Big Idea: Energy is conserved and its transformation can affect living things and the environment.

Sometimes, power plants make too much electricity. Energy storage technologies can help! They store the extra electricity and release it when demand goes up.

Wind power is a growing source of electricity generation. But wind projects often affect local wildlife populations, and researchers are using environmental monitoring techniques to alleviate some of these impacts.

The game of billiards shows the principles of collisions, momentum & impulse, and kinetics at work!

This backgrounder has information about both cosmic & neutron radiation.