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 * Energy kids:**

http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/footprint/climate_carbon_energy/energy_solutions/nuclear_power/
 * WWF site on what is wrong with nuclear power:**

Brainpop JR:
Natural resources: []

Brainpop.Com
Nuclear Energy: [] Wind Energy: [] Solar Energy: [] Fossil Fuels: [] Biofuels: []


 * JOURNALS:**

10-12 Last year, James “nui” Macdonald and his son James “iti” drove from Bluff to Cape Reinga in a car they’d built to run on vegetable oil. Why did they do it – and how did the trip go?
 * Vege Car 3.1.07**


 * Harnessing the wind || Article ||  || 2010 || Pt CN || No. 3 || 2-9 ||
 * TODD, Ian ||
 * //This article explains concepts and ideas involving wind power and answers the associated big questions, such as "What is energy?" and "What is wind and how is it formed?". It also explains how wind turbines can be used to harness wind energy and transform it into electrical energy. The article also outlines the many variables that can affect the performance of wind turbines and that need to be taken into account when designing and siting them.// ||
 * Wind power: the debate || Article ||  || 2010 || Pt CN || No. 3 || 10-15 ||
 * BENN, Ken ||
 * //This article identifies the significant issues that need to be considered when installing large-scale wind farms in New Zealand. It looks at the evidence, discusses the advantages and disadvantages, and explores the costs and benefits associated with this method of generating electricity.// ||
 * Where shall we put the turbine? || Article ||  || 2010 || Pt CN || No. 3 || 16-23 ||
 * BENN, Ken ||
 * //In this article, a case study about the planning and research needed to decide the most effective site for a wind turbine provides a realistic context for introducing scientific and technological thinking. The students at St Peter's College in Palmerston North weigh up the various options for the type and placement of a wind turbine at their school. As they do the article stresses the need to base decisions on reliable and accurate information. It also highlights examples of using scientific symbols and conventions.// ||
 * Power alternatives || Article ||  || 2010 || Pt CN || No. 3 || 24-29 ||
 * MEYER, Anna and DICKSON, Andrew ||
 * //This article introduces and explains four alternative sources of energy to wind power - solar, tidal, nuclear, and hydroelectric power. It provides background information that students can refer to when considering the advantages and disadvantages of New Zealand's various future energy options.// ||
 * Warming up, cooling down || Article ||  || 2010 || Pt CN || No. 1 || 2-13 ||
 * WALL, Bronwen ||
 * //This article explains how we insulate our bodies to keep them warm or cool. It discusses how animals' bodies have adapted to survive in extreme temperatures and explores some technological innovations that allow humans to survive in extreme conditions.// ||
 * Jumping for joules || Article ||  || 2008 || Pt CN || No. 3 || 16-19 ||
 * ALCHIN, Rupert ||
 * //Twelve-year-old Melanie Ansell invents a gyminator and uses the power generated by cycling and by jumping on a trampoline to produce energy.// ||
 * A new life for old machines || Article ||  || 2007 || Pt CN || No. 3 || 28-32 ||
 * HIPKINS, Rosemary ||
 * //What do washing machines and hydroelectric dams have in common? Quite a lot as it happens. This article describes how a highly creative New Plymouth engineer has developed a method for turning the agitator of a washing machine (a device that consumes electricity) into a mini waterwheel (a device that generates electricity).// ||
 * Frozen food || Article || 11-13 || 2006 || Pt 04 || No. 1 || 26-32 ||
 * WERRY, Philippa ||
 * //In Antarctica, you use up lots of energy just keeping warm, so you need lots of good, nutritious food to help keep you going. That’s where Donna Wightman comes in. She’s spent a year as the chef at New Zealand’s Scott Base in Antarctica. In this article, we find out how Donna deals with the cold Antarctic conditions.// ||
 * Of elbows and eels || Article ||  || 2004 || Pt CN || No. 2 || Pgs 9-13 ||
 * ALCHIN, Rupert ||
 * //We're all aware of the many ways electricity powers the world around us. But how aware are we of the way electrical impulses work to carry messages within our own bodies or of the ways in which some fish use electricity to navigate, hunt, and defend themselves?// ||
 * Wild wheels || Article ||  || 2002 || Pt JJ || No. 26 || Pgs 28-32 ||
 * CAHILL, Margaret ||
 * //Rachel, Sam, and Tim work together to build a go-cart to take to the wild wheels show. There they see the amazing range of wild wheels that other people have built, including a time machine, a supersonic skateboard, and a racing car that runs on solar energy.// ||
 * Power for Pukapuka || Article ||  || 2000 || Pt CN || No. 1 || Pgs 4-6 ||
 * GOODWIN, Maureen ||
 * //Papakuka is a hot place ideally suited for using the renewable energy of the sun. See what a solar panel looks like and find out how its energy can be used even at night.// ||
 * ALCHIN, Rupert ||
 * //We're all aware of the many ways electricity powers the world around us. But how aware are we of the way electrical impulses work to carry messages within our own bodies or of the ways in which some fish use electricity to navigate, hunt, and defend themselves?// ||
 * Wild wheels || Article ||  || 2002 || Pt JJ || No. 26 || Pgs 28-32 ||
 * CAHILL, Margaret ||
 * //Rachel, Sam, and Tim work together to build a go-cart to take to the wild wheels show. There they see the amazing range of wild wheels that other people have built, including a time machine, a supersonic skateboard, and a racing car that runs on solar energy.// ||
 * Power for Pukapuka || Article ||  || 2000 || Pt CN || No. 1 || Pgs 4-6 ||
 * GOODWIN, Maureen ||
 * //Papakuka is a hot place ideally suited for using the renewable energy of the sun. See what a solar panel looks like and find out how its energy can be used even at night.// ||
 * GOODWIN, Maureen ||
 * //Papakuka is a hot place ideally suited for using the renewable energy of the sun. See what a solar panel looks like and find out how its energy can be used even at night.// ||