (Chicago used to be in Zone 5, but now due to climate change, we’re in zone 6)

https://climateillinois.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/new-usda-plant-hardiness-zone-map/

Guide to Specific Vegetables from the IL Extension Service

http://web.extension.illinois.edu/vegguide/growing.cfm

Herb Gardening

http://urbanext.illinois.edu/herbs/directory.cfm

Fruits

http://urbanext.illinois.edu/fruit/index.cfm

Strawberries

http://urbanext.illinois.edu/strawberries/growing.cfm

Raspberries

http://urbanext.illinois.edu/raspberries/

Monthly Gardening tips from the Farmers Almanac

http://www.almanac.com/gardening/tips/zipcode/60639/May

Salsa Garden

http://www.chicagobotanic.org/plantinfo/growing_salsa_garden

Plant Profiles – Look up any plant in this alphabetical list from the Chicago Botanic Garden

http://www.chicagobotanic.org/plantinfo/pp/

Plant Growth Lab Data Entry

To get to the data entry form click here.

When you're finished click on "Submit another response" so the next group can enter their data.

Air Pollution Resources

Use pages 302 - 312 of your textbook along with these links to research the sources of air pollution, the problems air pollution causes and the solutions we can use to reduce the harm caused by air pollution. 

Map of Asthma rates in Chicago neighborhoods  https://www.wttw.com/res/pdf/beat_asthma_press.pdf

Video of activists in Pilsen and Little Village fighting to close the Fisk and Crawford Coal Burning Power Plants in their communities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZqXdG8fVPY
(since it's on YouTube it may be blocked at school, but you can watch it at home.)


Article about protesters at Fisk coal power plant. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-biggers/breaking-chicago-coal-pro_b_866519.html 

The Fisk and Crawford coal burning power plants were finally shut down.... 
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-08-30/business/chi-closure-of-chicagos-crawford-fisk-electric-plants-ends-coal-era-20120830_1_fisk-and-crawford-midwest-generation-coal-plants

Links to explore for your Air Pollution Posters

http://www.epa.gov/airquality/urbanair/

http://www.catf.us/fossil/problems/

http://www.clean-air-kids.org.uk/airquality.html

http://www.explainthatstuff.com/air-pollution-introduction.html 

http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/171289/ 

https://eo.ucar.edu/kids/sky/pollution1.htm

http://www.cleanerandgreener.org/resources/air-pollution.html 

http://www.greenbuildingsupply.com/Sources-of-Indoor-Air-Pollution-VOCs 


http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/airquality/sip/criteria-pollutants/sip-pm