{"id":598019,"date":"2024-01-26T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/?p=598019"},"modified":"2025-04-03T12:32:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T16:32:43","slug":"ultimate-green-energy-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/my-missions\/ultimate-green-energy-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultimate Green Energy Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hey Earth Rangers! Do you know about clean energy? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clean energy is going to be super important for saving our planet. We\u2019re going to talk about three types today: Hydropower, wind energy, and solar energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do they work? Is one better than the rest? Which would win the Ultimate Green Energy Showdown???<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Hydropower<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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Hydropower has been around for ages! In ancient times, it helped people with things like milling wheat. Now, it’s a major source of electricity. We harness hydropower from rivers and oceans using turbines or water wheels. When these spin, they generate electricity. How awesome is that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve got the power: <\/strong>Want to see hydropower in action? Try building your own water wheel! All you need is a paper plate, cups, a skewer or straw, and tape or glue!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wind Energy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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Wind is fantastic! It moves boats, spins windmills, gives us a nice breeze, and can even make electricity. Wind turbines can be put in windy places like hills, open plains, or near water. When the propellers spin, they create electricity. How wind-erful <\/em>is that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve got the power: <\/strong>You can totally make your own wind turbine! It only takes a few items to put one together, so what\u2019s stopping you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Solar Energy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
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Solar energy has been around\u2026 forever! After all, the sun is older than the Earth. Using it for electricity is a newer idea. In the past, people used glass or mirrors to capture the sun’s rays and make fires. Now, we use solar panels with photovoltaic cells. These cells generate electricity when they get hit by light, through a process called the “photovoltaic effect.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve got the power: <\/strong>You can capture your own solar power! Why not build a solar oven? We\u2019ve got a cool Solar S\u2019mores recipe you can bake inside it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which of these green energies do you think is the best? Have you tried any of the experiments? Let us know in the comments!<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There\u2019s a lot more to learn about renewable energy! You can expand your knowledge by checking out the We\u2019ve Got the Power Mission<\/strong> on the Earth Rangers app to learn more about the many kinds of clean and green energy. Accept the \u201cWe\u2019ve got the power\u201d mission to find out how you can make your very own wind turbine or water wheel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Hey Earth Rangers! Do you know about clean energy?  Clean energy is going to be super important for saving our planet. We\u2019re going to talk about three types today: Hydropower, wind energy, and solar energy. How do they work? Is one better than the rest? Which would win the Ultimate Green Energy Showdown??? Hydropower Hydropower […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136598,"featured_media":598020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[931,586,1416],"tags":[326,49,551,1559,1561,97,1387,1646,1647],"class_list":{"0":"post-598019","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all","8":"category-my-missions","9":"category-weve-got-the-power","10":"tag-climate","11":"tag-climate-change","12":"tag-missions","13":"tag-solar","14":"tag-solar-energy","15":"tag-water","16":"tag-weve-got-the-power","17":"tag-wind","18":"tag-wind-energy"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136598"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598019"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":603900,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598019\/revisions\/603900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}