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Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Explore six renewable energy technologies that are used around the world! Accessible verse and lush illustrations introduce children to important information about how we can harness the planet's natural resources including wind, water and sun. Inset boxes define new words like "turbine," while extensive endnotes further explain the science behind each power source and the benefits of clean energy.
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First trade paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
". . . Joshua Goldstein and Staffan Qvist explain how clean energy quickly replaced fossil fuels in such places as Sweden, France, South Korea, and Ontario. Their people enjoyed prosperity and growing energy use in harmony with the natural environment. They didn't do this through personal sacrifice, nor through 100 percent renewables, but by using them in combination with an energy source the Swedes call k�arnkraft, hundreds of times safer and cleaner...
5) Wind power
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Can you name a free, clean, and renewable energy source? The answer is blowing in the wind. Discover how the historic windmill has become today's wind turbine and learn about the prospects for wind power in the future.
6) Green energy
Author
Series
Publisher
Starry Forest Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
2021 edition.
Language
English
Description
"Did you know that you can light a house using the power of the sun and the wind? Or that rotting garbage can be used to make energy? Discover how energy is everywhere, and uncover how clean energy can be harnessed to save the environment"--Publisher marketing.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Transforming energy is a documentary about the hope of alternative energy as a solution to the problems of global warming and the end of cheap oil and gas. It takes us into the lives, the passion, the commitment and the hard work of the people who are on the ground now, working to create a new energy paradigm.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This program stresses the importance of caring for our environment and provides an overview of multiple energy sources such as biomass and solar energy. It documents how some states are trying to enact laws that require local power plants to increase their power provided by renewable energy. To preserve our planet's health, scientists explore green projects involving ecologically friendly architecture and sustainable communities with solar homes and...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Offers readers a . . . look into the race to develop and use renewable energy sources. Learn about how the United States is using energy from the sun, wind, and other sources to fight climate change"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Numerous laws - including the Green New Deal - have been proposed or passed in cities, states, and countries to transition from fossil fuels to 100% clean, renewable energy in order to address climate change, air pollution, and energy insecurity. This textbook lays out the science, technology, economics, policy, and social aspects of such transitions. It discusses the renewable electricity and heat generating technologies needed; the electricity,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Alternative energy sources are being researched and developed to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Fluctuating costs of oil, coal and natural gas, along with their possible negative effects on the environment, has made energy sources such as wind and solar more cost-competitive with fossil fuels. More energy strikes the Earth in an hour than humans need in a year. We are now hard at work developing a variety of technologies to convert its power...
17) Unlimited
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Unlimited is a documentary about renewable energy and other alternatives to fossil fuels. It highlights a group of passionate 6th graders who call on adults everywhere to take action and address global warming.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Learning to incorporate a variety of eco-friendly energy sources into our businesses and homes will make Earth a better place to live. This program explores photovoltaics, the design behind wind turbine technology and the creative processes behind vehicles in the American Solar Car Race. Zero energy houses of the future will use many of these technologies to produce more energy than they consume. Renewable energy technologies are important for the...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kids will learn valuable hands-on lessons from this guide by constructing working models that generate renewable, alternative energy. Budding scientists learn how to build their own Kelvin water-drop generator out of six recycled cans and alligator-clip jumpers; a solar-powered seesaw from a large dial thermometer and a magnifying glass; and a windmill from eight yardsticks, PVC pipe, cardboard, and a converter generator. Children will investigate...
20) Solar power
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce early fluent readers to the science and engineering behind solar energy. Includes infographics, activity, glossary, and index."--Publisher.
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