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Peacock Middle > Encore Team > Ms. Smith
Ms. Lea Smith, Technology Education
Peacock Middle School
(630)773-1232, Ext. 544
General Sites for Industrial Technology
- Meridian - Meridian is an electronic journal dedicated to research and practice
of computer technology in middle school classrooms. - Under the Microscope - Where women and science connect.
Presentation Aides
- Intro to PowerPoint (PowerPoint)
- www.cooltext.com
Aeronautics
Keywords & Websites for Energy Research Project
General
- Vision Trust, Inc.
- www.nrel.gov/
- www.energy.gov
- www.energy.gov/engine/content.do
- http://energy.gov/engine/content.do?BT_CODE=KIDS
- www.sc.doe.gov/
- www.newton.dep.anl.gov/aas.htm
- www.kids.gov/k_science.htm
- www.eia.doe.gov
- www.eia.doe.gov/kids
- www.kidspoint.org/columns2.asp?column_id=664&column_type=homework
- http://fueleconomy.com/
- www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/home
- www.ucsusa.org/ucs/
- www.eren.doe.gov
- www.eren.doe.gov/greenpower
- www.eren.doe.gov/kids
- www.energyquest.ca.gov
- www.urbanoptions.org/SustainEdHandbook
- www.crest.org
- www.glrea.org
- www.irecusa.org
- www.the-mrea.org
- www.sustainable.doe.gov
- www.energystar.gov
- http://hes.lbl.gov
- www.rebuild.org
- www.ase.org
- www.aceee.org
- www.GreenEnergyOhio.org
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Hydrocarbon Combustion
- Scientific American, August 2003, p. 27
- “Challenge X” student technology competitions
- www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2004/ES041015.html
- http://transtech.anl.gov/
- Soot particles, Advanced Photon Source
- www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/eng99/eng99187.htm
- www.positivechimney.com
- www.hardyheater.com
- www.countrystoves.com
Hydrocarbon Pollution
- Scientific American, March, 2006, p. 58
- The climate and endangered species
- Greenhouse effect, climate change
- Rate of tree growth
- www.nutramed.com/environment/carsepa.htm
- http://transtech.anl.gov/
- www.smogcity.com/welcome.htm
- www.epa.gov/students/
- www.loe.org
- www.ohvec.org/
- www.alaska.net/~gwichin
Alternative Transportation Fuels
- Science, June 13, 2003
- Fuel cells that run on water
- Ceramic membranes
- “Freedom Car”
- Initiatives in California to create hydrogen fueling stations
- Fusion power
- Hydrogen transport membrane
- Brazil, ethanol
- http://transtech.anl.gov/
- www.energyquest.ca.gov/transportation/
- www.eere.energy.gov/RE/hydrogen.html
- www.afdc.doe.gov
- www.fueleconomy.gov
Nuclear Energy
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab
- Recycling nuclear waste
- Chernobyl
- Three-Mile Island
- www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/students.html
- www.lbl.gov/abc/
- www.aboutnuclear.org/home.cgi
- www.kids.net.au/encyclopedia-wiki/nu/Nuclear_power
- www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2005/testimony050616.html
Geothermal
Wind Energy
- wind farms, birds
- http://windeis.anl.gov
- www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/index.html
- www.eere.energy.gov/RE/wind.html
- www.awea.org
- www.michigan.gov/eorenew (Michigan wind maps)
- www.dleg.state.mi.us/mpsc/electric/capacity/cnf/othergen/other.htm (offsore
Solar Energy
- American Solar Challenge Rayce (car design competition)
- Einstein’s first Nobel Prize
- When the Sun Dies, Roy A. Gallant, Marshall Cavendish, 1998.
- Solar and Hemispheric Observatory (SOHO)
- “Dimming of the Sun,” Nova
- www.solarenergy.com
- www.solarpower.com
- www.ases.org
- www.sundusolar.com
- www.eere.energy.gov/RE/solar.html
- www.fsec.ucf.edu/EPAct-05.htm
- www.btfsolar.com
- www.bauerpower.us
- www.sunoven.com
- www.sunbdcorp.com
Hydroelectricity
- Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company
- Wave power, North Sea
- Ludington pump storage
- www.earthsky.org/shows/shows.php?t=20041104
- www.earthsky.org/shows/shows.php?t=20041105
- www.ucusa.org/clean_energy/renewable_energy/page.cfm
- www.mobot.org/MBGnet/fresh/rivers/dams.htm
- www.eere.energy.gov/RE/hydropower.html
Biomass/Biofuels
- bioenergy, corn, soybean, wood waste, cow power
- http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library.html
- www.cornburner.com
- http://campus.umr.edu/iac/iof/industies/AG/ppt/Ag_biofuel_web.ppt
- www.bioproducts-bioenergy.gov/
- www.unep.or.kr/highlight/energy/bioenergy/bio_intro.htm
- www.puco.ohio.gov/Puco/IndustryTopics/Topic.cfm?doc_id=339
- www.eere.energy.gov/biomass/
- www.mi.gov/biomass
Mars and Space Travel
- www.jpl.nasa.gov/
- http://athena.cornell.edu/
- http://www.seds.org/~spider/mars/mars.html
- http://www.space.com/marsrover/
- http://www.planetary.org/mars/mer.html
Career Resource Information at the Itasca Community Library with a Technology Focus
Eight volumes with over 500 articles on all categories of occupations present such information as job descriptions, salaries, educational and training requirements, sources of further information, and other pertinent facts.
Call Number: CAREER 331.7 CAR
Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance
This 4 volume set contains individual job descriptions that include a definition of the job and its history, duties, education and training requirements; how to gain experience in high school or the early years of college; how to start out and advance; earnings; the work environment; and the outlook for the future.
Call Number: 11th Edition - REF 331.7 ENC VOL. 1-4 10th Edition - CAREER 331.7 ENC
Web hosting and Web site development : a guide to opportunities
Author: Drouin, Matthew.
Publisher: Rosen Pub. Group, 2001. 1st ed.
Call Number: J 005.2 DRO
Opportunities in Commercial Art and Graphic Design Careers
Author: Gordon, Barbara, 1933-
Publisher: VGM Career Horizons, c1998.
Call Number: 741.6023 GOR
Careers Inside the World of Technology
Author: Spencer, Jean W.
Publisher: Rosen Pub. Group, 1995. 1st ed.
Call Number: CAREER 602.3 SPE
Opportunities in Computer Maintenance Careers
Author: Kanter, Elliott S.
Publisher: VGM Career Horizons, c1995.
Call Number: CAREER 331.702 OPP
Opportunities in Desktop Publishing Careers
Author: Schiff, Kenny.
Publisher: VGM Career Horizons, c1993.
Call Number: CAREER 331.702 OPP
Opportunities in Electronics Careers
Author: Rowh, Mark.
Publisher: VGM Career Horizons, c1992.
Call Number: CAREER 331.702 OPP
Careers in Focus. Internet.
Publisher: Ferguson Pub., c2003. 2nd ed.
Call Number: J 004.67 INT
A Career as a Video Game Designer
Author: Lund, Bill, 1954-
Publisher: Capstone Press, 1998
Call Number: J 794.8 LUN
A Career as a Computer Animator
Author: Lund, Bill, 1954-
Publisher: Capstone Press, c1998.
Call Number: J 778.5 LUN
A Career as an Internet Designer
Author: Lund, Bill, 1954-
Publisher: Capstone Press, c1998.
Call Number: J 004.67 LUN
A Career as a Computer Technician
Author: Lund, Bill, 1954-
Publisher: Capstone Press, c1998.
Call Number: J 621.39 LUN
