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COAL: HOW TO DO RESEARCH & PRESENT INFORMATION

COAL: HOW TO DO RESEARCH & PRESENT INFORMATION. Think about 2 things…. Learning about a Topic Each of you will conduct research about a natural resource that is used or could be used to create electricity. You will compare your resource with COAL, which I am presenting to you today.

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COAL: HOW TO DO RESEARCH & PRESENT INFORMATION

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  1. COAL: HOW TO DO RESEARCH & PRESENT INFORMATION

  2. Think about 2 things… • Learning about a Topic • Each of you will conduct research about a natural resource that is used or could be used to create electricity. • You will compare your resource with COAL, which I am presenting to you today. • Through my presentation you will be able to answer the 10 questions • Learning to Research a Topic • Start with what you know and have used before…. • Google • Wikipedia • Try something new • EBSCO • GALE

  3. COAL (this is where you learn about coal while learning how to do research!) • How was/is coal formed? What is it made of? • Coal is formed when organic matter (living things) is buried and decomposes. Over long periods of time, the HEAT & PRESSURE associated with geologic activity turns the matter into coal. • “coal"  A Dictionary of Biology. Elizabeth Martin and Robert Hine. Oxford University Press, 2008. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.  Arapahoe High School.  6 April 2009  <http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t6.e917> • Search for specifics…. • Coal • Too many results and often results not specific enough to answer your question • Coal Formation • Fewer results and more specific information • Information Presentation • Lots of words = BORING!

  4. COAL (try again) • “coal formation" Kentucky Department of Natural Resources; Mining Education; Arapahoe High School. 6 April 2009   <http://www.minepermits.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/06BC5AA8-EF18-4762-8585-C517CD57E71B/0/Ed_coal_formation.jpg>

  5. The 4 Main Categories: - Lignite - Sub-Bituminous - Bituminous - Anthracite How many different types of coal are there? Why does this matter? As TIME, HEAT & PRESSURE Water content Carbon percentage As the carbon percentage The energy content of the coal "coal"  A Dictionary of Biology. Elizabeth Martin and Robert Hine. Oxford University Press, 2008. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.  Arapahoe High School.  6 April 2009  <http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t6.e917>

  6. How is coal used to make electricity? the turbine turns a generator the steam spins a turbine which generates the movement of electrons! Electrons moving along a conductive material is ELECTRICITY! you BURN it to turn water into steam…. “spinning turbine" The BBC; GCSE Bitesize;  Arapahoe High School.  6 April 2009  <http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/images/20_the_national_grid.gif

  7. Renewable or NOT? • Technically speaking, coal is a renewable resource when all of the biological and geological processes are present, which hasn’t really happened in the last 230 million years! • So the verdict is…. • NOT

  8. Show me the $$$$ • The price of coal is based on: • Mining • Transportation • Use • The price of coal is NOT based on: • Acid rain • Human illness • Climate change

  9. Environmental Impacts http://socioeconomic.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/strip_coal_mining3.jpg

  10. Coal miners & Health Effects

  11. Environmental Impacts http://www.whoi.edu/cms/images/oceanus/2005/10/smoke-stacks_15044.jpg http://qazse.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/smoke-stacks3.jpg

  12. Environmental Impacts http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Acid_rain_woods1.JPG/800px-Acid_rain_woods1.JPG

  13. Where in the WORLD is coal found? MUCH NOT MUCH

  14. Where in the US is coal found? In the EAST… -the Appalachian Mtns. - the Mississippi River Valley In the WEST… - the Rocky Mtns. In the NORTH - not much in Alaska “coal distribution" The Energy Information Administration”;  Arapahoe High School.  6 April 2009  <http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/images/20_the_national_grid.gif

  15. In the US…. Coal is king! “electric generation" The Energy Information Administration”;  Arapahoe High School.  6 April 2009  <http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/images/20_the_national_grid.gif

  16. Popularity of COAL http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/non-renewable/coal.html#WhereWeGetCoal http://www.cleanenergyaction.org/html/co_coal.html The largest coal mines in the world are found in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Montana and the Dakotas! In Colorado….coal accounts for over 80% of electrical generation!

  17. Trends… • The use of coal dates back over 1,000 years • Because coal is inexpensive, as the cost of other resources increases, the use of coal is expected to increase. • The Hopi Indians used coal to bake their pottery. • The 1st coal-fired power plant was built in 1901!

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