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This webpage, provided by the Foundation for Water & Energy Education, provides information regarding the use of water as a renewable energy resource in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.  The foundation includes various curricula focused on the topic of hydropower for use in the...

Hybrid cars and other vehicles have been around for many years. This site treats the reader to information concerning a variety of different forms of alternative energy vehicles including the gasoline-electric hybrid car, diesel-electric hybrids and the differences between the series and parallel...

This competency model for Information Technology was developed by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) in partnership with the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), and several industry experts, including the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC). The pyramid model...

Students are required to compare various alternative fuels and evaluate advantages and disadvantages using graphical representations of fuel and energy data. "This activity asks students to begin to consider the life cycle energy and carbon dioxide emission costs of gasoline, corn ethanol, and...

In this activity, students examine the relationship between soil microbes and carbon cycling through self-designed experiments exploring “microbial respiration rates and soil variables such as temperature, habitat, soil type, and agricultural management choices.” Three different techniques for...

Adapted from the plan and construction methods created by the Madison Area Technical College, the mini-fermenter can be used for both small-scale laboratory fermentation demonstrations and experiments. "This mini-fermenter can be used to demonstrate small-scale fermentation activities similar to...

In this activity, students "compare the net energy and/or net greenhouse gases (GHG) emitted during the life cycle production of ethanol from switchgrass, diverse prairie and corn stover." Students will construct scenarios based on the data and business rules provided in the package from Microsoft...

This competency model for Renewable Energy was developed by the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) in partnership with the Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), the National Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL), and several industry associations,...

This resource, published by Georgia Tech Research Institute, features an engineering activity designed for sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. In this activity, students work with partners to design a cell phone holder for their partner's phone using a 3D modeling software. Each student will have to...

The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) contains an electronic version of a print newsletter concerned with energy utilization and technologies in the Third World. The research and publications areas of the site allow users to search for keywords and then download full articles related to energy...