Mini Windmills
Description
Students will use a limited amount of materials and the engineering design process to build functioning windmill models. They will build models to understand how wind can spin a windmill, and how rotational movement can be used to convert wind power 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
- PS1.A Structure and Properties of Matter
- PS2.A Forces and Motion
- PS3.B Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer
- ETS1.B Developing Possible Solutions
Cross Cutting Concepts
- Cause and Effect
- Energy and Matter
- Patterns
Learning Objectives
At the end of the lesson students will be able to