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How Electricity is Made
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Kids are full of questions about energy and Alliant Energy, a coal company, provides answers with a free curriculum called "Energy Zone," which teaches students how energy works, where it comes from, how to conserve it and how to stay safe around it. The free kit contains 30 activity books, classroom posters, and lesson plans that make learning about energy fun and interactive.
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This is propaganda because
In its effort to communicate the value of the coal industry, this curriculum will inevitably be biased towards the coal industry's point of view. Perhaps teachers will value the free materials, but it's unlikely that young children will recognize the biased and point of view embedded in it. Potentially harmful if it omits information about cleaner energy sources like wind, nuclear and solar.
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http://www.alliantenergykids.com/EnergyBasics/AllAboutElectricity/000419
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