1. IEEE TISP Workshop Athens, Greece 5 & 6 December 2015
Measuring the Wind
Sohaib Qamer Sheikh TISP Champion
IEEE TISP Workshop Athens, Greece 5 & 6 December 2015

2. Measuring the Wind Lesson
Lesson Synopsis
Working in teams, the students design and build their own anemometers out of everyday items.
Learning Objectives
Learn about anemometers.
Learn about engineering design.
Learn how engineering can help solve society's challenges.
Learn about teamwork and problem solving

3. Challenge We will build an anemometer using simple materials
The top portion must be able to freely move without resistance to spin or turn quickly.
It may be helpful to make one of the cups or wind catchers a different color than the others for easier counting of revolutions.

4. Materials Aluminum foil Binder clips Drinking straws Paper bowl/cup
Paperclips
Plastic spoons
Rubberbands
Toothpicks
Wire
Wood craft sticks
Wood dowels

5. Outline and Procedures
Divide into teams of two participants.
Review the requirements
Discuss a solution and create a sketch of your design
Build a model of your design with given materials
Test your model
Redesign and retest
Answer reflection questions
Material bags for teams to build…

6. Reflection
Did you succeed in creating a anemometer that measured the three different "wind“ speeds? If not, why did it fail?
How did working as a team help in the design process?
What did you learn from the designs developed by other teams?
How could this activity be used in the classroom?