Energy Sources Project: Natural Gas (Fossil Fuels)
Important Reminders...
CITING INFORMATION
- You may not simply copy and paste information from notes, the internet, or other students. It must be put in your own words.
- You must include a list of sources you used for each slide in the speaker comments on the slide. It does not need to be in MLA or APA format, just include the name of the source and a link to it. "Google", "Yahoo Answers", etc. are not the names of any source.
- You should start with Google Slides of notes, classwork, and resources on this website. If you found a source not on this list and want to use it, let me know and we will vet it together.
BEWARE OF BIASED SOURCES
Energy is a very complex and political issue, so most of the information on the internet is biased (not balanced, influenced by opinion). The websites below are good places to start for information... but some are made and paid for by industry, making them biased (I put "BIASED" after their name in the advantages/challenges section). They tend to have misleading information that focuses on the advantages and ignores and downplays the challenges. Occasionally they have misinformation (wrong/lies). This is especially the case when a source of electricity is claimed to be "green", "clean", or "better for the environment". I tried to avoid websites that have a lot of misinformation, but many have a little. How can you tell? You should always consider the source of your information and compare it to other ones that are either unbiased or biased the other way!
LINKS TO INFORMATION ABOUT NATURAL GAS
Unit Notes and Study Guides:
- Unit 1: Energy Types, LOL Diagrams
- Unit 2: States of Matter, Phase Changes, Phase Change Diagrams and LOLs
- Unit 3: Periodic Table, Subatomic Particles
- Unit 4: Chemical Bonding- Ionic and Metallic- Conductors/Insulators
- Unit 5: Chemical Bonding- Covalent and Hydrogen, Polarity
- Unit 6: Materials Science
- Midyear Review Unit: Sources of Electrical Energy Project
- Semester 1 Full Study Guide
What natural gas is and how it's used for electricity:
- Class notes about Fossil Fuels
- US Energy Information Administration:
- The National Energy Education Development Project (probably BIASED- you can see who funds it here and who runs it here):
- Natural Gas Energy Flow Diagram Packet (especially the last page)
- Natural Gas At A Glance
- Natural Gas Information Packet
- Student Energy
- Natural Gas 101 video (embedded below, we watched this in class)
- Switch Energy Alliance
- What is natural gas and how is it used? An video overview of general info. (embedded below)
Student Energy video (we watched this in class):
Switch Energy Alliance video:
How much and where natural gas is used for electricity in the US, MA, Hingham:
- Class Notes:
- Maps and just a Google Doc of the Sankey Diagrams (made using: US Energy Information Administration: Energy Use by Region of the U.S. and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Sankey Diagrams if you want to explore them on your own for fun)
- Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant:
- Annual Reports (how much of each source of electricity Hingham uses- since MA uses no coal and very little petroleum, you are permitted to assume the "fossil fuel" numbers are natural gas)
Benefits and concerns of natural gas:
- US Energy Information Administration:
- The National Energy Education Development Project (probably BIASED- you can see who funds it here and who runs it here):
- Natural Gas Information Packet (benefits and challenges on last page)
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research/Kids Crossing:
- Alabama Gas Company (BIASED):
- American Gas Association (BIASED):
- World Nuclear Association (BIASED):