Energy

Energy

Take your time to explore this site and find out a lot about energy, where it comes from and how to save energy in everyday life. Click on the different items on the picture to find texts, facts and figures. Switch your computer's sounds on to listen to the texts. Very useful if you're particularly interested in this topic!

http://www.tivi.de/fernsehen/logo/popup_html/23800/index.html

Energy

Text with information about ways of producing energy. The text is written for children.

http://www.sowieso.de/portal/lexikon/108/108/E

The nuclear disaster in Japan and nuclear energy

Video (9:35 minutes) about the nuclear disaster in Japan and nuclear energy in general. This is a site for children and young people, so the content is accessible; listen closely to learn words related to this topic. The video was broadcast about a week after the catastrophe – parts of the films describe the current situation back then.

http://www.wdr.de/tv/neuneinhalb/sendungen/201

Nuclear power plants in Germany

Here you find a map of Germany showing where there are nuclear power plants. The short text next to the map is very challenging and most suited as a source of information for teachers.

http://www.spiegel.de/flash/flash-24377.html

Nuclear phase-out: pros and cons

Two young people give pros for and cons against the phasing out of nuclear power. (After the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, the German government decided to phase out nuclear power in Germany by 2022.)

http://www.schekker.de/content/atomausstieg

Renewable energies

Very basic text (content-wise) on this site for children about renewable energies (solar energy, wind energy, water energy) and how they are produced. Click on the arrow or on the writing in the lower right-hand corner to get to the next part of the text.

http://www.tivi.de/fernsehen/logo/artikel/02187/in

Renewable energies

On this site of a TV news programme for children and young people you find an article about renewable energies. It contains good words for this topic, some of which will have to be explained/looked up (for example Erdöl and Bodenschätze). Otherwise the text is accessible.

http://www.wdr.de/tv/neuneinhalb/lexikon/E/erneuerbare

Wind energy

Accessible text (with photos) about wind energy. The link has been designed for foreign learners. Click on the blue words in the text for a German explanation in a new window. Click on Weiter zu Seite 2 … under the text to get to the second part of the text (which contains a diagram showing a wind power station). Under the text you will find links to sites with further information about wind energy as well as proverbs and idioms containing the word Wind (the latter are given with German explanations). Click on Text zum Ausdrucken under the text to download the site as a PDF document.

http://www.hueber.de/sixcms/list.php?page=landesku

Green power

Article about a German village that uses only green power, which is generated in a biogas plant (from manure and renewable resources like grain).

• hautsächlich in the last paragraph of the section „Grüne“ Energie should be hauptsächlich.

http://www.geo.de/GEOlino/technik/63713.html

Saving water and energy

Go to this PDF file for 6 nice pages containing a 'test' about saving water and energy in everyday life. The site is designed for children and very accessible. In the leftmost column you find a category from the field of environment, water and energy, as for example Licht ausmachen. You are given three statements: choose the statement that is most appropriate for you and write down your score (which is given after each statement). On page 4 you are then given a table to analyse your answers (you can also give your own tips for saving water/energy here); page 5 gives you tips for saving energy and water (in the test you are given – in the rightmost column – hints to this section). On page 6 you are given the results of the test after you've reckoned your points.

Note the following mistakes:

•  In the section Zieht euch warm an!: (1) im Haus/Wohnung should be im Haus/in der Wohnung (occurs twice); (2) Jahrezeiten (in the column B) should be Jahreszeiten. (3) Unsrer Wohnräume should be Unsere Wohnräume.

•  In the section Wasser ahoi: in die Badewanne should be in der Badewanne.

•  There is no name for the category after Wasserverbrauch bei der WC-Spülung.

•  In the section Technik an und aus: Unser technischen Geräte should be Unsere technischen Geräte.

•  In the section Tipps: in tip number 3: im an kalten Tagen should be an kalten Tagen.

Despite these mistakes the site is well worth visiting!

•  Note that the sentence Steter Tropfen kostet viel! in the last line of the second page is phrased according to the proverb Steter Tropfen höhlt den Stein.

http://www.bmu-kids.de/Basteln/Umweltcheck/umweltcheck.pdf

Saving electricity

On this site for children you will find a short text with information about how to save electricity in everyday life.

http://www.jolinchen.de/rd/619.php

Saving energy in your school

Read this accessible article (written for children) for tips of how to save energy in your school.

http://www.jolinchen.de/rd/2281.php

Tips for saving energy

Tips for saving energy (directly as well as indirectly) on this site for children.

http://www.geo.de/GEOlino/natur/52566.html

Reducing carbon dioxide emissions in everyday life

Tips for reducing carbon dioxide emissions in everyday life on this site designed for children (PDF file, one page).

http://www.wdr.de/tv/neuneinhalb/downloads