Understand how a wind turbine works, by making a simple model.
Key Words Wind turbine, wind farm, pinwheel, blades, force, spin
Resources
RED and AMBER = Bendy plastic straws, paper fasteners, scissors, hole punch
GREEN = scissors, a pencil, a ruler, a piece of sticky tape, a long paper fastener, 2 large card wheels, 4 small paper clips, a range of card materials to test (e.g. paper, thin card, thick card, rigid plastic, thick aluminum take-away
foil), pupil record card to record results.
Recap on what pupils found out in lesson 2 about wind power
Red Make the model wind turbine using page 33 of you energy project book, with help from your group teacher
Amber Make the of the wind turbine using the instructions on page 33 of you energy project book.
Green Make the model of the wind turbine using the instructions on page 40 of your energy project book.
In your groups Judge who made the best wind turbine model.
This student compared three different sizes of her windmill, but which one was the best?
This student thought that going massive would be really good, but the material he was using wasn't up to it. Make sure you think about the material that you are using before you make your's
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