Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Information about cars that use both gas and electric power.
Hydro-Electric Power
Information about its history, power plants, environmental impacts, and thoughts about its future.
Facts About Hydropower
Information about the world's leading renewable energy source.
Greatest Achievements: Electrification
Explains how power came to cities, factories, and homes. Includes a timeline.
Energy Arcade
Take a virtual power plant tour, play an energy game, and learn more about the San Diego Gas and Electric company.
Kid Zone: Atomic Energy
Learn about nuclear energy, electricity and how energy interacts with our environment. Includes interactive games.
Scientific American: Explorations: Beyond Batteries: 12/96
All about fuel cell technology: the future of batteries.
Shocking Truth About Electricity
Details on sources of power, the history of electricity, and the people who helped discover it. Includes experiments the user can try at home.
Electricity In Education
Interactive quizzes and games informing about the science, history and dangers of electricity. Includes sections for different age groups, and registration for those that wish to save quiz scores.
Dynamic Energy Transformations: Hydroelectric Power Plants
An article describing the basics of hydroelectric plants.
A Clearer Look at Nuclear Energy
Explains the kinds of nuclear energy, how nuclear power plants work, nuclear waste, and how people can be stewards.
Electrical Safety World
Information about energy heroes, electric cars, and indoor and outdoor electrical safety. Then try your hand at a safety game or travel with the Edison adventure bus.
School Lighting Auditor
From GE Lighting, allows students to conduct their own lighting audit of their school, and discover ways to conserve electricity.
Hydroelectric Power
Information about how water's mechanical energy is turned into electricity. From the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Peninsula Light Company - What is Energy?
How electricity works, history, energy efficiency, safety, games, and a glossary.
What is Electricity?
Discusses electricity, its generation, transformers, turbines, and how it is measured. Also includes quizzes and fun facts.