La conquista dell'Energia

The conquest of Energy (La Conquista dell'Energia) This multimedia course is devoted to stimulate the understanding of how men won and exploited energy during the past and which are nowadays problems and outlooks in the management of this fundamental resource. It mostly addresses to teachers and students of compulsory school, but also to anyone whishing to enlarge his/her cultural horizons on a subject of social and economic relevance. It consists of three parts: (i) The energy in the history of mankind; this is mainly an historical and technical/scientific section, describing the most important step in the conquest of energy. (ii) The energy sources and the renewable energies; here is presented a roundup of the different sources of energy. This help us to understand not only when they have been discovered, but also how they are still now exploited, which are nowadays problems and outlooks. (iii) Energy, environment and energy saving; this section aims to give us a general summary about the benefits and the environmental costs related to the exploitation of the different kinds of energy, paying attention to energy saving. A good part of a material is also suitable for children in the first years of (Italian) primary school, even if they must be driven by the teacher. Other sections, like closer looks and historical notes, are more suitable for students towards the end of their compulsory schooling, or higher. Some sections are for teachers too, so to give them a complete picture of the subject, and it can be useful also for people whishing to have a general summary about the development of energy resources that are at the material base of our society. It is always a difficult task to find relevant experiments, so we have put some "role games". They provide the opportunity to involve the young students in the subject. Playing the role of some 1 character the child has to consider critically the problems pointed out by the game and the weak and strong points of different positions. This introductory multimedia, rich in images, animations, interactive games and simple experiments, provides a suitable mean to introduce the concepts starting from every day experience. It is presented in two version, on CD ROM

L'ABSTRACT inteso come breve descrizione introduttiva del multimediale si trova alla pagina http://informando.infm.it/html/frame_scuola_prodotti.htm La storia della scoperta delle fonti di energia, il loro utilizzo, i problemi derivati e le prospettive future. Un multimediale per tutti, con animazioni e giochi interattivi. Disponibile anche in inglese, spagnolo, tedesco, francese.