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Teacher Feature: Cool Fuel Road Trips
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Join Shaun Murphy and the Cool Fuel crew in their cross-country search for energy alternatives as students investigate the electrifying power of wind and water.
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Grades K–5 Lesson Plan
Consider the positive and negative effects of technology.
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Grades 3–5 Lesson Plan
Experiment with circuits to see firsthand how electric current travels.
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Grades 6–12 Lesson Plan
Build land yachts to investigate harnessing the power of wind.
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Activities
Earth
An animated clip art image of Earth for use in classroom presentations and activities.
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Wind & Water
A crossword puzzle of hydropower and wind power terms
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Video Clips
Renewable Resources: Basics of Physics: Exploring Energy
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Using Steam: Understanding Geothermal Energy
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Wind Power
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Energy From the Earth
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Energy Alternatives: The Cool Fuel Road Trips: Water and Wind Power DVD


You don't need big rivers or massive waterfalls to create hydropower; energy can be generated from small streams. That's just what Shaun Murphy and the Cool Fuel crew are looking for as they try to travel 250 miles through Colorado fueled by micro-hydropower. Then Shaun tries to catch the wind with turbine power for a journey along Route 66 in New Mexico.
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