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   * http://scienceoftech.net/dev/ele/ExperimentalDesign.html
   * http://scienceoftech.net/dev/ele/FaradayLoop.html
-  * http://scienceoftech.net/dev/ele/PowerStrip.html
+Finished Interactives
+  * http://www.scienceoftech.net/ele/power-strip.html
+====Power Up!====
+This was a great interactive from AAAS that asked students to select power plants to achieve a given amount of power, while limiting cost and environmental impact.  The numbers were deliberately messy, so there would be a need to scale up certain power generators to accurately compare with others.  In the original game, only wind and natural gas were complete single-source solutions.  Solar was very expensive and coal was very dirty.  The simulation has been removed from their site, and I have not been able to find the methodology they used to generate cost and environmental impact numbers.
+I have code that mimics the original interactive, and would love to update the numbers to reflect improvements in technology over time.
+====Power Strip====
+Apollo 13
+:16 "You can't even run a vacuum cleaner on 12 Amps!"
+===Essential Ideas===
+  * Measurement: There are a variety of ways to measure electricity. (Volts, Amps, Watts)
+  * Ohm's Law:
+===Core Concepts===
+  - Producing Electrical Energy
+    * Case Study: Generators
+    * Case Study: Batteries
+  - Energy Efficiency
+  - Voltage & Current
+    * Ohm's Law
+    * Case Study Parallel & Series
+  - Power & Energy
+    * Case Study: Power Tools
+    * Case Study: Electric Bill
+  - Alternating Current
+    * Case Study: Fuses
+    * Case Study: Electrocution

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