Activity 1 - Exploring Energy Resource Concepts

Use the resources listed below to help you complete this activity.

To learn more about this topic, visit the following web sites:

Heat Transfer

"The Educator's Guide to Convection" - Jet Propulsion Laboratory "Introduction to Heat Transfer" - University of Minnesota Dept of Mechanical Engineering Site defines heat, explains what heat transfer is and why it is important.

Energy, Work, and Power

"Work, energy, and power" - HyperPhysics
Site defines each term. Click on concept box to view a concept map that visually explains each term. Site also includes every day examples of these concepts in action and allows you to input numbers and complete various calculations.

"How force, power, torque, and energy work" - HowStuffWorks
Through a series of links, this site defines common physics terms and explains how these different concepts work together. Includes a list of web links for further information.

Energy, work, and power - About.com
Click on buttons to receive definitions, mathematical derivations, and examples to help in understanding work, kinetic energy, potential energy, power, and more.

 

Inquiring Further:

To learn more about improving electricity generation efficiencies, visit the following web sites:

"Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN)" - Dept of Energy Site reviews technologies to improve energy efficiencies in a variety of sectors:

• Buildings
• Transportation
• Industry
• Geothermal Power
• Hydrogen Fuel Cells
• Solar Energy
• Wind and Hydropower

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Last updated: May 11, 2010

This project is supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation and the AGI Foundation. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Foundation.