Activities
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.: Members only Definition and Forms of Energy
- Contents of the didactic unit
Kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy. Thermal energy, nuclear energy and chemical energy. Elastic potential energy, electrical energy and luminous energy. Identify several types of energy. Test your knowledge!
Curricular correspondence
Natural Sciences: Secondary School
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.: Members only The Earth and the Sun
- Contents of the didactic unit
Our planet's energy resources. Natural resources. Energy from natural resources. Test your knowledge!
Curricular correspondence
Natural Sciences: Secondary School
Social Sciences: Secondary School
Technology: Secondary School
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.: Members only Renewable vs Non-renewable Energy Sources
- Contents of the didactic unit
Natural resources. Natural and atificial resources classification. Primary energy sources and secondary energy sources. Classification. Test your knowledge!
Curricular correspondence
Natural sciences: Secondary School
Social sciences: Secondary School
Technology: Secondary School
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.: Members only Fossil Fuel: the Coal
- Contents of the didactic unit
Coal formation. Coal or mineral? Energetic content of coal. Combustion reaction of coal. Life Cycle of Coal. Emissions and waste from coal use. Test your knowledge!
Curricular correspondence
Natural Sciences: Secondary School
Social Sciences: Secondary School
Technology: Secondary School
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.: Members only Fossil Fuel: Oil and Natural Gas
- Contents of the didactic unit
Formation of oil and of natural gas. How oil refining works. Life cycle analysis of fuel-oil as a source of electric energy and its environmental impact. Test your knowledge!
Curricular correspondence
Natural sciences: Secondary School
Technology: Secondary School
- .: Open unit Uranium
- Contents of the didactic unit
The uranium atom. Chemical reaction vs Nuclear Reaction. Differences between fusion and fission. Radioactivity. Radioactive waste. Location of nuclear power stations in Catalonia and Spain. Test your knowledge!
Curricular correspondence
Natural Sciences: Secondary School
Technology: Secondary School
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.: Members only The Wind: Indirect Solar Energy
- Contents of the didactic unit
Wind formation. Applications of wind power. The best location for a wind field? Main wind power-producing countries. Wind distribution in the Iberian peninsula. Check your knowledge.
Curricular correspondence
Natural sciences: Secondary School
Technology: Secondary School