Wind Turbine Design Challenge

Grade level: 8
Time required: 5 class periods
Cost: $0 if recycled materials are used.
MA frameworks: Technology/Engineering 2.1 - 2.5, also basic physics concepts of work, power.

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This challenge allows students to explore both the structural design required for supporting a wind turbine during generation and the blade design needed to create the most power from a given wind resource. Issues of structural integrity, electrical energy, work & power calculations, and the equivalence of different forms of energy can be addresed.

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LINK HERE for the Wind Turbine Design Challenge Worksheet.