WindWise Education
What is Wind Power's Risk to Birds?
How is risk determined? Through the use of a reading passage, individuals or groups learn about bird interactions with man made structures along with wind turbines. Pupils use information from the second reading passage to conduct an...
Wind Wise Education
Can Wind Power Your Classroom?
Can you power this? Individuals do an energy audit for the classroom to determine the amount of electricity needed to power it. Using either live data or sample data from wind turbines they decide whether it would power the classroom....
Curated OER
US Energy Geography
The maps display the statistics for energy consumption and power production, state by state. They are tremendous visual aids for your natural resources unit. Consider having your class compare energy consumption versus production, or...
It's About Time
Renewable Energy Sources - Solar and Wind
There has been a huge solar energy spill! Let's go outside to play in it. This lesson includes multiple experiments showcasing solar and wind energies. Scholars build a solar heater and an anemometer before testing the results. The...
WindWise Education
How Does Energy Affect Wildlife?
Is wildlife affected the same way by different electricity generation methods? Teams work together to research four electricity generation sources and their impacts on wildlife. The teams create a summary report and share their...
Wind Wise Education
What is the Cost of Inefficiency?
What does it cost to keep the lights on? Through a hands-on activity, class members use a watt meter and determine the amount of energy different types of light bulbs use. The class then determines the financial and environmental...
WindWise Education
How Can I Design Better Blades?
Small groups use information they have learned about blade construction to design, build, and test their own concepts. The teams compete in order to determine which design has the best average power output.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Noise Pollution: Wind Power
Discusses wind energy, how it is created, its history, benefits, negative effects, and what the future holds for this alternative energy source.
Other
Kid Wind Project: Wind Turbine Blade Design
Learn how blade design affects the power output of a wind turbine. This is a short description but links to extensive information, a PowerPoint, and a lesson on designing your own turbine blades.
FT Exploring
Ft Exploring: Wind Turbine Efficiency
Learn about the efficiency behind wind energy, and understand how scientists look at the issue of power generation efficiency.
State Energy Conservation Office-Texas
State Energy Conservation Office: Wind Power Basics [Pdf]
Looks at the basic science behind the production of energy from wind.
State Energy Conservation Office-Texas
State Energy Conservation Office: Roping the Texas Breezes [Pdf]
Looks at the state of wind energy production in Texas.
Energy4Me
Energy4me: Wind Energy
Learn about the alternative energy source, wind energy. Find out the history of this renewable resource and how it works to convert wind energy into electricity.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Wind Power Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide summarizes key points about wind energy. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
eSchool Today
E School Today: Renewable Energy Sources
Learn what renewable energy is, the different types, and why it's important to conserve energy.
FT Exploring
Ft Exploring: Wind Turbines and the Energy in Wind
Discover the science concepts behind wind turbines and wind energy.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Wind: Background
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.
US Energy Information Administration
U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Renewable Energy: Wind
Mankind has used the wind as an energy source for thousands of years. Discover other ways the wind is used to make energy.
US Energy Information Administration
U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Energy Timelines: Wind
Timeline of key milestones in the use of wind as a source of energy.
State Energy Conservation Office-Texas
State Energy Conservation Office: Electricity From the Sun [Pdf]
Discusses forms of renewable energy that rely on the sun. For example, wind is created when solar energy heats the air, and biomass is solar energy that has been stored in plants.
State Energy Conservation Office-Texas
State Energy Conservation Office: Rural Renewable Applications [Pdf]
Looks at ways that renewable energy resources and systems have been used in the past, and continue to be developed today, in agriculture and on agricultural land.
US Energy Information Administration
U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Energy Sources: Renewable
Learn about renewable energy sources including biomass, which includes biofuels, hydropower, geothermal, wind, and solar.
Kidport
Kidport Reference Library: Energy
A simple introduction to energy, offering information on hydro-electric energy, fossil fuels, nuclear power, solar energy, and wind energy.
Energy for Sustainable Development
Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Facts
A collection of facts about energy use broken down into various topic areas, e.g., health impact of fossil fuels, transportation, energy consumption, alternative energies, etc.