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How Wind Turbines Capture Kinetic Energy

Difficulty: Grade 3-5
Time: 40 - 60 minutes
Categories: Renewable Energy, Wind Turbine

Delve into the inner workings of wind turbines, learning how they create kinetic energy, and use it to power communities around the world. Then, using the data from the micro:bit timer, we will complete a mathematical equation to calculate the RPMs of your wind turbine!

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What this lesson includes
Lesson Content
Renewable Energy, Revolutions Per Minute
Real-World Example

Haliade-X by GE Renewable Energy

Coding Tutorial
Block-based
Assessment
N/A
Educator Resources
Finished Code Link
Quickstart Guide

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Learning Goals

  • Understand where the wind comes from and how wind turbines turn it into kinetic energy
  • Explore how Revolutions per Minute (RPM) can be used to calculate how much power is being produced by the wind turbine
  • Design, build, and code your own simulated wind turbine and calculate how much energy is needed to power communities

Materials

  • Climate Action Kit or Wind Turbine Kit
  • micro:bit V2
  • Computer with access to Microsoft MakeCode

Get to Know the Content

  1. Make sure you've completed our 'Getting Started with the Climate Action Kit' course
  2. If it has been awhile, review the kit components featured in this lesson:
  3. Review the lesson