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Tennessee Energy Education Network
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Energy Division
Energy Hotline
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This public document was promulgated at a cost of $4.60 each. Authorization #330876. 200 copies printed.
November, 2001. Energy Division, Tennessee Office of Economic and Community Development.
2001 Edition 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TOPIC
PAGE(S)
Alternative Energy (Renewable)
111-115
Animals and Birds
5-7
Archeology
9
Biology
11
Birds (Animals and Birds)
5-7
Chemistr y
13-14
Coal
15-19
Competitions
21
Computers
23
Coral Reefs (Marine Environment)
87-89
Dinosaurs
25-26
Earth Science
27
Earthquakes
29
Education
31-34
Electricity
35-38
Endangered Animals and Plants
39-40
Energy (Sources of)
41-46
Energy Conservation
47-50
Environmental Education
51-59
Food
61-64
Geography
65-66
Geology
67-69
Geothermal Energy
71
Global Warming
73-74
Hazardous Waste
75
Human Anatomy
77-78
Insects
79-80
Inventors and Inventions
81
Lesson Plans
83-84
Machines (Simple Machines)
129
Magnets and Magnetism
85-86
Marine Environment/Marine Life
87-89
Meteorology (Weather)
153-154
Minerals (Rocks and Minerals)
117-119
Natural Gas
91-92
Nuclear Energy
93-95
Oil
97-99 4
Petroleum (Oil)
97-99
Physics
101-102
Plants
103-104
Rainforests
105-106
Recycling
107-110
Renewable/Alternative Energy
111-115
Rocks and Minerals
117-119
Science, General
121-126
Science Fairs
127
Sharks (Marine Environment)
87-89
Simple Machines
129
Solar Energy
131-132
Solar System
133-138
Solid Waste
139-140
Space (Solar System)
133-138
Transportation
141-144
Trees
145-146
Volcanoes
147
Water
149-152
Weather
153-154
Wetlands (Environmental Educ.)
51-59
Whales (Marine Environment)
87-89
Wind Energy
155
TABLE OF CONTENTS 5
ANIMALS and BIRDS
BEST FRIENDS TEACHING KIT
Teach elementary school students to be
responsible dog owners in a fun and exciting
way. Contains a video, activity sheets and a
teacher’s guide with lesson plans. FREE
American Kennel Club (AKC),
Customer Service, 5580 Centerview Dr.,
Raleigh, NC 27606,
Phone: 919-233-9767, Fax: 919-233-3627,
E-mail:
publiced@akc.org
Web site:
http://www.akc.org/akc
THE K.I.N.D. NEWSGUIDE TO PROTECTING ANIMALS
AND THE EARTH (Elementary)
Gives useful information on environmental issues
and suggestions for how children can help protect
animals and earth. $.75 Order #HE1086
THE MINIATURE MENAGERIE: A PORTFOLIO OF
HUMANE EDUCATION CLIP ART
Features animal illustrations by various artists. Ten
17 x 11” sheets. $4.00 Order #HE1028.
K.I.N.D. NEWS BOOK OF CRITTER CLUES
A 60 page, pocket-sized book for young animal
lovers. Features fun (and tricky) clues to 30 familiar
wild animals and pets. Answers reveal fascinating
facts about their behaviors, history, and habitats.
$2.50 Order #GR3280.
Humane Society of the United States,
2100 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037,
Phone: 202-452-1100
Web Site:
http://www.hsus.org
KIDS YARD poster
How to create backyard habitat for animals - $2.00
Kids For a Clean Environment,
PO Box 158254 (Attention: Membership),
Nashville, TN. 37215
Phone: 1-800-952-3223, 615-331-7381,
FAX: (615) 333-9879,
E-mail: kidsface@mindspring.com
Web:
http://www.kidsface.org
For all materials from this organization, look under these headings:
ANIMALS, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION , RECYCLING
AMAZING ANIMALS BOOKMARKS AND
EDUCATORS GUIDE (Grades Pre-K- 3)
Introduce your students to eight Amazing Animals
and their habitats with this pack of 40 bookmarks
developed with the National Wildlife Federation. An
educator’s guide accompanies each pack. Item
#MCD52685B $3.99/kit
McDonald’s Educational Resource Center,
310 Tech Park Drive, LaVergne, TN 37086,
Phone: 1-800-627-7646 or 615-287-8152,
FAX: (630) 513-1669
vFor all materials from this organization, look under these headings:
ANIMALS, DINOSAURS, GEOLOGY
RELATED WEB SITES
library.thinkquest.org/11922/
VIRTUAL ZOO
What a great way to learn about lots of different animals! At the Virtual Zoo
you can follow a path to your favorite small mammal or African animal
(many other choices as well!) and then click to find pictures and facts.
members.aol.com/bats4kids/
BATS, BATS EVERYWHERE
Set up to teach kids about bats, this site has good information for all ages.
Learn where and how bats live, how they help people, what myths about
them are untrue, and much more. You can also play a bat game, take a bat
quiz, and visit a bat cave.
netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm
ELECTRONIC ZOO
This well-organized site is a great resource for links to animal information
(veterinary science, pets, etc.) Has pictures of lots of types of animals and
links to all sorts of animal graphics. WARNING - SLOW loading (graphics
intense!)
puddler.ducks.org/puddler/
PUDDLER PAGE
Sponsored by Ducks Unlimited. Puddler is a magazine that has games,
puzzles and duck pictures kids can color to help them learn about ducks
and wetlands.
www.5tigers.org
5 TIGERS ORGANIZATION
Dedicated to providing information to help preserve the remaining 5
subspecies of tigers. Their cool site is full of tiger information, pictures, news
and interactive adventures.
www.avma.org/care4pet
.
AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
A wealth of useful information for pet owners and veterinarians.
www.audubon.org/
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
This web site of the world famous bird conservation organization contains
history and origins of the society, a biography of John James Audubon,
membership information, articles on their current campaigns, sponsored
education programs, publications and shows, and much more. An enjoy-
able site for the bird lover in all of us.
(See also ENDANGERED ANIMALS and PLANTS) 6
ANIMALS and BIRDS
BIRD BASICS Grades 3-7.
This complete introduction to the world of bird life
includes information about bird life cycles,
migration, habitat, watching birds, how to attract
birds, and more. Full color, 16 pages. $.72 each
plus shipping
National Association of Conservation Districts,
Contact: Maxine , P.O. Box 855,
League City, Texas 77573-0776
Phone: 1-800-825-5547, FAX: (281) 332-5259,
E-mail:
compuse@nacdnet.org
,
For all materials from this organization, look under these headings:
ANIMALS , INSECTS
STUDENT ACTION GUIDE (grades 7-12).
Contains step-by-step instructions for
starting an earth/animal protection club at
school. Includes ideas and resources for
club activities. FREE.
THE K.I.N.D. NEWSGUIDE TO PROTECTING
ANIMALS AND THE EARTH (Elementary)
Gives useful information on environmental issues
and suggestions for how children can help
protect animals and Earth. $.75
National Association for Humane and
Environmental Education,
Education Outreach Department, PO BOX 362,
67Norwich-Essex Turnpike,
Contact: Lisa Perkins ,
East Haddam, CT 06423-0362,
Phone: (860) 434-8666, FAX: (860) 434-6282,
E-mail:
nahee@nahee.org
,
Web site:
http://www.nahee.org/
For all materials from this organization, look under these headings:
ANIMALS, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
NATIONAL WILDLIFE WEEK
(Poster and teacher’s kit) (Grades K-18)
Issued in February of each year. The
Wildlife Week materials feature an
educator’s guide, geared for K-12 teach-
ers, and a poster. The kits contain fun,
hands-on activities for grades K-8. This
service is FREE of charge while supplies
last. The materials can be downloaded and
a free poster ordered from the Website.
National Wildlife Federation
11100 Wildlife Center Drive, Reston, VA 20190
Phone: 703-438-6100 or 800-822-9919,
Fax: 703-438-6061
Email:
wildlife@nwf.org
;
Web:
www.nwf.org
or
www.nwf.org/nationalwildlifeweek/kits.html
Contact: Jo Sorrell/Julie Totaro
www.awr.net/
AFRICAN WILDLIFE RESOURCE
A virtual encyclopedia dedicated to the sharing of information about the
fantastic world of African Wildlife.
www.bearden.org/
THE BEAR DEN
So are Giant Pandas really bears or not? Here you can learn the latest on
this question, plus lots of fascinating facts about the eight bear species of
the world. T