I’ve Discovered Energy by Todd Plummer, 2009, Marshall Cavendish Corp.
Meet the energy experts from Galileo to Einstein.  Examine the timeline of energy history.  Try your own energy experiments on the greenhouse effect, heat absorption, static electricity, and more.  See step-by-step illustrated instructions for the experiments.  Learn about kinetic, mechanical, potential, renewable, static, and thermal energy.  Check out how energy is at work everywhere.  You‘ll be energized!

Energy by Chris Woodford, 2007, DK Publishing.
Can cold things contain heat?  What are fossil fuels?  How does food act as fuel for our bodies?  Where is the world‘s largest hydroelectric plant? From lightning to light bulbs energy is at work all around us.  Find out how solar panels and surfing are related to energy.  You‘ll be amazed with facts like these: “In a single second the Sun makes enough power to supply energy to the Earth for one million years” and “Switching off a computer screen overnight saves enough energy to print 800 pieces of paper.”

Full of Energy by Sally Hewitt, 1997, Children‘s Press of Grolier Publishing.
Sometimes our bodies use only a little energy, as in reading.  Sometimes our bodies use a lot of energy, as in running.  When you feel hungry, your body needs fuel to give you more energy.  Look at ways that you and other animals get and use energy.  Find out if your energy needs change in different seasons.  Try out some simple activities to help you learn more about you and energy.

Energy by John Woodruff, 1998, Raintree Steck-Vaughn.
Read about energy efficiency and do an investigation with insulators.  Learn about biological energy and record how grass clippings make heat.  Find out about electrical energy and make a battery.  See how energy comes from water and use household materials to create a waterwheel.  After you read about each type of energy, use your own energy to do the investigations for yourself.

Letting off Steam: The Story of Geothermal Energy by Linda Jacobs, 1989, Carolrhoda Books.
You‘ve seen steam come out of a boiling tea kettle or even out of a hot bowl of soup.  Steam is water in the form of gas and can even come out of the Earth.  The heat from the Earth‘s core makes geothermal energy. You can see the steam as it erupts out of geysers like Old Faithful in Wyoming‘s Yellowstone National Park.   Learn more about the geothermal energy in hot springs, fumaroles, and mud pots.  Think “green” to preserve this natural resource.

Energy by John Farndon, 2003, Marshall Cavendish Corp.
Did you ever hear someone say “It‘s so hot we can fry an egg on the sidewalk?”  If you make the solar cooker shown in this book, you can cook an egg in the hot sunshine for yourself.  See how energy from the Sun works through energy chains to power even your TV or computer. Written by established author and scientist John Farndon (pictured).

Environmental Experiments about Renewable Energy by Thomas R. Rybolt & Robert C. Mebane, 1994, Enslow Publishers.
When you burn wood in a fireplace, you are using biomass or energy from plants.  Biomass, solar, wind, water, and geothermal are renewable sources of energy.  They can help reduce pollution and can help prevent global warming.  Try the 16 experiments in this book to learn more about all these forms of renewable energy.

Alternative Energy Sources by Gary Chandler & Kevin Graham, 1996, Twenty-First Century Books.
Do you want to reduce pollution and protect the environment?  If so, then you‘ll want to know more about alternative energy sources like the Sun and wind.  One day you may even want to build a house from salt-treated wood to retain heat and use solar panels to provide your electricity. Maybe you‘ll even have a solar-powered lawn mower!  Or, you may one day become a wind farmer with your own fields of wind turbines.  Think about ways you might contribute to a cleaner, greener Earth.

Energy by Jack Challoner, 1993, DK Publishing.
From ancient times, people have used energy to do work.  At first only muscle energy was used.  Later, simple tools, then machines, natural resources, and even nuclear energy were used.  Magnetism to muscle power, Faraday to Franklin, and aircraft to atomic bombs are all included in this extensive look at energy.

Fuels for the Future by Steve Parker, 1998, Raintree SteckVaughn.
Kilojoules (kj) are measurement units of fuels and the energy they provide.  For a person, a two-mile walk would take 250 kj, and one banana would provide the fuel for that walk. There are many other kinds of fuel and lots of uses for them.  Non-renewable fuels will eventually be depleted. In the future, we all need to find creative resources and ways to use fuels more efficiently