Electric City

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• Electrical Engineering: A history of electrical engineering, with links giving good historical background.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://engine.ieee.org/history_center/general_info/programs_and_projects/exhibits/century_of_electricals/century_menu.html
• Electricity and Electrical Power: Some Key Stage 4 pages about electricity and electrical power produced by Anglia Multimedia.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.anglia.co.uk/angmulti/learning/science/elec41/
• Misconceptions: Common misconceptions in electricity. Fun... but be careful - some of the 'corrections' are themselves misconceptions.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/miscon/elect.html
• Hydroelectricity: Some information about the growing use of hydroelectricity and other renewable sources.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/ieo97/hydro.html
• Hydroelectric Power: A recent Greenpeace press release about hydroelectric power.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/atlantic/press/pr_21may.html
• Hoover Dam Home Page: A virtual information centre with pictures, facts and figures.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.hooverdam.com/
• AC Generator: A nice (but large) graphic of a generator, with a discussion of how it produces AC voltage. It has a link to a page about the DC generator.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~imamura/203/may29/may29.html
• DC Generator: A simple DC generator made by reversing a motor.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.schoolnet.ca/math_sci/phys/electric-club/page32.html
• Rectifying AC: A laboratory sheet.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://matse1.mse.uiuc.edu/~tw/sc/e.html
• Transformers: A simple explanation in the net notes for Electromagnetism, another programme within the Physical Processes 2 unit of the Channel 4 Schools series Science in Focus.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.channel4.com/schools/online_resources/netnotes/sifpp2/sifpp2nn2.html
• Transformers: Transformers and how they are useful to electrical power distribution.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.windows.umich.edu/spaceweather/transformer_explain.html
• Luxor Hotel: A holiday guide with some pictures as well as facts and figures about this extraordinary hotel.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.turnstok.demon.co.uk/world/lasveg/luxor.htm
• Fluorescent Lamps: Fluorescant lamps, among other things, are explained in this question-and-answer page.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://landau1.phys.virginia.edu/Education/Teaching/HowThingsWork/fluorescent_lamps.html
• Nikola Tesla: Nikola Tesla and the Niagara Falls.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://zmaj.etf.bg.ac.yu:81/Prez/Tesla/niagara.html
• Nikola Tesla: Biography of Nikola Tesla. Interesting and clear.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.in-search-of.com/frames/biographies/telsa_nikola/telsa.html
• Tesla's AC System: Photo of Tesla's alternating current system. Slow to download!
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/whous3.html
• Thomas Edison: Thomas Edison's view of AC, with link to an essay about early electricity generation.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://infozone.telluride.co.us/store/acpower/edison.html