Unit 6A, Earth's Energy Unit Project: Illustrating Energy Make a poster display that illustrates and describes the production of energy from inside Earth and from the Sun and how this energy interacts with Earth.   Project Link 1 (Chapter 1, page A15) Prepare a poster display showing how energy from the Sun and from inside Earth is produced and how it affects Earth and living things on it. Start by finding out how the Sun's energy is produced. Then write a brief description of this process and of different ways that solar energy is changed to make it useful. Use your own drawings as well as pictures cut from magazines to illustrate your descriptions. Internet Links Solar Energy Students for the Exploration and Development of Space The Sun http://www.seds.org/billa/tnp/sol.html BrainPop Sun Movie http://www.brainpop.com/science/space/sun/index.weml Energy Quest: The Energy Story Chapter 1: What Is Energy? http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter01.html Energy Quest: The Energy Story Chapter 15: Solar Energy http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter15.html Energy Information Administration Welcome to the EIA Kid's Page: What is Energy? http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/whatsenergy.html Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network Consumer Energy Information: EREC Fact Sheets Solar Heating and You http://www.eren.doe.gov/erec/factsheets/solar.html Changes in Energy BrainPop Light Movie http://www.brainpop.com/science/light/light/index.weml BrainPop Electricity Movie http://www.brainpop.com/science/electricity/electricity/index.weml BrainPop Heat Movie http://www.brainpop.com/science/energyandheat/heat/index.weml Student Resources Energy Sources of the Sun and Earth   Project Link 2 (Chapter 2, page A45) The Sun's energy interacts with materials at Earth's surface to produce such effects as global winds, ocean currents, and violent storms. With your group, choose one or more of these effects to describe and illustrate as part of your posterboard display. Internet Links Global Winds University of Illinois WW2010 Forces and Winds: Online Meteorology Guide http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fw/home.rxml Chase Day Wind Storms, Gust Fronts and Outflow http://www.chaseday.com/wind.htm Danish Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association Wind Energy Resources: Global Winds http://www.windpower.org/en/tour/wres/globwin.htm Ocean Currents Smithsonian Institution: Ocean Planet Ocean Currents: We All Go With the Flow http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/oceanography_currents_1.html Smithsonian Institution: Ocean Planet Interdisciplinary Marine Science Activities: Stranded Along the Coast http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/currkits/ocean/stranded/stupage.html Severe Storms University of Illinois WW2010 Severe Storms: Online Meteorology Guide http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/svr/home.rxml The Annenberg/CPB Project Weather: What Forces Affect Our Weather? http://www.learner.org/exhibits/weather/storms.html University of Illinois WW2010 Hurricanes: Online Meteorology Guide http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/home.rxml United States Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Tornadoes http://www.noaa.gov/tornadoes.html Student Resources The Sun's Effect on Earth   Project Link 3 (Chapter 3, page A69) Work with your group to complete your poster display by writing about and illustrating a topic, such as Earth's internal energy, heat pumps, or some future energy source. Internet Links Geothermal Energy Energy Quest: The Energy Story Chapter 11: Geothermal Energy http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter11.html California Energy Commission OGeothermal Program http://www.energy.ca.gov/geothermal/index.html REPP-CREST: Geothermal http://solstice.crest.org/geothermal/index.html Geothermal Education Office Geothermal Energy — Power From Earth's Heat http://geothermal.marin.org/pwrheat.html Heat Pumps How Stuff Works Question of the Day: How Does a Heat Pump Work? http://www.howstuffworks.com/question49.htm United States Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Network Geothermal Energy Program: What Is Geothermal Energy? http://www.eren.doe.gov/geothermal/geoheatpumps.html Future Energy Sources Department of Trade and Industry: Energy - Renewables http://www2.dti.gov.uk/energy/renewables Energy Quest A Student's Guide to Alternative Fuel Vehicles http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/transportation/index.html ThinkQuest Perspectives on Energy Use and Efficiency http://library.thinkquest.org/3501/#EnvironmentalControl Student Resources Pick Your Topic