https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8 Renewable Energy en-us 2018-03-09 16:53:59 UTC 2025-11-01 19:40:54 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png katherine_mcbride https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241614895 Main idea: Energy can change forms.
Detail: Solar panels can convert solar energy to electricity.]]> 2018-03-13 20:14:57 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241614895 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241952116 Main: Effects of the Environment.

Detail: Wind turbines do not produce harmful waste. They are noisy and some say they have a dreadful appearance. ]]> 2018-03-14 15:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241952116 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241952588 Main Idea: Wind Energy
Detail: Wind Power is made by spinning turbines.]]> 2018-03-14 15:46:38 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241952588 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241953078 Main Idea: Turbines are big
Detail: 200 ft]]> 2018-03-14 15:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241953078 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241954302 Main Idea: Wind Farms
Detail: A large turbine can produce about 1 mega watt of power.]]> 2018-03-14 15:49:19 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241954302 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241993225 Main Idea: Wind Farms
Details: Wind farms can power hundreds/thousands of homes.]]> 2018-03-14 16:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241993225 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241993921 Main Idea: Wind Farms
Details: The windiest place gets a rating of seven. The lowest rating is a one.]]> 2018-03-14 16:56:26 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241993921 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241994201 Main Idea: Wind's Affects on Earth
Detail: Wind is able to carry air pollution away from where it came from.]]> 2018-03-14 16:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241994201 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241994210 Main idea: Wind power]]> 2018-03-14 16:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241994210 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241994211 Main Idea: People are concerned that birds are flying into the blades.
Details: Locate wind farms far away from birds and other life.]]> 2018-03-14 16:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241994211 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241994402 is the ability to do something and you get energy by eating food.]]> 2018-03-14 16:57:11 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241994402 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241994422 Main Idea: Waterwheels
Details: There are two types of vertical waterwheels, and one type of horizontal waterwheel. ]]> 2018-03-14 16:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241994422 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241995649 Main Idea: Turbines Are Massive
Detail: Turbines are 200 feet or taller.]]> 2018-03-14 16:59:09 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241995649 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241995785 Main Idea: Wind Farms
Detail: Wind farms can be used to power tons of homes]]> 2018-03-14 16:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/241995785 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242026061 Main Idea: Wind farms 
Detail: The farms are built in places with steady, strong year-round winds like exposed coasts, mountain passes and hilltops. ]]> 2018-03-14 17:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242026061 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242026247 Main Idea: Energy from the tides
Details: "The water then goes out slowly, spinning turbines on its way."

]]> 2018-03-14 17:50:09 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242026247 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242026385 Main idea: Collection 
Details: pancake shape solar cells give off electric when exposed to sun light.  ]]> 2018-03-14 17:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242026385 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242026816 Main Idea: What elements make up the sun?
Details: The elements that make up the sun are hydrogen, helium and oxygen. 

]]> 2018-03-14 17:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242026816 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242026829 Main: Fossil Fuels
Detail: The trees in Pine forest on mount Mitchell In North Carolina have been badly damaged by acid rain. (p 15)]]> 2018-03-14 17:51:08 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242026829 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242026929 Main Idea: The Sun's Energy
Detail: Lots of energy is released when hydrogen changes into helium. ]]> 2018-03-14 17:51:18 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242026929 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242027644 Main Idea: Common geothermal energy sources
Details: hot springs are used as baths in some countries]]> 2018-03-14 17:52:23 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242027644 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242028240 Main idea: Bacteria can be used for renewable energy by creating gas that can be turned into energy.
Detail: The warm, airless tanks provide a perfect environment for the bacteria to live and reproduce.]]> 2018-03-14 17:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242028240 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242059861 Main Idea: What is Geothermal  Energy?
Detail: The heat trapped deep inside earths surface is called geothermal energy. Geo means "earth." Thermal means "heat."

]]> 2018-03-14 18:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242059861 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242060544 Main Idea: Wind Power was not widely recepted in the 1940's.
Detail: They used Fossil Fuels instead.]]> 2018-03-14 18:47:02 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242060544 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242060782 Main: Wind was used to propel ships by using sails
Detail: "The curved shape of the lateen sail speeds up the air blowing across it... It is this drop in pressure that sucks the boat forward." (p 15)]]> 2018-03-14 18:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242060782 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242061192 Main: Solar houses
Detail: A solar home collects energy from the Sun to produce electricity]]> 2018-03-14 18:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242061192 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242061470 Main idea: Sun's Energy
Details: Sun's Energy takes only eight minutes to reach earth. Some energy bounces off the Earth's atmosphere and back into space. Plants store a small amount of solar energy in their cells. All life on earth is possible because of the small amount that plants store.]]> 2018-03-14 18:48:53 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242061470 https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242061555 Main Idea: Windmills could be used to transfer water
Details Windmills have been used for centuries for transferring object, and were invented be the Cretans]]> 2018-03-14 18:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/katherine_mcbride/research8/wish/242061555