Wind Workforce/Curricula/Wind Turbine Generators

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Wind Turbine Generators
less than 1 hr
Advanced
200 +
In this activity, you will build a simple generator and explore how these variables affect generator performance. Uses probes to collect data.

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:

Physics

Topics:

Turbines

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