Welcome to our series sharing Homeschool Resources: Cooking & Virtual Field Trip. I would like to ask you to check out the resources I’ve shared with you and let me know if you’ve used these resources with your students or not. Charlie and I can’t wait to check out Kids Cook Real Food for his Homeschool Home Economics Cooking Class. Would you like to join Charlie and me as he learns to cook?
Engaging online video courses help your kids master essential cooking skills. Your kids will make entire recipes on their own with confidence while you all enjoy quality family time. Offer ends, 5/9!
CalEnergy: Virtual Tour– Grades 3 and up, with parental supervision
At this website, you can take a tour of a Geothermal Power Plant to see how the natural heat of the earth is used to generate electricity for homes and businesses.
Geothermal power is a renewable source of energy and does not rely on coal or other fossil fuels to create electricity.
When you get to the site you’ll see a picture of a geothermal plant. Select a numbered icon to view the tour that is presented through a series of narrated videos that include animations, illustrations and sound. Explore each phase of the geothermal power plant operation that includes:
- A look at the geothermal resources far below the surface of the earth.
- An explanation of how these resources are brought to the earth’s surface and converted into steam.
- Info on how the steam is used to spin turbines and generate electricity.
- A view of how unused fluid is returned to the earth to sustain the geothermal resource so it can be used again.
To see all phases of the tour from start to finish, just click on the “G” on the picture for “Grand Tour.”
The site includes a “Glossary of Terms” in case you need clarification on some of the vocabulary used in the tour.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
