Comments for Energy Resources for North Carolina Teachers

Comment on Problem-Based Learning – Fracking and the Marcellus Shale by Kim

Kim — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:19:33 +0000

I love these activities! I do several each semester with my honors level Earth and Environmental Science students

Comment on Electricity data browser from EIA by EIA’s New Interactive Maps: State Energy Portal | Energy Resources for North Carolina Teachers

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:11:53 +0000

[...] The profile/map for NC can be found here. By clicking on the “Layers/Legend” tab and selecting one of five available base maps, educators can customize maps and charts for classroom use. Maps can be created to show availability of energy sources, transmission lines, major power plants as well as renewable energy potential for North Carolina. Electricity, nuclear, natural gas and renewable energy profiles for the state are also available along with supporting data tables in Microsoft Excel. Also, by clicking on a specific power plant, the portal links users directly to that plant’s data in EIA’s electricity data browser (see corresponding blog post). [...]

Comment on New Earth at Night by Darian Cork

Darian Cork — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:51:09 +0000

From NPR

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/01/16/169511949/a-mysterious-patch-of-light-shows-up-in-the-north-dakota-dark?ft=3&f=111787346&sc=nl&cc=es-20130120

Comment on Generation Technologies Assessment from EPRI by Fe

Fe — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:08:47 +0000

Thanks for sharing this one, this is a perfect comprehensive comparison of the sources of electricity.

Comment on Guest Post: A Solar Powered Wasp by Daniel Arneman by Paul

Paul — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:31:35 +0000

This could be a great avenue of research for future solar energy research!

Comment on About by Mike LeBaron

Mike LeBaron — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:53:05 +0000

Great resources! Please continue to maintain this site. It provides a compilation that includes NC specific energy news that is often hard to find.

Comment on The Earth at Night by Light pollution, energy waste, and our vanishing night « Energy Resources for North Carolina Teachers

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:41:06 +0000

[...] follow-up on the Earth at Night post from earlier this month, I asked Amy Sayle, PhD, from UNC’s Morehead Planetarium and Science [...]

Comment on Wind Roses by Joe Beamon

Joe Beamon — Thu, 12 May 2011 16:19:16 +0000

My students enjoyed making the wind-roses. It gave them an idea of what goes into planning a wind turbine farm. It is more than just putting up a windmill and hoping the wind blows! It also gave me a chance to talk some Earth Science in my Physical Science class as I explained how it is that the winds come from predominately one direction, letting them recall previous learning.

Comment on What is Fracking? Is it relevant to NC? by Why Natural Gas? « Energy Resources for North Carolina Teachers

Why Natural Gas? « Energy Resources for North Carolina Teachers — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:16:28 +0000

[...] clicking here will take you to a previous post about hydraulic fracturing with emphasis on North [...]

Comment on Need a primer on Biomimicry? Check out this TED Talk by Janine Benyus by Need a primer on Biomimicry? « Only Ed

Need a primer on Biomimicry? « Only Ed — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:49:29 +0000

[...] Need a primer on Biomimicry? Check out this TED Talk by Janine Benyus [...]