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Wind Energy Curricula, Tutorials, and Teaching Materials

Find wind energy curricula and teaching materials for both younger and older students. Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

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Older Students

  • American Wind Energy Association

    The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has an on-line tutorial on many key wind topics that it calls the AWEA Wind Web Tutorial. AWEA also publishes fact sheets and the "Wind Energy Teacher's Guide" (PDF 595 KB).

  • Energy for Keeps: Electricity from Renewable Energy

    An on-line handbook produced by Educators for the Environment. Look for the sections on wind energy.

  • The Futures Channel

    Produced a video about the Maple Ridge Wind Farm in New York. The video introduces students to three engineers who use everything from algebra to physics and problem solving to statistics to provide clean, renewable energy. It is accompanied by a classroom activity.

  • Horizon Wind Energy

    Has information for teachers, students, and consumers.

  • KidWind Project

    Provides lessons and activities for middle-level students. Find background material, lessons and experiments, PowerPoint lectures, and more. The KidWind organization develops these materials on an ongoing basis, tying the curricula to standard testing protocols. KidWind also provides highly rated teacher training.

  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory

    Published "Research Projects in Renewable Energy for High School Students" (PDF 1.1 MB). This publication describes projects such as:

    • What techniques can be used to measure and compare wind direction and speed?
    • How does a wind propeller affect how much electricity it produces?
    • What is the most efficient spacing of wind turbines for "farming" wind in a given unit of space?
  • Oklahoma Wind Power Initiative

    Provides materials and classes for teachers and students.

  • PBS

    Offers lesson plans for wind curricula.

  • PicoTurbine.com

    A division of Xibokk Research, Inc., provides science project windmill kits.

  • Re-Energy.Ca

    This site provides background information on wind, hands-on learning activities, teacher materials, resources, and links.

  • Texas State Energy Conservation Office Renewable Energy Lesson Plans

    In the middle school lesson plans, see "Testing a Pinwheel Turbine" and "Roping the Texas Breezes." In the high school lesson plans, see "Testing a Windmill Generator" and "Wind Power Basics."

  • Wind Energy for Educators

    Produced by the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), includes lesson plans for different levels of students.

 

 

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