An excellent tool for teaching engineering concepts and conducting bridge competitions.
Students gain an understanding of wind energy as they practice engineering design.
Students explore solar energy, temperature, and electrical circuits.
Empowers students to develop in-demand skills in computer science, engineering, and biomedical science.
Set up your middle school students for success with versatile products and partnerships that encourage curiosity, develop computational thinking skills, and enhance their understanding of the world around them.
Have you ever seen solar panels on a house or a building? Do you remember how they were positioned? Were they lying horizontally? Standing vertically? Set at an angle? Why do you think they are installed in such a way?
In this experiment, you will use your previous experience with solar panels and data-collection equipment to develop a plan to explore the variable of angle and its affect on power output.
A load is a device that uses electricity to do work or perform a job when connected to a circuit. A light bulb is an example of a load. If a light bulb is connected to the wind turbine, the electricity generated by the generator can do the work of lighting the light bulb.
In this experiment, you will experiment to find the optimal resistance for the generator in your wind turbine.
