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Ducksters

Ducksters: Environment for Kids: Wind Power

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about wind energy and how this renewable power can help the environment. Teach students about turbines that generate electricity from the wind.
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Handout
State Energy Conservation Office-Texas

State Energy Conservation Office: Roping the Texas Breezes [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 6th
Looks at the state of wind energy production in Texas.
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Activity
National Geographic

National Geographic: Energy Solutions: Tapping Into Topography of Lake Turkana

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson, students read and analyze articles about the alkaline water in Lake Turkana in Kenya, and about a wind energy project near Lake Turkana. They then examine the many factors that must be considered when undertaking this...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Wind Power

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How wind can be used to generate power, and its consequences.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Blowing in the Wind

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Wind energy is becoming a viable alternative to more traditional forms of energy generation. In this lesson, students will determine the feasibility of wind generation in different areas of the United States. Finally, students will...
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Wind: Background

For Students 9th - 10th
A reference page on wind. Learn about the properties of air that allow wind to form as well as how wind is used to make energy. The page also describes the advantages and disadvantages to wind energy.
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US Energy Information Administration

U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Renewable Energy: Wind

For Students 3rd - 8th
Mankind has used the wind as an energy source for thousands of years. Discover other ways the wind is used to make energy.
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Handout
US Energy Information Administration

U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Energy Timelines: Wind

For Students 9th - 10th
Timeline of key milestones in the use of wind as a source of energy.
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Seeker

Discovery News: Weather & Extreme Events: Wind Farms Warming Texas

For Students 9th - 10th
This article looks at findings by researchers in Texas that wind farms actually warm the ground beneath them at night, leading to increased night-time temperatures. A cautious approach to implementing alternative energy strategies is...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Wild Winds: Detecting Turbulence Around Structures

For Students 3rd - 8th
Watch out. It's Eddy Vortex, Superhero. He swirls, he tumbles, he churns up air and water. OK, maybe eddies and vortices aren't exactly superheroes, but they are powerful regions of air and water flow that you have to watch out for in...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Cyprus Dancing School: What Sort of Energy Is Provided by the Wind?

For Students 1st - 3rd
Chara is finding out a lot about the wind and how it can provide energy to us. Join her in Cyprus to learn along with her.
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Creative Science Centre

Creative Science Centre: Wind and Wave and Other Power

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of links to projects and information on how to make different types of windmills, and a wave powered electricity generator.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Spinning Your Wheels: Pinwheel Sensitivity

For Students 3rd - 5th
So you've just heard the "Happy Birthday" song and now it's time to blow out the candles. If you are sitting far away from the candles, you know you'll have to blow harder to get them all out than if you were sitting closer. In this...
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Creative Science Centre

Creative Science Centre: A Santorini Windmill

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of how a Santorini windmill is constructed. This windmill is an example of a simple but practical working windmill.
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Jan of the Windmill by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

For Students 3rd - 6th
This ebook version of Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing's Jan Of The Windmill has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Off the Grid

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive activity produced for Teachers' Domain presents users with three hypothetical scenarios in which they are challenged to design a wind power system that will meet their electrical needs.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Thar She Blows!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn about wind as a source of renewable energy and explore the advantages and disadvantages wind turbines and wind farms. They also learn about the effectiveness of wind turbines in varying weather conditions and how engineers...
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Read Works

Read Works: William's Windmill by Kate Paixao

For Students 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is about what windmills can do; it is followed by a comprehension question set and a vocabulary worksheet for the word "village" is provided.
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FT Exploring

Ft Exploring: Wind Turbines and the Energy in Wind

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the science concepts behind wind turbines and wind energy.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade: Physical Science: Moving Air and Water as Energy Sources

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses wind energy and hydroelectric energy.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

The National Academies: Renewable Sources: Wind

For Students 9th - 10th
The status of wind energy production in the United States is described, with the advantages and disadvantages of this alternative energy source.
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Article
Energy for Sustainable Development

Kinds and Energy: Wind Energy

For Students 6th - 8th
Wind is air in motion. It is produced by the uneven heating of the earth's surface by the sun. Since the earth's surface is made of various land and water formations, it absorbs the sun's radiation unevenly. When the sun is shining...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How Does a Wind Meter Work?

For Students 3rd - 5th
On a windy day it is hard to keep your hat on. The power of the wind can even be strong enough to power large wind turbines to make electricity. In this experiment, find out how you can make your own instrument to measure the speed and...
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US Department of Energy

U.s. Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Access to information, policy initiatives, advice, and analysis on issues of energy efficiency and renewable energy, from the U.S. Department of Energy. Its network is responsible for tracking the technological, economic, and...

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