Week 3 - Monday

Today was a great day.  I started with 5 multiple answer questions just to see where the students were with the topic of energy literacy.  I had them shout out the answers.  It was such a relief when they answered correctly!

After an introduction to wind power, the younger students split off and went to a separate room with a few of the other instructors.  They were led through the younger student handout (available in the previous post).  The rest of us worked with the older kids on the math worksheet.  This went really well!  The students stuck with it and worked through all of the wind energy calculations.

The younger kids joined us and, working in pairs, all of the students built anemometers out of cardboard, paper cups, and a stick pin. 

Once built, they tested their designs in front of floor fans.  The top design got 240+ revolutions per minute.

We awarded prizes for the top 6 outcomes. 

Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 10, 2012, we head to Palm Springs for a professional wind tour.

We will be back together as a group on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 to build wind turbines that, when they spin,, light a light bulb.



Graphic source http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/images/anemo-meter.gif
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