From the Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement project at the Illinois Institute of Technology. A teacher lesson plan which includes several Van de Graaff generator demonstrations and some station-style labs....

This lesson will explain the advantages and disadvantages of generating electricity from various forms of energy. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Energy Forms."

This incredible photo shows the rare occurence of lightning that forms from the generation of electrical charges inside the ash plumes of an erupting volcano.

Find out about the renewable energy resource using wind energy technologies. Learn about the use of wind for a stand-alone system, and how one uses it in large-scale wind farms.