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Revision as of 15:53, October 28, 2012

Energy merit badge | ||
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Status: | Elective | |
Created: | 1976 | |
Discontinued: | no | |
BSA Advancement ID: | 045 | |
Requirements revision: | 2006 | |
Latest pamphlet revision: | 2005 |
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“ | Saving, producing, and using energy wisely will be critical to America's future. If we are to leave future generations with a world in which they can live as well or better than we have, Scouts and other potential leaders of tomorrow must begin the hard work of understanding energy and the vital role it will play in the future. | ” |
Energy is one of the elective merit badges for the William T. Hornaday awards for Boy Scouts.
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- Energy is a rare merit badge with 2,620 earned in 2007!
Requirement resources
1: Energy Conservation and Efficiency - Energy Conservation - Top 5 Green Myths -
Alliance to Save Energy - Energy Hog Busters
2: Classroom Energy! Energy: The Quick Tour
2a: How Stuff Works: Toasters - Greenhouses - Light Bulbs - Bow Drill - Nuclear Reactors
2b:BSA Crystal Radio Kit or BSA AM/FM Radio Kit converts radio energy to electrical energy and then electrical energy to sound energy.
- A BSA Door Alarm Kit converts mechanical energy to electrical energy and then electrical energy to sound energy.
3: Car Engines convert heat to mechanical energy. Brakes convert mechanical energy to heat.
- Speakers convert electrical energy to sound. Microphones convert sound energy to electricity.
- Light Bulbs & LCD's convert electricity to light. Solar Cells convert light to electricity.
- Wind Turbines convert wind energy to mechanical energy and then mechanical energy to electrical energy.
- Also see: Toasters - Microwave Ovens - Refrigerators - Batteries
4: Energy Audit: The BSA Home Energy Audit is in the Energy Workbook - Other audits: Energy Star - Alliance to Save Energy - Home Energy Saver - Dept of Energy
5: Dept. of Energy Garbage to Energy - Converting Waste to Energy - Energy Efficiency - Electric Buses - Public Transportation - School Energy Audit - Alliance to Save Energy
6: The Future of Energy
- a. The energy resources that supply the United States
- b. The share of energy resources used by the United States that comes from other countries
- c. Energy used by homes, businesses, industry, and transportation
- d. The fuels used to generate America's electricity
- e. The world's known and estimated primary energy resource reserves
7: Biomass digesters or Dept. of Energy Garbage to Energy - Converting Waste to Energy
- Cogeneration plants
- Fossil fuel power plants
- Fuel cells - Fuel Economy
- Geothermal power plants - EIA Energy Kids - Geothermal Power Plants List
- Nuclear power plants - Operating Nuclear Reactors in US
- Solar power systems - Solar Power Articles - Solar Home
- Tidal energy, wave energy, or ocean thermal energy conversion devices - Ocean Energy Council
- Wind turbines - American Wind Energy Association - Alternative Wind Energy News - GE Wind Turbines
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