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EU3. Fossil Fuels
Chapter 3 { Energy Use Contents } Next time you look at a blade of grass, think about this: without green plants none of us would survive. In some cases, we eat plants directly to get the energy that is stored in them. In other cases, cows or pigs eat the plants, store the energy […]
EU2.2. Using Electricity to Do Work
{ Energy Use Contents } { All GSS Books } In the Lab Investigation “Doing Work to Create Electricity,” you were generating electricity by moving a coil of wire near a magnet or moving the magnet near the coil. The generator transforms kinetic energy (energy of motion) into electrical energy. Do you think you can […]
EU2.1. Doing Work to Create Electricity
{ Energy Use Contents } { All GSS Books } Use magnets and coils of wire to investigate what kind of responses you can get from an electric meter. Your challenge is to arrange and rearrange the magnets and wires to generate as much electrical output as you can. Materials magnet wire (24 gauge, 3 […]
EU2. Energy Basics
Chapter 2 { Energy Use Contents } In order to make intelligent choices about energy it’s important to understand what energy is. Surprisingly, energy is not easy to define; and you are likely to find different definitions in different textbooks. A useful definition for energy is “that which makes things happen.” Can you see energy? […]
EU1. How People Use Energy
Chapter 1 { Energy Use Contents } Without energy, nothing happens. With energy, things start happening. An intricate web of energy connects everything. The sound of rain on the leaves, the sound of a waterfall, and the sound of a rock concert are all related. Here’s how . . . The Sun shines on oceans, […]
Bibliography for Energy Use
{ Energy Use Contents } { All GSS Books } Amatek, Inc., Solar Energy Handbook, 2nd ed., Chilton Book Company, Radnor, Pennsylvania, 1984. DeCicco, John, Green Guide to Cars and Trucks: Model Year 1999; and Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, 1998; plus many others, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy “Another Crude Year,” […]
Energy Use
ENERGY USE is in the GSS theme 4, Underlying Causes and Possible Solutions. See Overview. Contents Chapters Investigations Stay Current 1. How People Use Energy 1.1. Recent History Chapter 1 2. Energy Basics 2.1. Create Electricity2.2. Electric Motor2.3. Transformations Chapter 2 3. Fossil Fuels 3.1. Energy Units Chapter 3 4. Field Trip to a Power […]
EF9C. Stay Current—How Does Energy Flow in Living Systems?
2024-10-30. Saharan Dust Carries Iron That Feeds Life in the Distant Ocean. By Katherine Bourzac, Eos/AGU. Excerpt: Windblown iron carried on dust particles from the Sahara travels long distances. The critical nutrient is ferried to plants in the Amazon and to phytoplankton in the Atlantic Ocean and elsewhere. But much of this iron is initially […]
EF8C. Stay Current—What is El Niño?
Staying current for Chapter 8 See Non-chronological Resources. { Energy Flow Contents } 2024-10-10. El Niño fingered as likely culprit in record 2023 temperatures. By Paul Voosen, Science. Excerpt: For the past year, alarm bells have been going off in climate science: Last year’s average global temperature was so high, shooting up nearly 0.3°C above […]
EF7C. Stay Current—What Causes Thunderstorms and Tornadoes?
Staying current for Chapter 7 See Non-chronological Resources. { Energy Flow Contents } -•-2024-10-09. What causes the windless doldrums that strand sailors? Find upends previous thinking. By Hannah Richter, Science. Excerpt: Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink. …Although Samuel Taylor Coleridge encapsulated […]