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Renewable Energy Education in the Classroom
Assembled PicoTurbine
Note, this kit comes unassembled.
You build the windmill.
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TestimonialI was most impressed that the project lends itself to be questioned and
gives the kids a chance to create their own working designs and
improvements. Not that it is a bad design at all, it just is a great
learning tool.
Mike (parent) |
Includes 12 page manual and guide
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Assemble and Experiment with a Unique
Wind Turbine
and experience the power of wind
as a renewable energy resource.
With the PicoTurbine Windmill Kit will build
a fully functioning, electricity-producing scale model of a wind turbine. Here are
20 outstanding energy science fair projects that you can do with the windmill kit.
Standing 8 inches tall, it produces between 1.7 and 2.5 volts, enough to light up a bicolor LED
(included) that flashes red and green to show the alternating current produced.
The kit can be easily built in under one hour, less time if used as a group project.
Children as young as 10 years old can build the project with some adult supervision.
For the more advanced middle school student and high school student, the
PicoTurbine DC Experiment Kit,
an add-on to the windmill kit, provides lots of fun challenges.
For instance, with the DC experiments, and blade design:
the blade offset can be increased or decreased, or the shape altered, the results tested and compared --
an excellent science fair project.
PicoTurbine is the only kit of its kind to demonstrate the power of
wind as a renewable energy resource. The instructor's guide contains classroom ideas and experiments,
as well as technical notes for older children or adult experimenters.
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This kit has been used by thousands of students, home schoolers, and even adult
hobbiests to learn about wind power and do energy science fair projects. It's been used by major universities such as MIT and Caltech,
as well as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for summer youth programs.
It's perfect for energy science fair projects, science reports, or just plain fun!
Energy Science Fair Projects - Experiments
Test different wind turbine blade configurations, various generator components,
the effects of changing wind speeds, or other experiments limited only by the imagination.
A simple digital voltmeter (available at places like Radio Shack for about $15) can be used to take measurements
of electric output and a PC spreadsheet program can be used to produce charts and graphs of the results,
resulting in a great presentation.
Each kit includes all the parts you need:
- Four strong magnets (ceramic grade 5 1"x1.75"x0.25")
- Approximately 400 feet of 28 AWG magnet wire, pre-wound into four coils. This saves about 30 minutes from typical project build time over wrapping your own!
- two feet of 10 gauge aluminum wire for the yoke
- One bi-color LED (red and green)
- A piece of wooden dowel 8 inches long used as the axel.
- A 5" by 8" piece of plywood used as a base for the project.
- Instruction booklet, including teacher's guide and technical notes.
- Paper templates for cardboard cutout pieces
All you must provide are some easily found tools and materials:
Gluestick or glue
A screwdriver and scissors
If you happen to have a
Digital Multimeter that can display AC millivolts, it can be fun and will help to tune the alternator,
but this is not strictly necessary. They cost about $10 to $15.
Teaches wind energy concepts.
Grade 5 to adult.
Pico (pee'ko) very small
Turbine (ter'bine) a motor driven by curved vanes
"The PicoTurbine can produce 1/3 watt -- that's a lot of power when converted to education!"
Designer, J. Stephen Pendergrast.
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Note: This is a kit, you will receive parts to build the item pictured.
Ships to the U.S. & Canada only...
BUT
One way to get around this is to have a family member or friend order the PicoTurbine kit with their charge card, the kit then mailed to their address, then they can send the kit to you.
Packaging information - When you order both the winmill and DC kit they are packaged in one package.
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Order PicoTurbine Educational Windmill Kit
$34.95
Money-Saving Windmill Kit 10-Pack Case, Perfect for Schools, Organizations & Clubs!
$299.95
PicoTurbine DC Experiments Kit
$19.95
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$185.95
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