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Ecybermission . By Payton, Anna, Nikita, and Kira. Lack of green energy. Percent of windmill usage is very low. Critical in the long run; The energy consumption level will get higher and that will just contribute to global warming. . Problem. Our Solution.
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Ecybermission By Payton, Anna, Nikita, and Kira
Lack of green energy. Percent of windmill usage is very low. Critical in the long run; The energy consumption level will get higher and that will just contribute to global warming. Problem
Our Solution • Windmills; Lower the energy consumption rate and help the environment by not depending on fossil fuels • Find an better, more efficient design of windmills; this will increase the rate of windmill use around our community.
Goal of Experiment • To find out which windmill design spin the most in ten seconds. • The faster the blades spin, the more green energy is produced. • So, the windmill with the most spins produces the greatest amount of green energy.
Hypothesis • We think that the design that will generate the most 'green' energy and having a faster spinning time, is the windmill with the blades on a horizontal axis.
Variables • Independent Variable – We, the scientists, will change the different axes of the windmill (either horizontal or vertical). • Dependent Variable - We will record how many time the windmill makes a full spin in ten seconds.
Variables Continued… • Control group- There is no control; we are comparing two different types of windmills against each other • Constants: Home, same fan on same power setting, types of each material used in design comparison (EX: Printer paper of card board)
Materials • Thumbtacks • Straight plastic straws • Pieces of tape • Corks • 12 inch square piece of lightweight cardboard • 14 inch-long piece of coat hanger wire
Materials Continued… • Card stock and construction paper • 4 bottles of glue • 3 pairs of scissors • 4 glue sticks • A fan (to substitute as wind)
Experiment Steps • Got all of our materials onto a table. • Build our windmills. • Set timer to 10 seconds. • Turn fan on the Low setting. • Position vertical windmill in front of fan. • Turn on timer (10 seconds) • Count how many times it spins.
Experiment Continued… • Record the data and do two more trials. • Position horizontal windmill in front of fan. • Reset timer to 10 seconds, and turn it on. • Count how many times it spins. • Record the data and do two more trials.
Experiment Continued… Click on pictures! How to build windmills Results of the Experiment
Conclusion: A windmill with a horizontal axis will spin faster generating more green energy rather than a windmill with a vertical axis.
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