National Geographic
National Geographic: Natural Gas: A Cleaner Energy Solution?
For this activity, students read informational text on natural gas and compare it to other fossil fuels for its greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impact. They then prepare a pro or con position on whether natural gas is good...
NASA
Nasa: Climate Kids: What Is the Big Deal With Carbon?
An illustrated article highlighting the science behind carbon and fossil fuels. Diagrams and graphs help with understanding.
NASA
Climate Kids: The Story of Fossil Fuels, Part 2: Oil
Learn about the history of oil and its consumption through the ages, beginning with Bertha Benz and the creation of the first automobile.
Energy4Me
Energy4me: Petroleum Oil and Natural Gas
Learn the history of the world's use of the fossil fuels oil and natural gas for usable energy.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Non Renewable Energy Resources
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What nonrenewable energy resources and fossil fuels are and how they form, and the drawbacks of using nonrenewable energy resources.
Christian Science Monitor
Cs Monitor: Why One Town in Oil Rich Texas Is Ditching Fossil Fuels
The city of Georgetown in Texas has decided that it is more economically feasible for them to meet their energy needs using renewable energy resources. Learn the rationale behind this unusual decision in an oil-rich state. (Published:...
US Department of Energy
Natural Gas: Fueling the Blue Flame
Natural gas is a colorless and odorless fossil fuel that is used in almost half the homes for heat. Learn more about this non-renewable energy resource.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Fossil Formation
Learn how fossils are created.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Biodiesels: Converting Oil Into Clean Fuel
Experiment making biodiesel from different types of oil and determine which oils give the best result. This science fair project from Science Buddies, although in an abbreviated format compared to other Science Buddies experiments, gives...
US Department of Energy
U.s. Department of Energy: Coal: Our Most Abundant Fuel
The U.S. has enough coal to last for the next 200-300 years. So why are we not using more of it? This article describes the different types or "ranks" of coal, the history, and the problems with burning coal for energy.
Other
Moorland School: Earth Science Zone: Fossils Into Fuels
Learn that fossilized remains of dead plants and animals can form fossil fuels that are used to power to your car! Website describes the properties of crude oil, natural gas, and hydrocarbons.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Atmospheric Changes
Lesson unit on the effects of fossil fuel burning on the atmosphere. Includes particulates with good materials balance.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Biofuels and Bioprospecting for Beginners
Biofuels can provide energy without the reliance on environmentally harmful fossils fuels, but scientists are still searching for a plentiful source. Craig A. Kohn demonstrates how cellulose, the naturally abundant tough walls of plant...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Engineering for the Earth
Young students are introduced to the complex systems of the Earth through numerous lessons on its natural resources, processes, weather, climate and landforms. Key earth science topics include rocks, soils and minerals, water and natural...
Nature Research
Nature Education: Energy Economics in Ecosystems
This article discusses how plants and microorganisms, until recently, have mostly controlled how much carbon dioxide is released into an ecosystem, and explains how this process works. Humans' burning of fossil fuels has upset the...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Rising Co2! What Can We Do?
With this resource, students learn how much fossil fuel emissions have increased since 1600 by exploring a graph showing carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. Then answer questions and read facts about climate change over the centuries....
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
The National Academies: Our Energy Sources: Natural Gas
Energy production from natural gas is less destructive to the environment than energy produced from coal, but it is still produced from fossil fuels. While advances have been made in reducing its detrimental effects, our resources are...
Other
Penn State University: Energy and Fuels in Society
This site, which is provided for by the Penn State University, gives twenty one chapters of charts, graphs, and information on synthetic fuels.
US Department of Energy
Department of Energy: Fossil Energy Study Guide: Oil (Pdf)
This is a Fossil Energy Study Guide all about oil including where it is found, a map of the top oil states, the uses for petroleum, drilling for oil, and much more.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Energy
Seven hands-on lessons module where students learn about energy. These inquiry-based explorations investigate where energy resources come from and how they are converted into electricity, how fossil fuels form, the importance of...
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Finding the Carbon in Sugar
Learners learn that fossil fuels release energy when they are burned, and this takes the forms of light, heat, gases, etc. In this lesson they explore combustion with a candle and with sugar. The lesson and accompanying PowerPoint can...
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Peek Inside the World's First Carbon Neutral City
A new kind of city is being built in the Arab desert. Read about the unique engineering that is creating Masdar, a "city of the future" which doesn't use fossil fuels.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Energy Use and Energy Sources
This interactive learning module will focus on the fundamentals of energy and energy sources, renewable and nonrenewable, that support the human population. Students will also explore our dependence on nonrenewable fossil fuels to...
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