Check out these links to
learn more about energy conservation!
Activities
Saving
Energy! www.energyquest.ca.gov/saving_energy/index.html
This
is a wonderful site that is colorful and full of energy- saving tips for
children. It also explains to children why we need to
conserve energy, in addition to offering a library, science projects, and games! Pretty neat and
easy to follow with a lot of useful facts- check it out!
Global Warming Made Simple www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/
This
site offers a variety of games and activities that can teach kids about global
warming, and some tips they can use to start saving energy. It’s also a great
site if you just want to read over the basics and find out answers to your
questions!
Fight Those Energy Hogs www.energyhog.org
This site offers money-saving tips for adults, and a fun game for kids to teach them about the dangers of using up a lot of excess energy resources. Provides valuable resources regarding how to save money on your energy bills.
Carbon Calculator www.carboncalculator.com
Sponsored
by the Global Action Plan, this site has designed a quick and easy way to help
you measure your carbon dioxide emissions. Once you’ve calculated them, you can
compare them with others or come back later to find out how much carbon dioxide
you’ve learned to save! How do you measure up?
o The Energy Story www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter19.html
This site lays it out
simply for children or adults. In addition to explaining what energy is, and offers a library and science projects!
Energy
Basics www.powerhousekids.com/stellent2/groups/public/documents/pub/phk_001537.hcsp
Having
trouble deciding how to teach your kids about energy conservation? This site
provides some lesson plans that will make
learning fun! Also includes information
about conservation, the environment, and fun games.
Your Green Score www.greenscore.org.uk
Sponsored
by the Global Action Plan, this site offers a quick and easy survey to let you
know how green you really are! For an added bonus, at the end of the survey
you’ll be given loads of useful tips to make your home more earth and
energy-friendly.
Information
o Energy Conservation? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_of_energy
If
you’re not exactly sure what it means to conserve energy, check out this
site. It even offers a lesson on the history of
thermodynamics!
The
The
U.S. Department of Energy- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy www.eere.energy.gov
This
site offers online documents about energy efficiency, renewable energy, and
even information for kids. Learn about government programs that support energy
efficiency and renewable energy.
The U.S. Department of Energy www.energy.gov
This site offers quick and
easy links to information about gas prices, energy saving tips, nuclear energy, and climate
change. It also includes special pages
for students, kids, researchers, and consumers!
o Renewable Energy www.green-trust.org
This
site offers information about renewable energy sources, including solar, wind,
hydro, and biofuels. Visit the bookshop, discussion
forums, and store.
A
Consumer’s Guide to Energy Efficiency www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/
Explore your options for saving energy and
using renewable energy at home, at work, in your community,
and while driving. This site tells you
how to save energy AND money!
Global Warming Warning Signs www.climatehotmap.org
This
site offers a visual representation of both fingerprints
(direct manifestations of a widespread and long-term trend toward warmer global
temperatures) and harbingers (events
that foreshadow the types of impacts likely to become more frequent and
widespread with continued warming) of global warming. Click on the map to find
out what’s going on in your neck of the woods.
o Solar Cooking www.solarcooking.org
All
you ever wanted to know about solar cooking! This site includes many pictures, videos,
articles, discussion forums about solar cooking, and even recipes. A
multi-lingual site.
o The Coming Global Energy Crisis www.energycrisis.org/
This
website was designed to educating people about the debate regarding the timing
and extent of the coming decline in oil extraction. A very informative site, it
offers editorials from experts, alternative ideas, extensive sets of articles
and links, and even a store.
o Convincing Others www.toolsofchange.com./English/firstsplit.asp
This web sites based on community based social
marketing gives ways to convince others that changing attitudes and behaviors
about energy use is needed.
o 10 Simple Steps http://allianceforsustainability.net/ 10 Simple Steps for a healthy planet, while improving your health and saving money!