This lesson introduces the ways that engineers study and harness the wind. Students will learn about the different kinds of winds and how to measure wind direction. In addition, students will learn how air pressure creates winds and how engineers build and test wind turbines to harness energy from wind.

Concepts

engineering, turbines, wind energy, stem

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Additional Tags

prevailing winds, renewable energy, wind measurement, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, wind vane, winds

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional