Wind Turbine
From Wind Power to Electricity
... invent
... invent: Bring wind in the game
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Colourful wind turbine show
You can now colour your wind turbine with your water resistant felt tips and hang it outside. Be careful of:
- The fluidity of the turns
- Highlight certain parts with colour
- Bright colours
- Adapted patterns
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The wind puts your scenario in movement
You have noticed that your wind turbine produces sounds. With wind energy you can also initiate movements and tell a story. When the wind blows...
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Building the scenario
- Cardboard box
- Little piece of hard foam for holding the wind turbine
- Long piece of hard foam to fix the lever
- Pins and double sided tape
- Straws
- Paper for the backstage
Video: building of scenario
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Make heavy with paper clips
When the energy from the wind turbine is not sufficient to move the straw lever, you can make it heavier by fixing a paper clip at its tip. Both sides will then have a similar weight.
Video: Make heavy with paper clips
Send us pictures or videos of your ideas
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Build your special wind turbine
On internet and in books, you can find a lot of indication on the construction of wind turbines:
- in PET bottles
- from a bicycle wheel
- The wind moves a scenario ( e.g. a lumberjack)
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Send us pictures or videos of your ideas
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Contest:Your device creates wind
- How can you put a wind turbine in to movement so that it generates a lot of wind?
- Which wind turbine will produce the most wind and could blow a candle out?
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Suggestions:
- Manual activation: wind and unwind the thread manually or with a weight.
- A tube around the rotor guides the air flow better.
- Can you find other ways to produce wind?
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Contest:
Candle in the middle of the cardboard box
- Candle in the middle of the cardboard box
- Shouldn't go over the edge
- Category without electric current
- Category with electric current
Send us pictures or videos of your solution.
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