Materials List:
Does It Cut It? Understanding Wind Turbine Blade Performance
https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/ucd_windturbine_activity1
Each group needs:
- scratch paper, 1 sheet
- scissors
- marker
- 2 sheets of cardboard, each 1 x 1 foot (30 x 30 cm)
- 2-6 wooden dowels, four-inches (10 cm) long x 3/8-inch (9.525-mm) diameter
- masking tape, 12 inches (30 cm)
- Wind Turbine Activity Worksheet, one per student
To share with the entire class:
- wind turbine tester; construct for ~$20 using materials and instructions at https://www.instructables.com/id/Model-Wind-Turbine-KidWind-Project/
- electrical multimeter
- electric fan with multiple speeds, 14-20 inch (35-50 cm) diameter preferred
- protractor
- 2 large charts, such as on a classroom board or large sheets of paper (see Table 1), into which teams record their initial design and redesign results
- computer and projector to show the Wind Turbine Design Presentation, a PowerPoint® file