Movement, heat and energy

Before we begin

1. The book and the proposal
2. For children and the adults beside them
3. How to read and play together
4. Our mission and what we need to check
5. Safety throughout the journey

Rumo’s story

1. The open gate
2. The shrinking river
3. A fish looks for shelter
4. The thirsty field
5. The jug to fill
6. A growing city
7. The light that helps us
8. Where does it come from?
9. Fossil fuels
10. What we cannot see
11. Heat changes things
12. More than one cause
13. The air we breathe
14. Rumo is in a hurry
15. Before it becomes harder
16. A leak to stop
17. Using energy better
18. Sunshine on the roof
19. The wind on the hills
20. A team of solutions
21. A question about nuclear power
22. The sea is full of water
23. Energy for water too
24. The route to our homes
25. The sea needs protection too
26. A place for every question
27. People with knowledge can help us
28. A clear task
29. No magical promises
30. The experts open the book

Movement and heat

1. 01 Water pushes the wheel
2. 02 The blade shaped like two spoons
3. 03 The wheel drives the generator
4. 04 The light bulb comes on
5. 05 Water turns into steam
6. 06 Steam turns the turbine
7. 07 Different ways to obtain energy
8. 08 When we burn a fuel
9. 09 Inside the atom
10. 10 The nucleus splits
11. 11 Movement becomes heat
12. 12 The reaction is controlled
13. 13 Heat passes to the water
14. 14 Two flows of water that stay separate
15. 15 A lot of heat from a little fuel
16. 16 Electricity by day and by night
17. 17 Little carbon dioxide during operation

Explore further

Each topic retains the book’s explanations, activities, images and references.

The journey through protections, water and the future continues in the second volume.