MacGyver Windmills
Description
Students will use a limited amount of materials to design and build functioning windmill models. They will use these models to convert wind into mechanical energy in order to lift weights. Using the scientific method, they will conduct trials, change variables, and work to improve the performance of their windmills.
Next Generation Science Standards
Disciplinary Core Ideas
- PS2.A Forces and Motion
- PS2.B Types of Interactions
- PS3.A Definitions of Energy
- PS3.B Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer
- PS3.C Relationship Between Energy and Forces
- ETS1.A Defining and Delimiting an Engineering Problem
- ETS1.B Developing Possible Solutions
- ETS1.C Optimizing the Design Solution
Cross Cutting Concepts
- Cause and Effect
- Energy and Matter
- Patterns
Learning Objectives
At the end of the lesson students will be able to