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40min
Grades: 4

Do You Harvest Wind on a Wind Farm?

PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Do You Harvest Wind on a Wind Farm?

Curiosity trigger

The students construct wind turbines, thanks to which in tests and experiments they will be able convert wind energy into electrical energy. They will watch a film featuring an expert and will discuss the pluses and minuses of wind power.
Curriculum and Skills
Work and Life Skills:
Creative problem-solving
Environmental awareness
In this lesson, you will cover:
NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS:
4-PS3-4. Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
4-ESS3-1. Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment. [
You will need
a plastic bottle, thin copper winding wire, red LED, insulating tape, a neodymium magnet, a wooden kebab skewer, scissors or a knife, a styrofoam disc, cardboard, plasticine, a hairdryer.
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