Newport Mill Middle School

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Energy Pathfinder

These Web resources may help you with this project.  A citation for each source cited must be recorded with your notes. 

Non-specific Energy

• Energy Kids Page 
• Energy Story  
• How do different energy types affect the environment 
• How stuff works 
• Department of Energy 
• TVA Kids Page   
• Environmental Literacy Council 
• Power Score card (This gives the cost/kWh for some fuel type. Choose a state and click on names of power companies.  This also discusses environmental factors.)
• Find energy rates for Pepco (MD)  
• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Links for wind, biomass, geothermal, hydroelectric, and solar)  
• Explanation of a kilowatt hour  
• Explanation of energy density  
• Steam Turbine
• Cents-per-kilowatt hour 
• Alternative Energy Cost Comparisons 
• Oil Cost

Sources of Energy

Nuclear

• Nuclear Energy Institute   
• Corporation must help clean up ex-uranium mine (cost of cleaning up uranium mine)
• The Nuclear Fission Power Plant 

Coal

• American Coal Foundation   
• The Cost Of Coal On The Environment 
• Regulations on coal mining 
• Coal-Fired Power Plant

Natural Gas

• Energy Kids: Natural Gas 
• NaturalGas.org 
• Cost of Natural Gas    
• Impact of natural gas on the environment 

Oil and Petroleum

• American Petroleum Institute  

 Solar

• Facts about solar  
• Solar Cells 

 Hydroelectric

• Water science for schools   
• State Resource Assessment Reports (has a map and lists the amount of hydropower used in each state)
• Hydroelectric Dam 

Wind

• American Wind Energy Association  
• Fact sheet   
• Wind Farms Impacting Weather 
• Wind Turbine 

Biofuel (also called Biomass)

• ABC's of Biofuels 
• Boilers for Biomass Fuels

Geothermal 

• Geothermal Education Office