Alternative Energy Project

Find your alternative energy resource below and click on the Free Web links associated with it.

(If you don't bookmark a site and you can't get to this library site for some reason, you can Google "Energy Kid's Page" and "The Energy Story" to find these sites and follow the links to your energy resource.)

Biomass
Energy Kid's Page
Biomass - Renewable Energy from Plants and Animal
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/biomass.html

Energy Story
Chapter 10: Biomass Energy
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter10.html

Geothermal
Energy Kid's Page
Geothermal Energy - Energy from the Earth's Core
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/geothermal.html

The Energy Story
Chapter 11: Geothermal Energy
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter11.html

Solar
Energy Kid's Page
Solar Energy - Energy from the Sun
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/solar.html

The Energy Story
Chapter 15: Solar Energy
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter15.html

Water: River
Energy Kid's Page
Hydropower - Energy from Moving Water
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/water.html

The Energy Story
Chapter 12: Hydro Power
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter12.html

Water: Ocean
Energy Kid's Page
Ocean Energy
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/ocean.html

The Energy Story
Chapter 14: Ocean Energy
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter14.html

Wind
Energy Kid's Page
Wind Energy - Energy from Moving Air
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/wind.html

The Energy Story
Chapter 16: Wind Energy
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter16.html

Databases (require a password):

You may search these 3 E-books simultaneously:

Alternative Energy

UXL Encyclopedia of Water Science

UXL Encyclopedia of Biomes

Here's how:
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/danv55816?db=GVRl
Check your Resources Sheet for passwords. Key in the name of your energy or a related keyword in the search box and you will be able to read the same text and view the same graphics that you will find in the print version of this reference source. You may use this source either as one of your electronic sources or as one of your print resources, not for both.

This site was last updated on September 7, 2010 10:21 PM by Mrs. Woo, Librarian

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