6 Dec 2008 BAESI workshop

"Energy, Minerals, and the Future"

Richard Sedlock, richard.sedlock at sjsu.edu, 408 924-5020, DH 321


Download presentations here

Introduction to The End of the World (as you know it)

Hydrocarbons

Peak Oil

Other Energy Resources

The Black Swan: Our global economic crisis

Links to highly recommended related sites

Chris Martenson's Crash Course: The most highly recommended entry to the economic crisis

The Oil Drum: Intelligent, insider-informed discussions of energy and our future

Richard's Climate/Energy/Economics pages: about 200 links to aspects of today's workshop

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Links to materials we used or discussed in the workshop

One Grain of Rice

World Population DVD

Cat-Traption (animation)
Cat-Traption (lesson plan etc.)

NEED (National Energy Education Development) -- much less partisan than the DOE sites; under "For Teachers" you'll find Curriculum and the Info Books

U.S. DOE: Learning about fossil fuels (lessons & study guides for younger students)

World Without Oil
("Lesson Plans for Teachers" has a 10-lesson curriculum)

Oil Addiction, The Economy, and The Planet (high school / Teachable Moment)

Energy & The Environment (middle school / Teachable Moment)

World Oil Crunch Looming (Science, 21 Nov 2008)

American Coal Foundation

Clean Coal (YouTube video) a bit of humor

U.S. EPA: Renewable fuels (general site, not geared towards teachers)

Education links from the Institute for Sustainable Energy

Green Schools Program (Alliance to Save Energy)

Wind Power Basics (from a Texas curriculum; downloads a 16-page PDF lesson plan)

What will President Obama do about America's economic nightmare (high school / Teachable Moment)

Mining Information Institute for "Baby" etc. (go here for free packets of teaching materials)

Cookie mining (modified by Richard; downloads RTF file)

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