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Student Guide
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Cover Photo:129MW Forward Wind Energy Center. Photo by Invenergy LLC, NREL 16037
Wind is Energy was developed by The NEED Project with funding from the American Wind Energy Association.
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Wind Question: What evidence is there that the wind is blowing? Observe the wind. Draw pictures of evidence that the wind is blowing.
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Wind Question: What evidence did you find that proved the wind was blowing? Look back at your evidence that the wind was blowing. Describe how the wind was blowing. Write about what you saw that proves the wind was blowing. ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ©2022
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Energy Search Question: How do we use energy at school? Energy is light.
Energy is sound.
Energy is heat.
Energy is motion and growth.
Energy runs machines.
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Pinwheels Question: What makes the pinwheel spin? ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ©2022
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Wind Can Do Work, Part 1 Guiding Question: How can wind do work? Question: What will happen when wind blows into the windmill? I predict ______________________________________ _____________________________________________ because ______________________________________ _____________________________________________ Draw a picture and use words to explain what happened.
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1. Make your windmill. 2. Draw a diagram of the windmill below and label the parts. Windmill Diagram
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Wind Can Do Work, Part 2
Question: How many paper clips can the wind lift to the top of the windmill?
I predict ______________________________________ _____________________________________________ because ______________________________________ _____________________________________________ Trial
Number of Paper Clips
Lifted to the top? (Yes or No)
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Blade Design Ideas Question: ____________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Weightlifter Turbine Diagram
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Draw some ideas you have for what the blades could look like. My blade design ideas...
My group’s blade design will be...
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Blade Investigation Question: ____________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ I predict ______________________________________ _____________________________________________ because ______________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Data:
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Data and Observations Continued:
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Wind Can Do Work Conclusion How does wind do work? What did you learn in your windmill investigations? How much work did your windmills do? Is the wind a good source of energy to do work? Why or why not? ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 16
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Wind Measurement Tools Draw diagrams of the wind measuring tools you will be using. Label each one and tell what it measures.
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Measuring the Wind Question: Will the wind blow the same speed in different locations around the school? I predict ______________________________________ _____________________________________________ because ______________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Data and Observations: From what direction is the wind blowing? _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________
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Revolutions in 10 Seconds
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Wind Reflection What did you learn about wind and energy? What is the most important thing you learned? ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 20
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What are You Wondering About? After learning something new, scientists often have even more questions to which they want to find answers. • What questions about wind do you still have? • How can you find the answers to your questions?
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National Sponsors and Partners Adapt2 Solutions Alaska Electric Light & Power Company American Electric Power Foundation American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers Arizona Sustainability Alliance Armstrong Energy Corporation Robert L. Bayless, Producer, LLC Baltimore Gas & Electric Berkshire Gas - Avangrid BG Group/Shell BP America Inc. Blue Grass Energy Bob Moran Charitable Giving Fund Boys and Girls Club of Carson (CA) Buckeye Supplies Cape Light Compact–Massachusetts Central Alabama Electric Cooperative CLEAResult Clover Park School District Clovis Unified School District Colonial Pipeline ComEd Confluence ConocoPhillips Constellation Delmarva Power Dominion Energy, Inc. Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation DonorsChoose Duke Energy Duke Energy Foundation East Baton Rouge Parish Schools East Kentucky Power EcoCentricNow EDP Renewables EduCon Educational Consulting Enel Green Power North America Eugene Water and Electric Board Eversource Exelon Exelon Foundation Exelon Generation Foundation for Environmental Education FPL The Franklin Institute George Mason University – Environmental Science and Policy Georgia Power Gerald Harrington, Geologist Government of Thailand–Energy Ministry Green Power EMC Greenwired, Inc.
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