Students will read a story about wind energy and discuss how we can use wind turbines to capture and turn wind into energy for electricity. The students will discuss using renewable resources versus non-renewable resources to produce electricity. They will Read more
In this lesson students will work in groups to design the blades for a wind turbine that will generate at least 2 volts of electricity and will light their house. Lesson 3-wind turbine challenge
First, students will open Excel, import instructor’s output file, create a 2D graph. A student learning activity will be to format axes, legends, titles for this graph. This will not be done as part of lesson setup. Second, students will Read more
In this activity, students will explore how various changes to the design of a wind turbine will change the efficiency. Students will learn the basics of how electricity is generated by wind and how shape and texture can vary the Read more
The article below explores the idea of capturing energy using wind energy in a big city, like New York. Wind Energy in New York