Links to Electricity Materials

On this Website
On the Main EIA Website(for grownups)
On Other Sites

On this website:

activities:
   What's A Short Circuit? (pdf)- activity grades 4-7
   The Blackout of 2003 (pdf)- activity grades 6-12
   Measuring Electricity(pdf)- activity grades 6-12
biographies:
   Thomas Edison- an electricity inventor
   Benjamin Franklin- an electricity inventor
   Georg Simon Ohm- an electricity inventor
   Nikola Tesla- an electricity inventor
energy calculator:
   electricity
field trips to electric power sites:
   coal
   hydro(water)
   nuclear
   waste-to-energy(garbage)
puzzles:
   crossword puzzle- electric power
   word search puzzle(pdf)- electric power
statistics:
   recent electricity statistics
timelines:
   electricity

On the main EIA website (for grownups):

audio slideshow:
   How Much Renewable Energy Do We Use?- with sound
Energy in Brief:
   How Much Renewable Energy Do We Use?
information sheets- by topic:
   Electric Power- general
   Electric Capability
   Electric Generation
   Nuclear Power Generation
   Electricity Prices
   Electricity Sales
statistics:
   Electricity Information Card- 2005 data
   quick statistics- electricity
summary materials:
   Electricity Conversion/Equivalency Charts and Definitions
   Electricity Restructuring Facts Sheet
   Environmental Issues- related materials (2002)
�� Overview of the Electric Power Industry
   History of the U.S. Electric Power Industry, 1882-1991

On other sites :

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National Energy Education Development(NEED) Project - materials for primary, elementary, intermediate, and secondary levels
Energy Story - Electricity- on the California Energy Commission website
The Story of Powering a Generation- electricity basics and history on the Smithsonian Institution site
Turning on the Juice- electricity basics on the Southern Company website

Last Reviewed: October 2008