Overview of the World's current status in Energy resources. Includes alternative fuels and Nuclear Power, as well as traditional energy forms.
URL: http://www.worldenergy.org/wec-geis/publications/reports/ser/overview.asp [metadata]Information on renewable energy including solar energy, wind energy, hydro energy, biomass energy and Australian energy industry. Includes diagrams, animations, experiments and curriculum connections.
URL: http://www.originenergy.com.au/2020/Click-2-Teach [metadata]Australian site featuring information about energy generation and alternative energy sources. Teacher notes are provided.
URL: http://www.energy.com.au/energy/ea.nsf/Content/Kids+Home [metadata]Useful information on all energy types. Includes an energy calculator. Also covers the uses of energy, science of energy and saving energy. Includes oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, hydro, ocean, and hydrogen.
URL: http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/ [metadata]World of Energy has information about many different energy topics and issues including safety, history, energy resources, energy efficiency and the environment. Includes competitions and games - solar boat challenge and the solar car challenge.
URL: http://www.worldofenergy.com.au/ [metadata]Factsheets on renewable energy resources and technology. All the main sources of alternative energy are detailed here, with excellent graphics. Includes: alternative energy, energy, energy sources, biomass, geothermal, hydro, ocean power, tidal energy, solar power, wave power, wind energy, wind power.
URL: http://www.rise.org.au/info/Res/index.html [metadata]Victoria has a wide range of renewable resources that have the potential to meet a significant proportion of our energy needs in a sustainable way. The resources include: Wind Bioenergy Solar Hydro Wave Tidal Geothermal and interactive maps.
URL: http://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/www/html/2109-renewable-energy-resources.asp?intSiteID=4 [metadata]Looks at the following energy resources; fossil fuels, nuclear power, solar energy, wind energy, tidal power, hydro, pumped storage, wave, geothermal and biomass. Provides information on how they work, advantages, disadvantages and are they renewable?
URL: http://www.darvill.clara.net/altenerg/index.htm [metadata]Use the graphical dictionary and thesaurus to find the meanings of words and their associations with other words and concepts.
URL: http://www.visuwords.com/ [metadata]American website just for kids with information on energy, renewable energy, air, land, water and recycling.
URL: http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/justforkids/site/default.asp [metadata]