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                K-12 Reading in Alternative Energy Sources -- with Assessments 
                  
              
                 
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                      (INTRODUCTION) -- TYPES OF ENERGY 
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                     What 
                      is energy? Forms of Energy (Kinetic and Potential Energy) 
                      -- Law of Conservation of energy -- Energy Efficiency -- 
                      Ssources of Energy -- Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy 
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                      WIND ENERGY  
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                     Energy 
                      from Wind -- The History of Wind -- How Wind Machines Work 
                      -- Types of Wind Machines --Images of Wind Machines -- Wind 
                      Power Plants -- Wind Production -- Wind and the Environment 
                      -- US Goals in Wind Energy -- 
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                    GEOTHERMAL ENERGY  | 
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                  How 
                    What is Geothermal Energy, Energy inside the Earth, Geothermal 
                    Power Plants, Geothermal Energy and the Environment. | 
                 
                 
                   
                     
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                    HYDROPOWER | 
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                    Electricity Generation, How Hydropower Works, Where is Hydropower 
                    Generated, Hydropower and the Enivironment. | 
                 
                 
                   
                     
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                    NUCLEAR ENERGY  | 
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                    Energy from Atoms, Nuclear Fuel -- Uranium, Nuclear Power 
                    Plants, Types of Reactors, Nuclear Power and Environment | 
                 
                 
                   
                     
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                  | BIOMASS 
                    -- INTRODUCTION | 
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                  Energy 
                    from Plant and Animal Matter, Wood and Wood Waste, Biofuels, 
                    Biomass and the Environment | 
                 
                 
                  
                     
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                    FOSSIL FUELS- OIL BASICS | 
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                  How 
                    was Oil Formed? Where Do We Get Our Oil? How does Oil Impact 
                    the Environment? | 
                 
                 
                   
                     
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                     FOSSIL 
                      FUELS -- COAL BASICS 
                       
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                    How 
                      was Coal Formed? How do we Get Coal? Types of Coal -- How 
                      is Coal Used? Coal and the Environment 
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                    FOSSIL 
                      FUELS -- NATURAL GAS BASICS 
                      
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                    How Was Natural Gas Formed? How Do We Get Natural Gas? How 
                    Do We Store and Deliver Natural Gas? How Is Natural Gas Measured? 
                    How Do We Use Natural Gas? How Does Natural Gas Impact the 
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                     SOLAR 
                      ENERGY  
                      
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                  Energy 
                    from the Sun -- Photovoltaic Energy --Solar Thermal Power 
                    Plants  | 
                 
                 
                   
                     
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                  | OCEAN 
                    ENERGY  | 
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                  Tidal 
                    Energy, Wave Energy, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion | 
                 
                 
                   
                     
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