Use this interactive item on wind energy to design the best wind turbine to use in different environments.
Structure and features
- Export or print your findings after 3 design trials.
- What did you learn about designing the wind turbine?
- Did you find that different turbine materials and blade shapes were different for the offshore, plains and hills environments?
Teacher notes
- Science inquiry skills
- Earth and spaces sciences
- Year 7
- Renewable energy.
Students investigate renewable energy in the form of wind energy through a science investigation. This could be followed up with a science close reading on wind energy and turbines.
- Physical sciences
- Year 8 energy.
Students investigate kinetic energy in the form of wind energy. In this science investigation students learn the science inquiry skills. They learn how to measure and control variables, and collect data with accuracy. Students use digital technologies to analyse the patterns in data.
