Planet Power

Description

Explore six renewable energy technologies that are used around the world! Accessible verse and lush illustrations introduce children to important information about how we can harness the planet’s natural resources including wind, water and sun. Inset boxes define new words like “turbine,” while extensive endnotes further explain the science behind each power source and the benefits of clean energy.

Highlights the many ways in which countries around the world harness the power of natural resources to preserve our planet. Types of clean energy explored include:

• • Hydropower in Paraguay
• • Solar power in India
• • Wind power in China
• • Tidal power in the United States of America
• • Geothermal energy in Kenya
• • Wave power in Gibraltar