Wind Workforce/Curricula/Build a Wind Farm

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Build a Wind Farm
1 - 2 hrs
Moderate
200 +
In this project, you will design a wind farm, a collection of wind turbines grouped together to create a single wind power plant. The wind farm you design will provide electricity to one or more KidWind Small Water Pumps with the goal of moving as much water as you can, as high as possible

Resources for this lesson plan:

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Education Levels:

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Middle School 7 - 8


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High School 9 - 12


Subjects:

Engineering

Topics:

Turbines

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