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UNIT 6: Energy Resources & Consumption

This unit includes Chapter 19, 20, and 21 from the textbook.  

Scroll down for PPTs, review videos, animations, and diagrams.

Note:  Special thanks and acknowledgement to the staff at Pearson for providing the information and diagrams for the PPTs.  Also, thanks to Ted Ed for the videos.

Ch.20: Conventional Energy Alternatives

In Class PowerPoints:

Please download the PPTs and study them, as a means of taking notes.  We will be moving through them in numeric order and each PPT is roughly timed for one day of class.  Click on the buttons to the right to access the PPTs.

Visit 's website below for resources and news on energy research and reports:
United States Energy Information

Nuclear Energy Explain: How Does It Work?

Nuclear Energy:

How Do Nuclear Power Plants Work?

Can You Survive Nuclear Fallout?

88,000 Tons of Radioactive Waste - And Nowhere To Put It:

Inside the Clean-Up of Chernobyl - The World's Worst Nuclear Disaster:

Fukushima Uncensored - NOVA Documentary:

Bioenergy - American's Energy Future

Biofuels and Bioprospecting For Beginners:

Hydropower 101:

Websites & Articles
Check out these articles/websites below for more information on the following topics:
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Nuclear 101:

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What Is Nuclear Energy?

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Is Radiation Dangerous?

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The Nuclear Waste Problem:

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Zero Hour - Disaster at Chernobyl:

Three Mile Island Documentary:

Returning to Fukushima:

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Biofuels 101:

Biodiesel - The Afterlife Of Oil:

Energy 101 - Hydropower:

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