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Electricity comes from different sources. Where does your country's electricity come from?
Energy use impacts the environment. Are these impacts getting better or worse?
Consumers use different forms of energy for services. What forms are used in your country?
Different sectors require different energy. What uses the most energy in your country?
We've been using fossil fuels for hundreds of years. When will we run out?
You can also try a
random page
, and find something fun!
We have a related project on the
chart of the nuclides
that is under development.
We have a
Canadian Radiation Dose Calculator
where you can check your average annual radiation exposure.
This resource is being used as a textbook to teach a number of courses. If you'd like your own set of pages please
contact us
and we'll work with you to set up chapters for your course as well.
The following are the chapters for the course Introduction to Energy (
University of Calgary's
Physics 371 and
University of Regina's
Physics 140):
Chapter 1
: Modeling energy and matter
Chapter 2
: Ambient, primary and end use energy
Chapter 3
: Energy for everyone!
Chapter 4
: Heat
Chapter 5
: Heat Engines
Chapter 6
: Fossil fuels
Chapter 7
: Environmental Consequences
Chapter 8
: Climate change
Chapter 9
: Nuclear power
Chapter 10
: Renewable energy (flows)
