Links and Documents Page

7/8^th

Trees/Wood:

^{680 Tree Fact Sheets}: http://hort.ufl.edu/trees/comlist.htm#E 

^{Terrific Trees}:  http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/olympia/kids/terrific_trees.htm 

^{Northwest Missouri State University - Tree Facts:} http://www.nwmissouri.edu/arboretum/FACTS.HTM 

Forces and Strong Shapes:

Forces Lab:  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/forces.html

Shapes Lab: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/shapes.html

Energy Study: 

“must see” web-sites

   Energy Information Administration (U. S. Department of Energy) 

  "Energy Ant" http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/

   Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network

  "Energy Monkey"  http://www.eren.doe.gov/kids/

General Energy Sites

           Northeast Sustainable Energy Association: http://www.nesea.org/

           National Energy Education Development: http://www.need.org/

           National Renewable Energy Laboratory: http://www.nrel.gov/

Non-renewable :

            Oil – petroleum - http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/non-renewable/oil.html

            Natural Gas – (mostly) methane - http://www.naturalgas.org/

            Coal  - lignite, bituminous, anthracite - http://www.wci-coal.com

            Nuclear – fission - http://www.nei.org/ 

Renewable :

            Solar - http://www.eere.energy.gov/RE/solar_basics.html

                     http://www.nrel.gov/solar/

            Wind - http://www.windpower.org/en/kids/index.htm

                     http://www.nrel.gov/wind/

     Hydro - http://www.usbr.gov/power/edu/edu.htm

             http://www.austinschools.org/kealing/energy/reports/present/rephydro.html

            Geothermal - http://geothermal.id.doe.gov/what-is.shtml

                      http://www.nrel.gov/geothermal/

     Biomass - http://www.bera1.org/about.html  

              http://www.nrel.gov/biomass/

              http://www.eere.energy.gov/biopower/basics/ba_stak.htm

Documents

6th

7/8th

Forces Webquest .pdf

Shapes Webquest .pdf

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