MATERIALS
LISTS FOR STUDENT INVESTIGATIONS
9.
ENERGY
USE
EU,
Chapter
1,
page
5,
Recent
history
of
energy
use
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materials
EU,
Chapter
2,
page
6,
Doing
work
to
create
electricity
Materials
- magnet
wire
(24
gauge,
3
meters)
- wire
clippers
- sand
paper
- iron
rods
- magnets
- electric
meter
(can
be galvanometer,
volt
meter
or
ammeter)
EU,
Chapter
2,
page
10,
Using
electricity
to
do
work
- 2
thumb
tacks
- soft
wood
block
(3" square x 1/2" deep)
- 2
paper
clips
- wood
dowel
(3/4" x 2" long)
- magnet
- magnet
wire
(about
50
cm)
- 6-volt
battery
- 2
connecting
wires
EU,
Chapter
2,
page
14,
Energy
Transformations
-no
materials
EU,
Chapter
3,
page
25,
How
much
energy?
-no
materials
EU,
Chapter
4,
page
39,
Home
heating
dilemma
-no
materials
EU,
Chapter
4,
page
40,
The
future
of
electric
power
production
-no
materials
EU,
Chapter
5,
page
52,
Fuses
and
circuit
breakers
-no
materials
EU,
Chapter
6,
page
65,
Electric
metering
-no
materials
EU,
Chapter
6,
page
66,
What
are
we
paying
for?
-no
materials
TOP
EU,
Chapter
6,
page
67,
Power
failure
-no
materials
EU,
Chapter
7,
page
69,
Comparing
light
sources
-no
materials
EU,
Chapter
7,
page
73,
Method
1:
Life
cycle
cost
-no
materials
EU,
Chapter
8,
page
77,
How
does
the
Thermos
bottle
know?
-no
materials
EU,
Chapter
8,
page
78,
Compute
the
R-Value
of
a
material
-no
materials
EU,
Chapter
8,
page
83,
Refrigerators
-no
materials
EU,
Chapter
8,
page
86,
Exploring
a
Refrigerator
-no
materials
EU,
Chapter
9,
page
91,
Automobile
energy
transformations
-no
materials
EU,
Chapter
10,
page
103,
Energy
from
sunshine
-no
materials
EU,
Chapter
10,
page
105,
Payback
Time
-no
materials
EU,
Chapter
10,
page
106,
Your
vote
on
energy
measures
-no
materials
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