Wind energy projects : easy energy activities for future engineers! / Jessie Alkire ; consulting editor, Diane Craig, M.A./Reading Specialist.

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Title:

ISBN:

9781532115677

Personal Author:

Alkire, Jessie

Publication Information:

Minneapolis MN : Super Sandcastle, [2019]

Physical Description:

32 pages : color illustrations ; 20 x 24 cm.

Contents:

What is wind energy? -- How we use wind energy -- Wind energy history -- Materials -- Pool noodle sailboats -- Balloon car -- Lifting challenge -- Wind music box -- Terrific turbine generator -- Conclusion -- Quiz -- Glossary.

Summary:

Kids will explore one of Earth's important energy resources with Wind Energy Projects from the history of wind energy, to how we use it today. They'll move a car with a balloon, use wind to play a music box, and more. Each project includes color photos and easy to follow instructions. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Applied to STEM Concepts of Learning Principles.

Subject Term:

Wind power

Handicraft

Science projects

Electricity -- Experiments

Air -- Experiments

Added Author:

Craig, Diane

Audience:

Decoding demand: 78 (high) Semantic demand: 93 (very high) Syntactic demand: 73 (high) Structure demand: 77 (high) Lexile

Audience:

570L Lexile