Building Wind Turbines with the Engineering Design Process

Students sitting in a circle on grey carpet with a printout, a ruler, and pencils.
Learning Goals

Learning Goals:

  1. Engage in hands on activities where students conduct experiments at various energy stations and building a model wind turbine
  2. Design and build a model wind turbine that is able to turn and generate energy
Materials List

Group Supplies

  • Wind Turbine Kit (example)
  • Box Fan

Important Links

Lesson 5 of 6 / Time: 60 minutes

This lesson appears as a part of the following:
Water Power Implementation Toolkit

This is a hands-on lesson where students in their small groups plan the blueprints and build wind turbines.

Understanding Energy Through Wind Turbines

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