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Curated Video
The Power and Impact of Wind
This video provides a comprehensive overview of wind, covering its formation, measurement, and various effects on climate and weather. It highlights the importance of wind measurement in engineering and architecture, as well as its...
Curated Video
Five Facts - Renewable Energy
This video explores five fun facts about Renewable Energy.
Next Animation Studio
Towering 8.8 megawatt wind turbine installed near Aberdeen
One rotation from Aberdeen's massive new 8.8 megawatt wind turbine can generate 24 hours of power for one house. According to Inhabitat, the first of 11 massive wind turbines have been installed near Aberdeen on the Scottish coast. When...
Next Animation Studio
Dutch firm conceptualizes drone-based wind turbine system
A Netherlands-based company has conceptualized a wind farm where high-altitude drones gather energy.
Curated Video
Wind Turbines: Harnessing the Power of the Wind
Wind turbines are devices that harness the power of wind to generate electricity. They consist of propeller-like blades that rotate when the wind blows, turning a generator that produces electricity. Wind turbines come in different...
Science360
Wind Power! - Green Revolution
Join host Lisa Van Pay, PhD (aka a scientist) as she explores exciting wind energy research taking place around the country.
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FuseSchool
Energy Sources
Energy Sources | Energy | Physics | FuseSchool There are many different sources of energy, how many can you name? Sources of energy include burning coal, oil, gas and biomass, solar, hydroelectric, tidal, wind, muscle power, geothermal,...
Zach Star
What Can You Really Do As An Electrical Engineer
Electrical engineering can be broken up into various concentrations. The main one's I discuss in the video are power, electronics, RF, and controls. Students who enter into electrical engineering will all take mostly...
Visual Learning Systems
Investigating Earth's Natural Resources: Energy Resources
Upon viewing the Investigating Earth's Natural Resources video series, students will be able to do the following: Define a natural resource as anything we take from the environment and use. List natural resources commonly used ....
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding Natural Resources
In this video, the concept of natural resources is explained, highlighting the importance of understanding their types and how they are used in our daily lives.
This video is part of the 8-part series, Environmental Problems...
This video is part of the 8-part series, Environmental Problems...
Next Animation Studio
Kites used to generate electricity
A group of German scientists are studying ways to harness wind energy from high-flying stunt kites. The higher the altitude, the stronger and more reliable wind energy becomes. In a test run conducted this month, scientists attached...
Bonneville
How to Build a Turbine
Here is a six-minute video of a pair of electrical engineers that illustrate how to build a wind turbine. A list of materials is provided, along with general guidelines for your class. Use this to introduce turbine design to your...
California Academy of Science
Renewable Energy: Clean Tech Solutions
Renewable energy originally found application more than 790,000 years ago. A relevant and engaging lesson explains some of the current options for renewable energy. Technology changes quickly and many different options provide hope for...
PBS
Wind Power
Wind power blows non-renewable sources away! Why are there not more wind power plants? Science sleuths track down the reasons behind our limited use of wind energy with a video from NOVA's energy unit. The resource covers the storage and...
Real Engineering
The Future of Wind Power?—Kite Power Systems
Can flying kites really save the world? A Real Engineering video describes an effort by the Kite Power Systems company to harness wind energy using kites. It shows how the kites overcome the disadvantages of wind turbines.
MinuteEarth
America's Energy Future: MinuteEarth at the Demdebate
Science scholars watch as the recent Democratic presidential nominees respond to an animated video. The video highlights recent natural disasters and long-term changes to our weather patterns, then shows how the candidates planned to...
Crash Course
Humans and Energy: Crash Course World History 207
Is flipping a switch and lighting up a room normal or miraculous? It depends where—and when—you live. Crash Course World History covers historical uses of energy, current uses of energy, and the possible future uses of energy with an...
Curated OER
Renewable Resources in New York (Part 1)
Part one of a two-part series on renewable resources being utilized in New York is here for you. This first part focuses on the wind power farms that are popping up all across the state. There are many more than you might imagine. The...
Curated OER
Alternative Energy Sources
With a variety of video clips and diagrams, the narrator acquaints the audience with three sources of alternative energy: the sun, the wind, and water. This is a homemade video created as a homework assignment, but it is well-done and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Designing a Puff Mobile
The air you exhale can power a puff mobile. Watch as the ZOOM cast races their air-powered designs to see which design features are the most successful. [3:24]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Exploring Windmill Design
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members are challenged to design a windmill that can be powered by a hair dryer. [3:38]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Energy Sources
This video segment illustrates a variety of energy sources used to generate electricity, some of which are in use and some of which are under exploration. [6:09]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Curious George Stem: Fan and Blow
In a clip from Curious George, investigate with George how wind can move things. [2:05]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Wind Story: Wind Power
The characteristics of wind power as a source of clean energy are described in this animated movie.