Sources of Thermal Energy
With every source of thermal energy there are environmental and social issues connected with their production. Here you can explore some of he various issues in energy production:
This web page is designed for outcome 4 of the Alberta curriculum for grade 7.
Content adapted form Topic 7 of ScienceFocus 7.
Gue, D., et al. 2001. ScienceFocus 7: Science Technology Society. McGraw-Hill Ryerson. P. 238-244.
This link is to someones personal website. I researched other sources and the material seems congruent (agrees with), but overal site is designed by someone against the use of fossil fuels so a bias exists.
Low quality video but it gets the job done.
Other sources of energy
The fuel cell video is done by Toyota. I used the video becuase it is a well produced video and explains the fuel cell well. The science of a fuel cell which is discussed in this video is part of Chemistry 30 and Physics 30. Corporate videos can contain good scientific information, however they have a lot of bias because ulimatley the company is selling a product. For example, there are issues to fuel cell technology, they are just not discussed in this video
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