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- Energy Arcade - Take a virtual power plant tour, play an energy game, and learn more about the San Diego Gas and Electric company.
www.sdge.com/sdge.cgi?template=Arcade/er_f1.html&frame1=er_c1.html&frame2=er_h0.html&frame3=er_0.html&change=yes
- Facts About Hydropower - Information about the world's leading renewable energy source.
www.wvic.com/hydro-facts.htm
- Greatest Achievements: Electrification - Explains how power came to cities, factories, and homes. Includes a timeline.
www.greatachievements.org/greatachievements/ga_1_1.html
- Hybrid Electric Vehicles - Information about cars that use both gas and electric power.
www.ott.doe.gov/hev
- Hydro-Electric Power - Information about its history, power plants, environmental impacts, and thoughts about its future.
www.iclei.org/efacts/hydroele.htm
- Hydroelectric Power - Information about how water's mechanical energy is turned into electricity. From the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
www.nrel.gov/lab/pao/hydroelectric.html
- Kid Zone: Atomic Energy - Learn about nuclear energy, electricity and how energy interacts with our environment. Includes interactive games.
www.aecl.ca/kidszone/atomicenergy/index.asp
- Power Lab - Information about energy heroes, electric cars, and indoor and outdoor electrical safety. Then try your hand at a safety game or travel with the Edison adventure bus.
www.edisonkids.com
- School Lighting Auditor - From GE Lighting, allows students to conduct their own lighting audit of their school, and discover ways to conserve electricity.
www.gelighting.com/gelauditor/school
- Scientific American: Explorations: Beyond Batteries: 12/96 - All about fuel cell technology: the future of batteries.
www.sciam.com/explore_directory.cfm
- Shocking Truth About Electricity - Details on sources of power, the history of electricity, and the people who helped discover it. Includes experiments the user can try at home.
www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=6064&cid=2&url=6064/main.html
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