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Nov 02

Building Wind Turbine

Christina StansberryLeave a commentLesson Plans, Renewable EnergyRenewable Resources, RET 2016, Wind Energy

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

Jun 13

Wind Turbine Challenge

Jill LawrenceLeave a commentElectric Grid, Lesson Plans, Renewable EnergyRET 2014, Wind Energy

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

Jun 13

Wind Power Density

Joe FoyLeave a commentLesson Plans, Renewable EnergyRET 2012, Wind Energy

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

Jun 13

Wind Turbine Shape Project

Lauren MigunLeave a commentLesson Plans, Renewable EnergyRET 2015, Wind Energy

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

Jun 08

Wind Energy

Erin WillsLeave a commentRenewable EnergyWind Energy

The article below explores the idea of capturing energy using wind energy in a big city, like New York. Wind Energy in New York

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