Wind Energy Lesson Plans
By Subject and Grade Level
Elementary School - Grades K-5
Middle School - Grades 6-8
High School - Grades 9-12
- Construct and test a windmill to observe how design and position affect the electrical energy produced. (9-12)
- Propeller design, building a horizontal and vertical axis wind turbines, efficiency of turbine blades, turbine generators, measuring wind speed, building a data-logging anemometer. (K-12)
- Energy worksheets: biomass, coal, geothermal, hydropower, natural gas, petroleum, propane, solar, uranium, wind.(9-12)
- Energy from Wind and Moving Water (11-12)
- Exploring Wind Energy (6-12)
- A WebQuest about offshore windfarms in the United States. (10-12)
- Wind Energy Questions (Worksheet Answers) (9-12)
- Energy worksheets: biomass, coal, geothermal, hydropower, natural gas, petroleum, propane, solar, uranium, wind.(9-12)
- Scale models and the issues surrounding models and their accuracy when developing a large wind farm.(5-12)
- See the difference in the speed and smoothness of the wind at different altitudes above the earth (5-12)
- A variety of ideas for building turbines and teacher handouts (5-12)
- What is a wind power curve and what does is tell us about a wind turbine? (6-12)
- Collect & Analyze Local Wind Data (9-12)
- Build models of wind turbines and experiment with the types of changes that will increase efficiency. (6-12)
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