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Ferguson, Eugene S. – Science, Technology and Society, 1982
Intended for nonspecialists, discusses various aspects of energy in historical terms. Areas addressed include brevity of the cheap energy era, exponential growth, and ideology/controversey (suggesting relationships between power plants and economic power). Examines general literature providing a framework for qualitative thinking about energy and…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Energy, Environmental Education, Fuels
Download full textEnergy Information Administration (DOE), Washington, DC. – 1989
This booklet is a compilation of energy data providing a reference to a much broader range of domestic and international energy data. It is designed especially as a quick reference to major facts about energy. The data includes information for 1976 through 1988, except for international energy data, which is for 1977 through 1987. Graphs, charts,…
Descriptors: Coal, Consumer Education, Energy, Energy Education
Enterprise for Education, Santa Monica, CA. – 1980
Energy 80 is a booklet of energy topics for junior/high/middle school students. The topics are presented in 16 short sections (spreads). Topics include: energy forms; energy rules; solar energy; food energy; origin of fossil fuels; coal; oil and gas production and consumption; nuclear fission; renewable energy sources; history of United States…
Descriptors: Coal, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Energy
Lord, John, Ed. – 1982
Energy 80 is an energy education program for middle/junior high school students. This document is a booklet of energy topics designed for student use in the program. Topics considered in this booklet include: forms of energy; energy rules; solar energy; food energy; fossil fuels; coal; oil and gas production and consumption; nuclear fission;…
Descriptors: Coal, Economics, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Wilson, George – 1982
The Energy 80 program is designed to enhance students understanding of energy, either through supplements to traditional courses, such as mathematics, science, social studies, or homemaking, or by developing a mini-course or interdisciplinary course in energy. Although written for junior high school students, many of the activities may be used in…
Descriptors: Coal, Economics, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA. – 1982
This book traces the relatively new role of electricity in our energy history, discusses old and new ways of producing it (and related environmental issues), and closes with an agenda of technology-related issues that await decisions. Topics are presented in nine chapters. Chapters focus on (1) energy use; (2) energy demand; (3) energy supply; (4)…
Descriptors: Alternative Energy Sources, Coal, Decision Making, Electricity
Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA. – 1982
This teaching guide is designed to help teachers develop lesson plans around nine chapters provided in the student textbook. Chapters focus on energy use, energy demand, energy supply, principles of electric power generation, today's generating options, future generating options, electricity storage and delivery, environmental concerns, and making…
Descriptors: Alternative Energy Sources, Coal, Decision Making, Electricity
