This book contains 10 hands-on, engaging wind energy experiments for elementary students and a culminating wind energy engineering project.

Description

Students explore wind energy through the use of KidWind MINI Wind Turbines and the Vernier Energy Sensor. Topics covered include energy transfer; basic electric circuits; and the effect of blade variables such as pitch, shape, quantity, mass, and material.

Included with Investigating Wind Energy

• 10 ready-to-use student experiments and a culminating engineering project

• Access to up-to-date versions of the experiments

• Instructions for data collection with Logger Lite and LabQuest App

• Essential instructor information including teaching tips, suggested answers, and sample data and graphs

• Word-processing files of the student experiments, so you can edit the files to match your teaching preferences