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- Alliant Energy's PowerHouse - Learn about saving energy and using electricity and natural gas safely.
www.powerhousetv.com/kids
- Dr E's Energy Lab - Discusses wind, solar and geothermal as renewable energy sources and gives energy efficient tips. A page by the Energy Efficient and Renewable Energy Network.
www.eren.doe.gov/kids/index.html
- Electricity and Magnetism - Looks at conductors and insulators and briefly explains electrostatics.
www.physics4kids.com/files/elec_main.html
- Electronics Theory - Free online course teaching electronics and magnetism. Find out about Ohm's Law, resistances in series and parallel, sine curves of alternating current, magnetic induction and how generators work.
www.electronicstheory.com
- Energy and Science Projects - Contains several activities that deal with energy.
www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/index.html
- Energy Chasers - Energy learning missions, wacky science experiments, a newsletter, energy links, and Volt and Watts crazy antics and stories.
www.exelonenergy.com/kids/index2.htm
- Energy Information Administration Kids Page - Features various sections about energy including what it is and the forms it comes in. Find out how humans use energy through quizzes and a 'fun facts' section.
www.eia.doe.gov/kids
- Energy Quest - California Energy Commission's energy and environmental education site for students, parents, and teachers. Offers games, puzzles, and science projects on energy.
www.energy.ca.gov/education
- Kids Schoolhouse - Learn how to be a safe and efficient energy user. Find out about the history of energy and how power plants work, then take the quiz to test your knowledge.
www.energymatch.com/kidsgateway.asp
- Planet Energy - Provides information on renewable energy for students and teachers.
www.dti.gov.uk/renewable/ed_pack
- Roofus' Solar Home - Take Roofus' tour around an energy efficient home to find out how to be energy smart.
www.eren.doe.gov/roofus/roofus.html
- The Earth Dog Renewable Energy Page - Learn about renewable energy resources through the adventures of Earth Dog. Covers solar, wind and hydro-power.
www.earthdog.com/renew.html
- The Energy Planet - Focuses on the historical background of energy and explains some of the types of energy that are used today.
library.thinkquest.org/C004471/tep/en/index.html
- The Energy Tree - Search through the energy to find out why energy is so important, where it comes from, what it does, and why we need it.
www.oneworld.org/energy/etree.html
- The physics of cooking - Explains how ovens work through radiation, convection and conduction. Explains how microwaves work, the differences between normal glassware and corning and the differences between a convection and normal oven.
www.geocities.com/yummyphysics
- Thermodynamics - Looks at the governing laws of thermodynamics, entropy and enthalpy.
www.physics4kids.com/files/thermo_main.html
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