Links for Students
- Introduction to Wind Energy Information on how windmills work. Includes an animation.
- Wind with Miller Includes practical activities and a Teachers'guide, A colourful site that will appeal to children. Interactive cartoons are used to demonstrate the information provided on this site. Children can:
- Learn the names of the parts of a wind turbine
- Find out how fast a wind turbine operates
- Find out how much power a wind turbine generates
- Find out about hub height and electricity production
- Play with a wind turbine simulator
- Build a wind turbine
- Experiment with a wind turbine
- Wind Machine Instructions (PDF)
- Measuring the Wind Project
- Making an Anemometer Project (a device to measure wind speed)
- K-12 energy lessons plan and activities for grade 0 to 12 US Department of Energy has made these tools for parents and teachers for all age groups
- KidWind Project Provides lessons and activities for middle level students. Find background material, lessons and experiments, PowerPoint lectures, and more.
- Guided Tour on Wind Energy
All you ever wanted to know about wind energy without becoming an
engineer from the Danish Wind Industry Association. Starting from the
basics about wind, the guided tour takes you to the challenging
frontiers of wind energy technology as it relates to commercial, large,
grid-connected wind turbines.
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory Links for students and teachers to wind energy information sites.
- AWEA's Wind Energy Fact Sheets Provides up-to-date information on wind energy development, economics, cost competitiveness, and environmental compatibility.
- Wind Energy Projects (PDF)
- How can you measure and compare wind direction and speed?
- How does a wind propeller affect how much electricity it produces?
- Find out how to space wind turbines for "farming" wind in a limited area of land.
- PicoTurbine Windmill Kit
- US Department of Energy has these three informative pages: