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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.

Engineers monitor, use and design technology around wind. To make weather predictions, they design devices such as anemometers and weather vanes to measure wind velocity, force and direction, and predict wind patterns. To tap wind as a renewable energy source, engineers design wind turbines, windmills and wind farms. Engineers also consider wind and aerodynamics (minimize friction due to wind) in their design of cars, bridges, airplanes, structures and recreational equipment (hang gliders, sailboats). Understand the properties of wind.Describe basic Greek mythology around wind.Understand how wind affects humans.Understand that wind is a renewable energy source.Understand how engineers work to monitor wind and design technology to capitalize on wind energy. 50TeachEngineering.orgJessica ToddMelissa StratenMalinda Schaefer ZarskeJanet Yowellhttp://sln.fi.edu/tfi/units/energy/blustery.htmlhttp://www.windpower.org/composite-85.htmhttp://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/nino/global.htmlDorros, Arthur. Feel the Wind. New York: HarperCollins Publishing Co., 2002.Fowler, Allan. Can You See the Wind? Chicago: Children’s Book Press, 1999.Graham, Ian S. Wind Power: Energy Forever. Chicago: Heinemann-Raintree Publishers, 1999.Kennedy, Dorothy. Make Things Fly: Poems About Wind. New York: Margaret McElderry Books, 1998.Owen, Andy, Ashwell Owen and Miranda Ashwell. Wind: What is Weather? Chicago: Heinemann-Raintree Publishers, 1999.S1142567ColoradoSciencec. Compare and contrast different habitat types 44S1142566ColoradoScienceb. Identify the components that make a habitat type unique 44S11416ECInternational_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyK. Tools and machines extend human capabilities, such as holding, lifting, carrying, fastening, separating, and computing. 35United StatesCopyright 2012 - Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulderhttp://www.teachengineering.org/policy_ipp.phphttp://www.teachengineering.org/2011-03-284Teacher