Power_Plant_Research

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 * Sugestions:**
 * An **action plan with brochure** for the county council outlining your arguments PRO and CON for the type of Powerplant you suggest is built in your community. Be ready to defend it from a panel of council members. Must give reasons, quote studies, and back up your opinions with research data.
 * Create a **PSA or public service announcement** - a 30-90 second iMovie, Podcast, or presentation outlining why your powerplant is the right choice for the community. Must give reasons, quote studies, and back up your opinions with research data.
 * Write a **"letter to the editor"** opinion piece outling the benefits of your chosen method of power plant OR why you don't want one of the choices in your neighborhood. Must give reasons, quote studies, and back up your opinions with research data.
 * Create an advertising campaign that is either PRO (from the energy company backing the new construction of the power plant) or CON from an environmental rights activist group arguing against the proposed development. Must give reasons, quote studies, and back up your opinions with research data.
 * See scoring rubric for more details.**

To Get You Started, here are some Search phrases and words!
**Nuclear Power:**
 * "Power Plant"
 * "Nuclear Power"
 * How Stuff Works: [|How a Nuclear Power Works>]

**Fossil Fuels:**
 * "Clean Coal"
 * "Electric Generator"
 * How Stuff Works: [|What is Clean Coal Technology]

**Hydropower:**
 * Hydropower - **//ALSO SEE//**: Electric Power, Hydro Electric or Water Power
 * "Electric Generator"
 * How stuff Works: [|How do hydropower plants work?]

=__**CHECK IT OUT - CHECK IT OUT - CHECK IT OUT!**__= = **GREAT Site That Answers II. A. (What are the parts of the power plant and what do they do?)** = = //Recommended by Alex M.!// = = It 's Interactive and very easy to understand!!! = =[|Southern Company - How Power Plants Work]=

[|**Sources of energy**]
 * From the World Book Encyclopedia:**
 * [|Fossil fuels]
 * [|Petroleum]
 * [|Oil drilling in Nigeria]
 * [|Coal]
 * [|Natural gas]
 * [|Bituminous sands and oil shale]
 * [|Water power,]
 * [|Nuclear energy]
 * [|Nuclear fission]
 * [|Nuclear fusion]
 * [|Wind power]
 * [|Tidal energy]
 * [|Chemical energy]
 * [|Geothermal power]
 * [|Fuel cells]
 * [|Solid and liquid wastes]
 * [|Hydrogen]
 * [|Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) generators]

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