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[|Electricity: How it can be created]
 * This website was called What is Electricity! and was on About.com Inventor's Website. It had a copyright of 2012. The website got it's info from the D.O.E. (Department of Energy)--a Reliable source!

Collect sources and cite them in a bibliography media type="custom" key="12194176"Swept Blades by Bleucho
 * //When preparing for the debate, your team needs to have quite a bit of background knowledge. Here are some sample topics team members may choose to answer for your energy team.//**
 * How is the energy produced from the source?
 * What technologies are used in the production of the energy?
 * Where is the energy produced? (Actual geographic location as well as in general--i.e. in a power plant, beside a river, in a car, a photovoltaic cell...)
 * What are the advantages for your energy source in the following categories:
 * Availability: Where can you find it? How much is there?
 * Economically: What are the costs involved with this type of energy?
 * Environmentally: How does it impact the environment? What steps are people doing to reduce harm to the environment?
 * Ethically: Is it ethical to use this form of energy? Why or why not?
 * Safety: How safe is it to use this form of energy? What precautions are being used to prevent harm?
 * Socially: Are their advantages to society for using this energy?
 * Is this energy source a renewable or nonrenewable source of energy? How do you know? What steps are being done so that we can continue using this source of energy?
 * Is your source of energy one that is used to generate electricity in Missouri? If so, where and how is it produced? If not, why not? Where is the closest location to Missouri it is produced?
 * Interesting fact finding person. Perhaps someone can locate a chart or video that explains something about your energy source.
 * What jobs are available for working with this form of energy? You could even Skype someone who works in a career related to your energy resource.

US Map showing where energy resources are found

Victoria Barq from the Nuclear Energy Institute in Washington, D.C. sent me an email today with resources she recommends: U.S. Energy Information Administration - [] · U.S. Department of Energy - []  ->(bottom left-hand side) · U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - [] · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – RadTown USA - [] · Tennessee Valley Authority - [] · Clean and Safe Energy Coalition – Energy in Your State - []