EnergySummit

Science 7- Energy Summit
 * Rosa Parks Middle School Media Center **
 * The purpose of this research guide is to assit you in starting from the most general resources, for instance Encyclopedia Britannica, and then moving onto resources that have more specific information. When you are searching the general sources, jot down key words or key events so that you can use these terms later in other types of reference materials.**

** Information Literacy Skills: **

 * ** Students will demonstrate the ability to locate and use information resources, equipment and other technologies effectively and efficiently. **
 * ** Students will demonstrate the ability to review, evaluate and select media. **
 * ** Students will demonstrate the ability to learn and apply reading, research and critical thinking skills to organize, and synthesize information in order to communicate new understanding. **
 * ** Students will cite the sources they used to gather information for this project. **

**// AGOPP Research Process //**
** is a research strategy designed to assist students as they seek answers to research based problems. The acronym, AGOPP, represents the five steps students would use to implement this strategy successfully. Any or all of the steps can be completed by individuals or by groups. **
 * A …..Ask Questions **
 * G …..Gather Information **
 * O …..Organize Information **
 * P …..Prepare/Produce Information **
 * P …..Present Information **
 * Identify your research problem or question. **
 * Read about the issue. **
 * Analyze the problem and develop questions. **
 * Gather keywords bases on questions. **
 * Choose the best source of information (books, internet and periodicals).Search for the information. **
 * Record notes and bibliographic information. **

**Online Subscription Databases (See Edline for the list of passwords & logins for home use)** These Web resources may help you with this project. A __citation __ for each source cited must be recorded with your notes. See below this list for link to Noodletools, if you choose to use that as your citation creator. Noodletools accounts have been created for all RPMS students and your login/password combination is the same as what you use to login into the computers at school. If you have any questions, come to the Media Center and ask for Mrs. Christman or email her at: Andrea_L_Christman@mcpsmd.org   **Non-specific Energy Research ** __Recommended __ www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html __Others __   **Sources of Energy ** The Web sites below include information directly related to the energy source. **Nuclear ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Coal ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Natural Gas ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Oil and Petroleum: **American Petroleum Institute www.api.org <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Solar: **Facts about solar: @http://facts-about-solar-energy.com/ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Hydroelectric ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Wind ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Biofuel: **(also called //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Biomass //) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Geothermal: **
 * **Decide which sources are best for your topic.**
 * **Identify key words and phrases.**
 * **Determine which resources will provide background information and which resources will provide more specific information with supporting details.**
 * **Use text features to identify essential information from text.**
 * **Skim and scan for information that answers your question.**
 * **Verify the "worthiness" of the information.**
 * **Record relevant information--summarize and paraphrase--avoid plagiarism.**
 * **Record bibliographic information.**
 * **SIRS** Database contains current event Newspapers & Magazine articles. Type in your keyword in the search box and click "enter." Some examples, "Energy," "environment," "nuclear energy," etc.** || media type="custom" key="9522914" ||
 * **Facts on File's //Issues and Controversies// contains analysis on leading issues with links to research, graphs, charts and images. Type keyword into database and click "Enter." Examples include, "Nuclear policy," "Energy Policy," Update: Renewable Energy," etc. I typed in "Energy," and the results list provides a range of articles to choose from.** || media type="custom" key="9522916" ||
 * **Encyclopedia Britainnica can provide general information about a variety of topics.** || media type="custom" key="9522918" ||
 * **Encyclopedia Britainnica can provide general information about a variety of topics.** || media type="custom" key="9522918" ||
 * **Encyclopedia Britainnica can provide general information about a variety of topics.** || media type="custom" key="9522918" ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Energy Story // includes all links for SR Forms of Energy Summaries:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">How do different energy types affect the environment: @http://www.epa.gov/cleanrgy/energy-and-you/affect/index.html
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">How stuff works //: @http://science.howstuffworks.com/energy-channel.htm Allows searches by form of energy. Includes videos with articles.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Energy Density //(Also known as //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">specific energy //): @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">Department of Energy: www.doe.gov
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Energy Kids Page //: @http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/index.html
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">TVA Kids Page // (Focuses on electricity): @http://www.tvakids.com/electricity/production.htm
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">Maps of where every energy type is located: @http://www.msnbc.com/modules/eoe/energy.asp
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">@http://www.enviroliteracy.org/category.php/4.html
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Energy Story // includes all links for SR Forms of Energy Summaries:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/index.html
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">Power Score card: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">[|www.powerscorecard.org] (This gives the cost/kWh for some fuel type. Choose a state and click on names of power companies. This also discusses environmental factors.)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">Find energy rates for Pepco (MD): @http://www.pepcoenergy.com/NaturalGasElectricity/default.aspx
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Links for wind, biomass, geothermal, hydroelectric, and solar) @http://www.eere.energy.gov/
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">Explanation of a kilowatt hour: @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KWh
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">Explanation of energy density: @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">Nuclear Energy Institute: @http://www.nei.org/
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">@http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking/story.asp?ID=15737 (cost of cleaning up uranium mine)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">American Coal Foundation: @http://www.teachcoal.org/aboutcoal/index.html
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">@http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070504151722.htm
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">@http://www.osmre.gov/osmreg.htm regulations on coal mining
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">www.naturalgas.org/
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">Cost of Natural Gas: @http://www.energy.ca.gov/distgen/economics/cost_of_electricity.html
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">@http://www.offshore-environment.com/naturalgas.html (impact of natural gas on the environment)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">Water science for schools: @http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/hyhowworks.html
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">http://www.earthscape.org/t1/ald01/ (what is the effect of a dam on the environment)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">@http://hydropower.id.doe.gov/resourceassessment/states.shtml (has a map and lists the amount of hydropower used in each state)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">American Wind energy association: @http://www.awea.org/
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">Fact sheet: @http://www.awea.org/pubs/factsheets.html
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">@http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2005/1012-wind_farms_impacting_weather.htm
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">www.eere.energy.gov/biomass/abcs_biofuels.html
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; none text-align: justify; vertical-align: auto; vertical-align: auto;">Geothermal Education office: @http://www.eere.energy.gov/

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