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Harnessing the Wind
An Even More Picture-Perfect Science Lesson
Engage
persevere
Malawi
Madagascar
http://movingwindmills.org/documentary
Pre-Assessment
What’s in William’s Windmill?
• Draw and describe what you might find inside
of William’s Windmill and how those parts
could create electricity to light a light bulb.
Explore
• Assembled torch and how it works
• Challenge teams to keep light bulb lit for the
longest time
• Connect to William’s Windmill
• What else could be used to turn the crank?
Explore
http://youtu.be/kErtBVfp66I
Explore
• A generator converts energy of motion to
electrical current
• Keep the Dynamo Torch unassembled for the
Explain segment
Explain
• Finding similarities between the Dynamo
Torch and William’s Windmill
Dynamo Torch
William’s Windmill
Crank
Blades
Gears
Bicycle parts
Wires
Copper wire
Toy motor (toy generator)
Bicycle dynamo (small generator)
Explain
• Close reading of Energy Gets Things Done!
article
• Student pages (pp 119-120)
• Teacher guidance (pp 122-123)
• Purpose, re-reading, text-dependent
questions
Explain
We can enter the text at any point
and read only the information we
need.
Post-Assessment
What’s in William’s Windmill?
• A revision based on experiences and new
learning.
• Words to use: energy of motion, electrical
energy, transform, and transfer
Elaborate
• Advantages and disadvantages of wind energy
• Renewable vs. nonrenewable sources of
energy
Elaborate
• Energy Fact Sheets can be downloaded for
research
• Educators  Curriculum Resources  Energy
sources in left margin
Evaluate
• Team energy posters or individual energy
pamphlets
• Scoring rubric available (p 121)
Curricular Connections
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STEM
Science
Social Studies
Character Education