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=Project= After studying global warming and discussing the issues of potential environmental threats, you must now decide which side you are on in the national debate around using alternative energy sources, such as wind power, or continuing to rely on traditional methods of supplying electricity using fossil fuels.

=Task= You must research wind power and present your position at an upcoming town meeting. Your research will help you defend your answer to this __**Essential Question**__:


 * "Is converting to wind power a realistic opportunity or unnecessary burden for Shelton, CT?"**

Your research will help you represent the interests of EITHER:
 * Acme Wind Power Organization (AWPO) - supports wind power use and wants to develop wind power in Shelton, CT
 * Road Runner Electric Company (RREC) - does not support wind power in any form and wants to continue to supply electricity to Shelton, CT using fossil fuels

Finding answers to these guiding questions (and others you may have) will help defend your position (answer the essential question) on behalf of the company you represent:
 * What is wind power?
 * What is the history of wind power?
 * Why would wind power be needed?
 * Where is wind power currently being used? Is it working there?
 * How does wind power work?
 * What are the benefits of wind power? (AWPO advocates)
 * What are the disadvantages (environmental, economic, other) of wind power?

You may present your research product using ONE of the following options:
 * write a persuasive essay to the Mayor
 * create a poster
 * create a multimedia presentation

=Resources= =Sources= __Databases__
 * [|NoodleBib]
 * Jing of NoodleBib Intro
 * [|Wind Power Project Description]
 * [|Interview Response Form]
 * [|Wind Power Rubric]
 * [|Evaluating Websites]
 * [|Evaluating Web Sites Presentation]
 * Website Evaluation Examples
 * [|Tips for Great PowerPoint Presentations]
 * [|Poster Making Tips]
 * [|Citation Machine] - Online citation maker
 * Student Project Samples (Teacher Access Only)
 * SIS LMC Databases

[|Facts on File " Power from Renewable Sources"] [|America's Shifting Ground - Wind Power] (NPR 9 Apr 2008) [|American Wind Energy Association - Power of Wind] [|Connecuticut Clean Energy - Wind] [|Connecticut Clean Energy Fund] [|Crash Course in Wind Energy] [|Harness the Power of the Wind] (National Geographic) [|Kid Wind Project Resources] [|National Renewable Energy Lab - Wind Research] [|National Wind Watch] [|NEED] (National Energy Education Development) Orange Clean Energy Task Force wiki resources [|Powering a Nation] (University of North Carolina) [|Small Wind in Connecticut] [|US Department of Energy - Wind Powering America] [|Wind Energy Resource Atlas of the United States] [|Florida Anti Wind Flyer] [|Wikia Green] [|The New Yorker - "The Island in the Wind"] July 7, 2008 Mr. Yuen's Wikispace on Energy - many links on Energy (has some YouTube videos embedded which __can not__ be viewed at school) Art and Image Websites Search Engines keywords, tags (use quotes)
 * "wind power"
 * "wind power opposition"
 * "wind farms"
 * "renewable energy"
 * "wind turbines"

__Just for Fun__ __[|Planet Green Game]__