Secondary students develop a comprehensive understanding about wind formation, wind energy, and electricity generation from wind through reading, critical thinking activities, and hands-on investigations. The kit comes with a Teacher Guide, a class set of Student Guides, and the materials necessary to conduct the activities, including two KidWind Basic Turbines and a geared nacelle to convert one turbine to a geared turbine.
This kit includes:
Anemometer
Wind gauge
Wind vane
Genecon and Book
Box of snow cone cups
Multimeters
Compass
Large straws
Small straws
Straight pins
Pencils
Small binder clips
Alligator Clips
Masking Tape
¼” Dowels
18” Long balsa sheets
16” Long chloroplast sheets
Hub
PVC 1’ 90 degree Joints
PVC 1’ T-Joints (2 with drilled holes)
PVC 6” pipe
PVC 24” pipe
PVC 2” pipe
PVC couplers
Generators
Geared Head Assembly
¼” Dowels
Visual Voltmeter
Extra Generators
Teacher guide
Student Guides
Not in this kit:
Foam cups
Hole punch
Rulers
Scissors
Permanent Markers
Tape
Additional Equipment Needed:
Fan
Worksheets:
NEED Wind Energy BINGO
Wind Speed Calculation Worksheet
Engineer's Notebook
Blade Design Challenge Design Brief
Blade Testing & Analysis Worksheet
Testing Stations Worksheet
Experimental Design Worksheet
Design 3 Blades Worksheet
Design a Turbine Worksheet
Modification Log
Specification Sheet
Blade Design Challenge Certificate
*See video with assembly instructions and tips at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjsGrWioLlk
This kit is kept at the following locations aside from CWE:
Northern Virginia
Susan Bardenhagen
VAST Region V Coordinator
Cell: 703-338-95895
Richmond – Science Museum of Virginia
Chuck English
Phone: 804-864-1430
Roanoke – Science Museum of Western Virginia
Hannah Weiss
Phone: 540.342.5710
Cell: 914-450-0229