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Tips to help with your presentation 88 *
__//** Click on the pictures to take you to these sites. **//__      __Webnote__ 88888 ﻿  Use this for your summaries. Look at the sample workspace and read the FAQs. Choose a name for your group so you can all access and edit your notes. Spelling DOES matter. Use dictionaries and glossaries. __The Children's University of Manchester __  Informative **interactive activities** to do individually or in your group. Find out about ==== * ﻿﻿A ﻿ A ﻿  ** The diagrams in "How do we make electricity?" could be useful for your presentation. This is a good site to begin your summaries. ** ====
 * ====what energy is. ====
 * ====renewable and non-renewable forms of energy. ====
 * ====advantages and disadvantages of energy forms. ====

ActewAGL Education Site: Energy

The reading may look difficult here, but the green text acts as a glossary when you click on the words and the blue text gives you a more detailed explanation.

Find out
*** 8 ** Read ** the Quirky Facts about energy (See the toolbar at the top of the page). Perhaps use one in your presentation. **
 * ====Where does energy come from?====
 * ====How do we measure energy?====
 * ====What is potential energy, kinetic etc?====
 * * 8 As well as the glossary in the text, there is an excellent glossary located in the toolbar for you to search alphabetically . **

For confident readers. Lots of information about climate change.
==== However, there is an excellent animation that explains the Greenhouse Effect. You control the speed so there is plenty of time to ask for help with anything you don't understand. Using the animation you can find out ====
 * ====What are greenhouse gases?====
 * ====Are all greenhouse gases bad?====
 * ====What does the production of energy have to do with greenhouse gases?====
 * ====How do greenhouse gases affect global warming?====

* 88 **The connection between energy production and global issues like climate change is very important.**
__Energy Resources__

This site contains a list of all the energy resources. Each has a **video clip** . There is an easy-to-follow structure using icons like the button above. They guide you through

 * ====Introduction====
 * ====How it Works====
 * ====Advantages====
 * ====Disadvantages====
 * ====Is it Renewable?====

At the end of each section there is a quiz to test your understanding.
There are exam style practice questions at "Other Stuff" on their Home Page,

* 8 **﻿A useful site for your summaries.**

__Energy Star Kids__

__Compare__ this information with graph from Australia available on the next site.
__Tribal Energies Research__

A graph showing the % of renewable and non-renewable energy sources used to produce Australia's energy.
__Munmorah Power Station__ 8 ###

Munmorah is one of our closest coal fired power stations. Also information about Eraring Power Station. Read about the recent changes to their operations.

**Find out how close these power stations are to Windale.**

You may wish to prepare a response to something you read on this site. Art? Poetry? Exposition?
Is water truly a renewable energy resource? Why? We'll discuss this as a class.

A  A   A     __Energy Kids__ __Fun Activities__

Play around with energy and have some fun.

 * ====Riddles.Don't click on the answers until you've thought about them.====
 * ====Slang. Find the energy meanings for some everyday words.====
 * ====Puzzles; crosswords and find-a-words.====
 * ====A scavenger hunt. Revise your knowledge ef energy and earn your certificate.====
 * ====Experiments.====

* 88 **The experiment about energy from garbage would be useful to any groups investigating biomass energy for their presentation.**
Do your own research

====Kidcyber is a website designed for kids to use like a search engine. Some suggestions:==== Go to __Technology and Inventions__. Click on //Nuclear and Other Forms of Alternative Energy.// Investigate some of the links. In **Fact Monster** you can type in words for your own search.