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Powering Today's Society
Presentation for today's session

Take the Quick Quiz at http://www.classroom-energy.org/energy_101/energy_quick_tour/index.html .. go to the bottom of the page to find it.

Presentation Links Wikipedia energy entry online at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/energy Wikipedia entry about measuring energy online at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Units_of_energy Wikipedia entry about Internal Combustion Engine at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Combustion_Engine History of the battery online at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_battery The electric generator online at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_generator Archimedes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes For information about subscribing to blogs, news feeds, check the About.com site at http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/rssandlivewebfeeds/f/rss.htm

Systems
Lesson plan is at http://iris.nyit.edu/~lbaile04/philosophy-IT/lesson.htm Lesson begins online at http://iris.nyit.edu/~lbaile04/philosophy-IT/lessons/ispo.html Wikipedia energy entry is online at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/energy

Creating Electricity
Lesson plan, worksheets, video clip online at http://www.lynnembailey.com/port.htm Video used was downloaded from United Streaming: Electricity and Magnetism: Generating Electricity. Worksheet online at http://teacherlynneb.googlepages.com/ScienceLPWorksheet.pdf

Energy Information Websites
PBS Tesla Series Understanding Electricity http://www.pbs.org/tesla/ins/ins_elec.html PBS Tesla Series Niagara Power System at http://www.pbs.org/tesla/ins/niagara.html Classroom Energy with lesson plans online at http://www.classroom-energy.org/energy_101/energy_quick_tour/quicktour_5.html Energy Tutorial from Chemistry Land http://www.chemistryland.com/CHM107/Energy/Energy.html US Department of Energy http://www.energy.gov/ includes teacher and student sections What is Electricity? http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/electricity.html

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Ideas for the Next Revolution

 * TED Talks Biomimicry: Learning design solutions from nature online at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/janine_benyus_shares_nature_s_designs.html
 * Global Oneness Project - Grass Roots Agriculture: Grow Locally: People’s Grocery and Food Systems online at http://www.globalonenessproject.org/videos/brahmahmadiclip3
 * Nebraska Public Power //Fans in Reverse// short clip on how wind power works online at http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/a/agriculture/index.html?scp=2&sq=vertical%20farming%20&st=cse
 * // Country, the City Version: Farms in the Sky Gain New Interest // By BINA VENKATARAMAN, NY Times. Published: July 15, 2008. The idea of a “vertical farm” has captured the imagination of several architects and city planners who envision skyscrapers as farms. This includes slide show. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/science/15farm.html?ex=1373860800&en=0b30c437e6b4d048&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
 * Recommended: NY Times Dot Earth blog online at http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/
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