1. Tell if your energy source is renewable or nonrenewable and give a brief description.
2. Give a brief history of your energy source.
3. Describe where your energy source is found and how it is recovered.
4. Explain how energy is stored in the source and how the energy is released.
5. Describe how your energy sources is used today.
6. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the energy source?
7. How does the energy sources impact the economy?
8. What is the future of the energy source?
9. What are some interesting facts about the energy source?
Here are some of the resources that we will be using in class:
- www.need.org/infobooks.htm: NEET’s energy sources fact sheets
- www.eia.doe.gove/kids: Energy Information Administration’s Kid’s Page
- www.energy.gove/kidz/kidzone.html: Department of Energy’s Kid’s Zone
- www.awea.org: American Wind Energy Association
- www.acf-coal.org: American Coal Foundation
- www.nei.org: Nuclear Energy Institute
- www.hydro.org: National Hydropower Association
- www.ases.org: American Solar Energy Society
- www.propanecouncil.org: Propane Education and Research Council
- www.biomass.org: American Bioenergy Association
- www.geotherm.org: Geothermal Energy Association
- www.ngsa.org: Natural Gas Supply Association