TED-Ed
Why Aren't We Only Using Solar Power?
Drive the clouds away from your day with this video. It thoroughly details how photovoltaics work and how clouds prevent us from relying solely on solar as an energy source. Unique knitted-object animation (bunnies, clouds, and all...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: Plants and Environmental Resources
Earth contains a variety of plants to provide food, medicine and, most importantly, energy sources for humans. In this lesson, students will categorize plants by their components and shapes. Additionally, they will learn the mechanisms...
PBS
Pbs: Nova: Making Stuff: Cleaner
Explore materials science as it pertains to developing alternative ways to create clean energy. Subject matter is geared toward creating a sustainable future with a zero-waste world. [53:00]
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Science in Focus: Energy: Understanding Energy
A video workshop looking at the world's use of fossil fuels as an energy source. Includes discussions about the limits of fossil fuel use and the importance of teaching energy conservation and investing in alternative energy sources.
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Green Revolution: Hydrogen
Lisa Van Pay of the National Science Foundation visits scientists at MIT as they take on the hydrogen energy challenge. Hydrogen bonds are an extremely efficient way to store energy, and scientists would like to capture this energy....
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Green Revolution: Biomass
Fuel can be produced from different types of biomass, such as algae and cellulose. These scientists are building an algae reactor, learning how leafcutter ants convert cellulose into sugar, and turning the waste from a sawmill into...
California Academy of Sciences
California Academy of Sciences: Nuclear Fusion in Our Backyard
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory are hoping that nuclear fusion will become an energy source in the near future. [2:11]
California Academy of Sciences
California Academy of Sciences: Wave Power
Find out what wave energy is, and how it works. [2:17]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: #Ask Mit: What Does the Future of Nuclear Science Look Like?
Senior reactor operator at the MIT Research Nuclear Reactor, Sarah Don discusses what the future of nuclear science looks like. [2:00]