Activity (Hands-On)Grades 3 - 5
Wind Energy: Making & Testing Pinwheels to Model Wind Turbines
Materials List
Each student should have:
- 2 longer-length pencil (with an intact eraser) or 2 Popsicle®/craft sticks
- 2 straight pin
- scissors
- several different sizes of paper
- glue or tape (only if Popsicle®/craft sticks are used)
- 1 copy of the KWL Chart (PDF) (attached)
- 1 copy of the Pinwheel Worksheet (PDF) (attached)
- 1 copy of the Pinwheel Template (PDF) (attached)