ENSC 150 Introduction to Energy Science

ENERGY SCIENCE LINKS

Feel free to suggest other links to add to this list. Send the address of the link to: tchriste@mail.uccs.edu

General Energy Information

• UNITS, UNITS, UNITS - How to convert them : http://www.infinitepower.com/watts.html
• UCCS energy converter: http://www.uccs.edu/~energy/courses/energyconv.html
• Energy Information Administration: http://www.eia.doe.gov/
• Energy fact sheets on many topics - downloadable: http://www.infinitepower.com/fsindex.html
• CALCULATOR tutorials: http://www.uccs.edu/~energy/courses/calculator.html

Physics Reference Web Sites:

• periodic table of the elements: http://www.shef.ac.uk:80/~chem/web-elements/
• physical constants and data (NIST): http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/contents.html
• Thermodynamic Data and Property Calculation Sites
• Table of Nuclides
• Table of Isotopes (bad link??)
• Nuclear Information Service (Los Alamos National Lab)
• Lund Nuclear Data: http://nucleardata.nuclear.lu.se/nucleardata/
• JAERI Nuclear Data: http://wwwndc.tokai.jaeri.go.jp/index.html
• Classical & Statistical Thermodynamics & Mechanics Educational Sites

Physics and Energy Science Resources for Teachers:

• NOVA Online--Teachers: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/
• The Gateway to Educational Materials--NLE, US Dept of Education: http://thegateway.org/
• MCI Marco Polo: http://www.mci.com/marcopolo
• Second Nature (environmental education): http://www.2nature.org/
• EPA: Green Web of Knowledge: http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/ala/index.html
• Energy Enhancement Conservation Project (education modules, general and trade specific, home energy conservation, lesson plans, activities, tests): http://ecep1.usl.edu/ecep/ecep.htm
• National Energy Foundation (educational materials for K-12): http://www.nef1.org/
• Energy Quest (K-12 and beyond, information, links, activities) : http://www.energy.ca.gov/education/

Environmental Physics and Energy Science Web Sites:

• Second Nature (environmental education): http://www.2nature.org/
• EPA: Green Web of Knowledge: http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/ala/index.html
• California Energy Commission: http://www.energy.ca.gov/
• Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST): http://solstice.crest.org/index.shtml
• University of Oregon: energy science web site (many links): http://zebu.uoregon.edu/energy.html
• Renewable energy education modules (solar, geothermal, wind, biomass . . .): http://solstice.crest.org/renewables/re-kiosk/index.shtml
• Energy Enhancement Conservation Project (education modules, general and trade specific, home energy conservation): http://ecep1.usl.edu/ecep/ecep.htm
• Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (clean power, global warming: http://www.ceert.org/
• global warming (EPA): http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/
• Renewable Energy Works: http://home.eznet.net/~renuabil/index.html

Nuclear Energy 

• nuclear fusion basics (JET): http://www.jet.uk/fusion1.html
• ABS'c of Nuclear Science - CPEP: http://user88.lbl.gov/NSD_docs/abc/home.html
• Virtual Nuclear Tourist (nuclear power): http://www.cannon.net/~gonyeau/nuclear/index.htm
• JAVA Nuclear Power plant simulation: http://www.ida.liu.se/~her/npp/demo.html
• Radioactive Decay Calculator: http://ehs.ucsc.edu/rs/decay.html
• "The Particle Adventure" - CPEP: http://particleadventure.org/index.html
• Fusion - CPEP: http://FusEdWeb.pppl.gov/CPEP/Chart.html
• "The Science of High Energy Physics" - Fermilab: http://www.fnal.gov/pub/hep_descript.html
• DOE Nuclear Physics Division - current research areas in nuclear physics
• DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee - includes long range plan
• UC-Berkeley nuclear links: http://www.Nuc.Berkeley.EDU/front_web_sites.html
• Nuclear Physics and Engineering - international links
• other Nuclear links (MIP): http://www.mipltd.co.uk/links.html

Wind Energy

• American Wind Energy Association: http://www.awea.org/index.html
• Free Wind Energy fact sheets: http://www.awea.org/pubs/factsheets.html
• Wind Energy Resources (annotated list of links): http://www.igc.org/energy/wind.html
• Wind Energy Links (High Plains Wind Energy): http://hpccsun.unl.edu/wind/home.html
• Colorado Wind Power (includes photos and info): http://www.cogreenpower.org/
• National Wind Coordinating Committee: http://www.nationalwind.org/
• Investigating Wind Energy (activities from Franklin Institute Science Museum): http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/units/energy/windguide.html

Sun

• Video of Total Solar Eclipse: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/time/eclips94.mpg
• Solar System: http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/tnp/nineplanets.html
• Solar Environment Center (Pictures of the Sun today!): http://www.sec.NOAA.gov/
• Sunspots, Solar cycles and Sun videos: http://www.sunspotcycle.com/
• activities related to the Sun: http://www.lmsal.com/YPOP/Classroom/
• NASA SOHO sattelite web site: http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/
• Stanford Solar Center: http://solar-center.stanford.edu/

Solar energy

• Solar energy tutorial (solar physics, thermal energy, photovoltaics) - CREST: http://solstice.crest.org/renewables/re-kiosk/solar/index.shtml
• Australian Academy of Science Intro to Solar Energy: http://www.science.org.au/nova/005/005key.htm
• solar concetrators: NREL+Sandia: http://www.eren.doe.gov/sunlab/TechOverview.htm
• Sun's Joules CD - limited Web demo version: http://solstice.crest.org/renewables/SJ/index.html
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Solar energy in homes and businesses

• solar home: http://solstice.crest.org/renewables/wlord/solarhouse.html
• Schools Going Solar: http://www.ttcorp.com/upvg/schools/index.htm
• Solar Utilities Network (energy science in the home): Energy audit forms, lightbulb calculator, http://www.solarnet.org/
• Solar Buildings (good introductory material): http://www.eren.doe.gov/solarbuildings/
• Florida Solar (good general information): http://www.flasolar.com/
• Tour the Humboldt State University Campus Center for Appropriate Technology: http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~ccat/
• Catalog of Solar Heat systems: http://solstice.crest.org//renewables/seia_slrthrm/index.html
• Solar Home Design Guide: http://www.epsea.org/design.html

Photovoltaics

• photovoltaic economics calculator: http://www.infinitepower.com/pv.html
• photovoltaics - including an animation: http://www.eren.doe.gov/pv/
• CREST photovoltaics pages (theory and applications): http://solstice.crest.org/renewables/re-kiosk/solar/pv/index.shtml
• Photovoltaic Power Resource Site: http://www.pvpower.com/

Solar Energy Organizations

• Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society: (see link to "Why Solar?") http://eureka.arch.unsw.edu.au/faculty/arch/solarch/anzses/anzses.htm
• International Solar Energy Society: http://www.ises.org/
• Texas Solar Energy Society (fact sheets, newsletter): http://www.txses.org/
• El Paso Solar Energy Association (good introductory information): http://www.epsea.org/
• California Energy Commission (solar energy pages): http://www.energy.ca.gov/development/solar/index.html
• DOE National Center for Photovoltaics: http://www.nrel.gov/ncpv/
• Solar Energy International: http://www.solarenergy.org/
• Solar Dome: http://www.solardome.com/