Kid Wind Design Challenge

Team Name: Clarence Breeze

Designed By: Lauren Biegner, Pierce Panaccione

5-8Coaches Name: Pamela Urbanek Childs

Email Address: PUrbanekChilds@clarenceschools.orgClarence Middle School

http://challenge.kidwind.org/online

Our Team Tell us about your team: Our team Clarence Breeze is from Clarence Middle School and ready to win. We are in 6th grade and ready to take on the worlds energy crisis. We have worked hard to make this awesome turbine.

Design Brief Problem Statement (What is the problem that your teacher has given you to solve?):

The problem our teacher has given us to solve is there is an energy crisis around the world and we are out to solve that problem without polluting our world.

Design Statement (How are you going to solve this problem? Include the process you are going to take to solve the given problem) : We are going to make a non-polluting wind turbine to solve this problem. The process we are going to use to make this turbine is we have to design the blades and design them so that they will catch wind.

Design Brief Constraints (What you can and cannot do/use.):

The blades can not be longer than 15 inches

You can use Balsa wood, corrugated plastic, cardboard, cereal boxes, and cardboard tubes, Styrofoam plates

You can not use metal.

Deliverables (What materials and items you need to solve this problem)

sawMasking tape or hot glueBalsa wood, corrugated plastic,

cardboard tubes, cereal boxes, and cardboard, Styrofoam plates

Blade Testing Round 1

Trial Number of Blades Tilt Degree Volts Produced Gears Wind Speed

1 3 40 degree 2.38 yes 4

2 3 40 degree 1.91 yes 3

3 3 70 degree 2.26 yes 4

Blade Description: Triangle shape.

Blade Material: Balsa Wood

Blade Length (cm): 8 ½ inches tall and 2 15/16 wide.

Blade Testing Round 2

Blade Description:

Blade Material:

Trial Number of Blades Tilt Degree Volts Produced Gears Wind Speed

1 3 60 degree 2.21 yes 4

2 3 40 degree 1.71 yes 3

3 3 60 degree 1.64 yes 3

Blade Length (cm):

Our Best Test

Number of Blades: 3

Geared or Direct Drive: gears

Generator Used : KidWind Wind Turbine Generator

Our Best Test Wind Speed: 4

Blade Length: 29cm

Resistor Value: 54 ohms

Turbine Rotor Swept Area: 91.106

Turbine Voltage: 2.38