Technology Web Sites of Interest

All Grades

New links for 2011-2012

http://www.bridgesite.com/funand.htm
http://www.icivilengineer.com/Structural_Engineering/Bridge_Engineering/
http://www.pghbridges.com/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/CE_p006.shtml?fave=no&isb=c2lkOjEsaWE6Q0UscDoyLHJpZDozNDE0MzE1&from=TSW
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/CE_p011.shtml?fave=no&isb=c2lkOjEsaWE6Q0UscDoxLHJpZDozNDE0MzE1&from=TSW

• A whole list of techie technological stuff

• Ed heads Simple Machines
• How things are made- 40 different manufacturing processes from jelly beans to airplanes.

• Energy Story
• Build a Lemon Battery
• Watch a lemon powered light bulb
• Home Energy Audit
• LIPA
• Energy Guide
• Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
• American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
• Energy Information Administration

• BrainPop (http://www.brainpop.com/science/electricity/electricity/index.weml)
• Brief History of Electricity - Great English website from The-Education-Site.com, which provides information and resource material related to key areas of the UK national educational curriculum.
• Danish Museum of Electricity (www.elmus.dk/english/)
• Electric Universe (http://csu.electricuniverse.com/html/index.html)
• Energy Information Administration - What is electricity? (http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/electricity.html)
• Exploratorium - Science Snacks About Electricity (www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconelectricity.html)
• Franklin Institute On Line - Electricity (http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/scientst/electric.html)
• History of Electricity - Author unknown (http://historia.et.tudelft.nl/wggesch/geschiedenis/electricity/)
• Newton's Apple - Electricity (www.pbs.org/ktca/newtons/12/electric.html)
• Think Quest - Electricity Online (http://library.thinkquest.org/28032/cgi-bin/psparse.cgi?src=home)
• What is Electricity - William J. Beatty (www.amasci.com/miscon/whatis.html)
• Electrostatics Inc. - Static Electricity Cause Effects and Remedies (www.electrostatics.com/page2.html)
• Frankenstein's Lighting Laboratory (www.miamisci.org/af/sln/frankenstein/static.html)
• Science Made Simple (www.sciencemadesimple.com/static.html)
• William Beatty Static Electricity Page (www.amasci.com/emotor/statelec.html)
• Elementary Science Teacher Resource Book (www.uen.org/utahlink/lp_res/TRB032.html)
• UCI Summer science - Electric Circuits (http://can-do.com/uci/lessons99/electricity.html)
• University of Guelph (www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/ohm/)
• Alex's Electronic Resource Library: Batteries (www.iserv.net/~alexx/lib/componet.htm)
• Battery Facts: Memory Effect (www.batterybank.com/page18.html)
• BBC: How Do Batteries Work? (www.open2.net/science/roughscience/library/batteries.htm)
• Energizer Learning Center (www.energizer.com/learning/)
• How Stuff Works - battery http://www.howstuffworks.com/battery.htm)
• Official Lemon-Power Website! - using lemons to power stuff! (http://members.aol.com/dswart/index.html)
• Rayovac/Walmart Science Kit Page - Info on batteries and how to make your own battery
• ScienceNet: How do rechargeable batteries work? (www.sciencenet.org.uk/database/Physics/9812/p01313d.html)
• Valence Technology Battery Education (www.valence.com/BatteryEducation.asp)
• American Biomass Association (www.biomass.org/fact_sheet_1.htm)
• Biomass - the growing energy resource - Australian Academy of Science (www.science.org.au/nova/039/039key.htm)
• Biopower - U.S. Dept of Energy (www.eren.doe.gov/biopower/)
• California Biomass Energy Alliance (www.calbiomass.org/)
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (www.nrel.gov/lab/pao/biomass_energy.html)
• U.S. Dept. of Energy Biofuels (for transportation) (www.ott.doe.gov/biofuels/students.html)
• http://www.ghpc.org/about/movie.htm.
• Gasoline - how much it takes to make a gallon of gas.
• Alcohols - ethanol and methanol.
• Compressed natural gas (CNG) - natural gas under high pressure.
• Electricity - stored in batteries.
• Fuel Cell Vehicles - zero-emission vehicles of the future?
• Hybrid Vehicles - using a couple of different energy sources or motors.
• Hydrogen - a very special type of gas.
• Liquefied natural gas (LNG) - natural gas that is very, very cold.
• Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) - hydrocarbon gases under low pressure.
• Liquids made from coal - gasoline and diesel fuel that doesn't come from petroleum.
• Biodiesel - a lot like diesel fuel, but made from plant oil or animal fat.
• Alternative Fuel Vehicles Available in California
• Safety First with Motor Fuels

Sites With More Information About Electric and Alternative Fuel Cars

• California Energy Commission - Alternative Fuel Vehicle Information
  
• Advanced Research Projects Agency - Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Data Center
  
• Alternative Fuels Data Center (U.S. Dept of Energy Funded)
  
• American Society of Engineering Technology
  
• CALSTART
  
• Museum of Modern Art's Different Roads: Automobiles for the Next Century (July 22-September 21, 1999)
  
• Links to Dozens of Other Places on the Internet About Alternative Fuel Vehicles.

• Links to Other Websites About Saving Energy

  • Alliance to Save Energy (www.ase.org)
  • California Energy Commission Bright School Program (www.energy.ca.gov/efficiency/brightschools/)
  • California Energy Commission Conservation Web Links (www.energy.ca.gov/links/conservation.html)
  • Consumer Energy Center - Energy Efficiency at Home, Office and School(www.ConsumerEnergyCenter.org)
  • Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network Dr. E's Energy Lab (www.eren.doe.gov/kids/)
  • Federal Consumer Information Center (www.pueblo.gsa.gov)
  • Green Schools (www.ase.org/greenschools/)
  • PowerSmart (tips to save money and the planet - Alliance to Save Energy>
  • Rocky Mountain Institute - for Kids (www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid468.php)
  • U.S. Dept of Energy Kids Zone (http://www.energy.gov/engine/content.do?BT_CODE=KIDS)
  • U.S. Dept. of Energy - Energy Efficiency page (www.energy.gov/efficiency/)
• American Hydrogen Association - (www.clean-air.org)
• Ballard Power Systems
• California Energy Commission Hydrogen Links
• California Hydrogen Business Council
• How a Fuel Cell Works - How Stuff Works (www.howstuffworks.com/fuel-cell.htm)
• "How Hydrogen Power Can Save America" - Wire Magazine, April 2003 (www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.04/hydrogen.html)
• Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Letter
• Hydrogen Information Network (www.eren.doe.gov/hydrogen/)
• United Technologies Company - How A Fuel Cell Works (www.utcfuelcells.com/fuelcell/how_fl.shtml)
• National Energy Technology Laboratory (www.netl.doe.gov/)

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