This week in are unit we will be exploring different opportunities to save our natural resouces. Parents be looking for opportunities in the blog to be able to help out.
Oil and natural gas are naturally occurring chemicals that are made up of just two elements -- carbon and hydrogen. The class of chemicals based on carbon and hydrogen are called hydrocarbons.
Today, our way of life and standard of living,all depends on electric power!
Electricity happens when the balancing force between protons and electrons (basic elements of every atom) is upset by an outside force; electrons in the atoms transmit an electrical charge through solid matter (such as metal) to produce an Electrical Current.
Do you realize...
...that electricity has no color, weight, size or smell?
Solar energy just means energy (light or heat) that comes from the sun. There are as many different ways to use solar energy as you have ideas in your head. What gets you hot lying on the beach on a summer day? Solar energy. What gets your car hot when it's parked in the sun with the windows closed? Solar energy. What makes your solar calculator go? Solar energy. What makes the giant solar panels on satellites work? Solar energy. What makes plants grow? Rain and... solar energy. What makes the clouds that make the rain? You got it! Solar energy. What sets a blade of glass under a magnifying glass on fire? Yup, solar energy. And on and on.
Websites:
Fun facts on the Energy Kids Page.
Games for Electricity.
Oil and Natural Gas from the Well to You.
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