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Energy is Fascinating! Energy has a historical background and is a necessity in our modern lives. The future of Energy is interesting because many current energy sources are going to run out in the next century, then we will be confronted with the problems we have created. We must work now!
The search for new forms of energy will take a long time to complete. We are already a bit confronted with the reality that the environment is becoming polluted. We really need to be looking for alternative sources of energy Now!
Energy is important for now and the future. It is important for modern life and its importance will only grow.
The sites that exist on the web about energy, are not complete and educational enough for the youth.
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The target of the site is to make an educational and informative site, and to tell people that some kinds of energy sources are running out now. In the future, many things will be different; humans must search for alternatives.
The way we are using the energy now is really the opposite of the right way, not only for nature and earth, but also for health of us all. There are many alternative energy sources that we need to investigate and use more and more of. The present youth is going to be confronted with the problems we are creating now, and they are the ones who must solve it in the future. Without knowing and realizing the problem, there will not be any improvement. The site should make people think about the problem faced.
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The traditional energy sources section on the Energy Planet is a section devoted to the discovery of how power is currently generated. Current Energy Sources explains in detail how power is generated, and the problems with these forms of generation. Topics such as Coal, Oil, Nuclear, Wind, Hydroelectric, and Natural Gas are explained vividly by use of flash animations, an easy to use site, and clearly written texts. This section builds up the users knowledge of the past so that they may look towards the future.
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The Future Energy Sources section vibrantly demonstrates the future of energy generation. It introduces the user to Fusion and Fuel cells, two emerging forms of energy generation. With the knowledge gained from this section, the user begins to visualize how these forms of energy generation are built on the forms of the past. The user also begins to see how these forms of energy can be built on to make them better.
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A cast of inventors and innovators are selected for their discoveries, their commitment, and their vision. These biographies show how other people saw a problem and discovered a solution. By learning about the past, one can visualize the future.
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Learning by doing! The experiment section shows how the principals of energy generation actually work. It is easier to learn these laws by doing and seeing them than by reading about them. The Energy Planet features 5 experiments that demonstrate how energy is generated today.
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Learn about how more complex electrical machines work. By understanding not just why, but how things work, the user becomes more able to understand the principals of Energy and they become able to invent their own energy machines.
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How did they do it? How did the Chinese build a wall so long that it can be seen from space? How did the Egyptians build huge pyramids? How did the Romans build the Coliseum? How did they do it before electricity? This is how! This section shows how ancient cultures built their amazing monuments, and how they did it before electricity! This section allows the user to be transported back thousands of years and to see how these monuments were built. The goal of this section is to introduce energy principals and applications without making the user read texts about the principals themselves.
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Who did this? Contact this sites creators or look up some citations. This page contains all of the books and sites used to educate the creators of the site!
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Isn't it totally clear to you? Want to know more? Check out this section for the dictionary, and the timeline. This where all the difficult words are explained. Take a look at the timeline for a chronological time skip through energy.
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 Cute G from Sri Lanka contributed:
Energy is facsinating!
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Victor Campos from Chile contributed:
I would like to help you with the translations. I am not an expert or something like that but if you like I can correct or modify what you have to give sense on your texts like this:
Albert Einstein nació en Ulm, Alemania la 14 de marzo de 1879. Cinco años más tarde, en 1884, él y su familia se trasladaron a Munich debido al nuevo trabajo de su padre. En 1901 lo naturalizaban como ciudadano suizo. Ocho años más tarde cuando Einstein era suizo a el le agradó el trabajo de su profesor de física teórica en la universidad de Zurich. A partir la 1911 a 1912 él tenía el mismo trabajo que un profesor en Praga. En 1913 lo eligieron para formar parte de la academia de ciencia en Berlín. Einstein recibió el reconocimiento de su pais natal Alemania obteniendo así la nacionalidad alemana en 1914. Él trabajó por 19 años como profesor en Berlín. A partir la 1920 a 1946 Él podía - oficialmente - ser profesor especial en Leiden, Holanda, también, pero debido a su emigración, él no trabajó para la universidad durante mucho tiempo antes de 1946. Debido al movimiento NAZI, Einstein renunció la ciudadanía alemana en 1933. Él se trasladó a los Estados Unidos y trabajó como profesor en Princeton, New Jersey hasta 1945. Él se hizo oficialmente americano en 1941. Albert Einstein murió el 18 de abril de 1955.
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