Indiana Science Grade 8

Chapter 9: Thermal Energy

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Topic: Automobile Engines

Visit these sites to learn more about how internal combustion engines were developed for use in cars. Use the information to complete the activity in your book.

How Car Engines Work

( http://www.howstuffworks.com/engine.htm )
Engine Simulation

( http://ir.chem.cmu.edu/irproject/applets/engine/ )
The History of the Automobile

( http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarsgasa.htm )
History of the Internal-Combustion Engine

( http://www.imperialclub.com/Repair/Engine/history.htm )

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Visit these sites for more information about NASA's Urban Heat Island Project.

Here Comes Urban Heat

( http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/essd16mar_1m.htm )
Welcome to the Thunder Dome

( http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/essd26apr99_1.htm )
What's Hot in Huntsville and What's Not: A NASA Thermal Remote Sensing Project

( http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/land/heatisl/heatisl.htm )
Urban Heat Island Pilot Project

( http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/uhipp/urban_uhipp.html )
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