Grades 9-12
These hands-on, critical thinking activities help students to develop a comprehensive understanding of the scientific, economic, environmental, technological, and societal aspects of wind energy. Students are challenged to design the optimum blades for a turbine and consider the best place to locate a turbine. The kit comes with a Teacher Guide, a Student Guide, and the materials necessary to conduct the activities, including two KidWind™ Geared Turbines.
Student and Teacher guides are also available in PDF format as a FREE download.
Also available as an e-publication: Teacher Guide Student Guide
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- Exploring Wind Energy Teacher Guide Free PDF Download
- Exploring Wind Energy Student Guide Free PDF Download
- Exploring Wind Energy Kit with 1 Teacher & Student Guide $550.00
- One Teacher & One Student Guide $5.00
- Class Set of Exploring Wind Energy Consumables $55.00
- Wind Can Do Work Mini-Kit $6.00
Materials in Exploring Wind Energy Kit
2 Alligator clips
1 Anemometer
30 Binder clips
1 Compass
1 Genecon
1 Roll masking tape
2 Multimeters
30 Pencils
75 Snow cone cups
1 Box straight pins
100 Extra-long straws
30 Small straws
1 Digital anemometer
1 Wind vane
1 Teacher and 1 Student Guide
*KidWind™ Kit
*Materials in KidWind™ Kit
- Blade materials sheets (balsa and corrugated plastic sheets)
- 150 Dowels
- 10 Airfoil blades
- 10 Hubs
- 2 Tower and base setups
- 2 Geared nacelles
- 1 Power output pack
- 2 Gear sets
- 1 Sandpaper sheet
- Blade pitch protractor
Materials in Class Set of Exploring Wind Energy Consumables
30 Binder clips
30 Pencils
75 Snow cone cups
1 Box straight pins
100 Extra-long straws
40 Small straws
72 Dowel Rods
Materials in Wind Can Do Work Mini-Kit
Suitable for 1 student or small group
1 Foam Cup
10 paper clips
1 Stirrer straw
1 Long straw
1.5’ String
1 Binder Clip
2 Straight pins
Additional wind resources are available here.
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