Physical Science

 

Energy Websites:

Turbines and generators:
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter06.html

Take a virtual tour of a power plant:

http://www.energyclassroom.com/index.php?id=11&page=Virtual_Power_Plant_Tour

Fossil Fuels:
http://www.darvill.clara.net/altenerg/fossil.htm
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter08.html
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/non-renewable/coal.html
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/non-renewable/oil.html
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/non-renewable/naturalgas.html

Alternative Energy: SUN, WIND, HYDRO, BIOMASS, TIDAL, GEOTHERMAL
http://www.darvill.clara.net/altenerg/

Tidal energy:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/ocean.html
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter14.html
http://ocsenergy.anl.gov/guide/current/index.cfm
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/renewable_energy/ocean/index.cfm/mytopic=50008

Biomass:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/biomass.html
http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_biomass.html
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter10.html

Solar:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/solar.html
http://www.lipower.org/solar
http://science.howstuffworks.com/solar-cell.htm
http://ocsenergy.anl.gov/guide/solar/index.cfm
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter15.html

http://www.eere.energy.gov/basics/renewable_energy/photovoltaics.html

Wind:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/wind.html
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter16.html
http://ocsenergy.anl.gov/guide/wind/index.cfm
http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_wind.html
http://www.eere.energy.gov/basics/renewable_energy/wind.html

Geothermal:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/geothermal.html
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/geothermal/
http://geothermal.inel.gov/what-is.shtml
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter11.html

Hydro Power:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/water.html
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter12.html
http://www.fwee.org/Tours.html
http://people.howstuffworks.com/hydropower-plant.htm
http://www.eere.energy.gov/basics/renewable_energy/hydropower.html

Nuclear Power:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/non-renewable/nuclear.html
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter13.html
http://www.science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power1.htm
http://www.aboutnuclear.org/view.cgi?fC=Electricity,Operation

Wave:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/ocean.html
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter14.html
http://www.ocsenergy.anl.gov/guide/wave/index.cfm
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/renewable_energy/ocean/index.cfm/mytopic=50009


Fuel Cells:
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/fcv_pem.shtml
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter20.html
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/IntermediateHydrogen.html

 

Simple machines:

http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.htm

http://www.fearofphysics.com/index.html

http://134.241.25.139/mrvis/Mr3_13/start.htm

http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsToolbox.html