Need To Know Board: Experiment #2

Design and test a wind generator using simple household and/or laboratory equipment and create a sales pitch/commercial/magazine ad to market your product to families and schools. The design should also be accompanied by a written report (submitted by Google Doc) detailing the science and experiments supporting your design.

1) What do I think I know? 

• Wind turbines are used to generate electricity.
• Wind turbines are environmentally friendly, but they are not our main source of energy.
• Many turbines together are called wind farms.

2) Questions to ask

• How do you transfer energy from a turbine into electricity we use?
• How does a wind turbine work?

3) Topics to Explore

• Wind Turbines
• Circuits
• Renewable Electricity