The Secret Lives of Energy - The Energy Story

The Energy Story

	Energy Is Born
	Energy Types
	Energy Changes
	Energy Generation

The Energy Problem

	Conservation of Energy
	Aging of Energy
	Finite Resources
	The Oil "Crisis"
	Energy Pollution
	Discussion Topics

The Energy Solution

	Conserving Electricity
	Appliance Efficiency
	Heating Conservation
	Renewable Energy

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Secret Lives Title - The Energy Story

Energy Generation

Energy is a necessary part of human existence. We need energy to live, to heat our homes, to run our cars, to power our stereos, and to continue to develop our entire human civilization on this planet. So finding ways to generate or produce energy from various sources has been high on the human agenda since man discovered fire.

The information and exercises below will help you understand where we get our energy, the sources, and how we generate energy from those sources.

Energy Sources		What sources are available for obtaining energy?
Power Plants *		Sources of energy are changed into electricity in a typical power plant.
Power Plant Project		A team based project to choose the best power plants. Creaed by Dr. Jean Mihelcic and Maria Bartolotti , Conestoga High School
Power Plant Game **		Put the components in order and identify the energy changes.

* This page has a Macromedia flash animation that requires the flash player. You can view the page without the flash player but you will not be able to see the animation. You can download and install the flash player from the following site: Download Flash Player

** The Power Plant Game requires a PC running Windows 95/98/NT/XP and V3.0 or higher of Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. A plug-in for your web browser called Vitalize is also required. The vitalize plug-in can be downloaded by clicking on the link below. After downloading, run the .exe file (Vzfull32.exe for the full version) from the Run dialogue box in Windows and follow the directions.