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

 

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

Population Ecology - How does competition affect population size?

To See the Crash Course Population Ecology Video with Hank click here or see below (but YouTube doesn't work at school, so you should try it at home.) 

Virtual Lab about how competition between species affects population size: 

You will be using an online simulation that compares populations of two different species of microscopic protozoan paramecia.

This lab is about Paramecium aurelia and Paramecium caudatum

When you get to the online lab you will see directions on the left side and an interactive laboratory on the right side. READ the DIRECTIONS on the left side of the virtual lab and follow them along with the directions on the LAB SHEET you received in class. 

Be sure to answer the objective and hypothesis questions and ALL the pre-lab questions BEFORE you collect any data.

Collect all data and create your graph on the LAB SHEET you received in class. Read all directions carefully so you can collect all your data. Once you've collected your data and made your graph, answer the analysis/conclusion questions found on page 3 of the lab sheet.

Click HERE for the Virtual Lab