1. Kid Wind Design Challenge
Designed By:
Team Name:
5-8
Coaches Name: Mr. Sean Murray
Address:
Clarence Middle School

2. Our Team
Tell us about your team: We are a group of three 6th graders from Clarence middle school and we learned how to generate power using a windmill turbine. We are looking at other ways to create an alternative way to create energy by using windmills.

3. Design Brief
Problem Statement (What is the problem that your teacher has given you to solve?): our problem is that we are burning too many fossil fuels to make electricity.
Design Statement (How are you going to solve this problem? Include the process you are going to take to solve the given problem) :
we solved the problem by making creating a windmill turbine to generate electricy.

4. Design Brief Constraints (What you can and cannot do/use.):
couldn’t use metal
Use light materials
Length of the blades
Hot glue cant be used
Deliverables (What materials and items you need to solve this problem)
Hub
Wood dowels
Balsa wood
Wind towers
Gear box
Tape measures

5. Design Table Design 1 Design 2 Design 3 Design 4 Design 5
Constraint: material
Constraint:
size
Ease of creation
Constraint: curved
Total
Design 1
3.5 4 5 16
Design 2
Design 3
Design 4
Design 5
Best Worst
Ranking

6. Blade Testing Round 1 Blade Description: Blade Material:
Blade Length (cm):
Trial
Number of Blades
Tilt Degree
Volts Produced
Gears
Wind Speed 1 3 
 20
1.03
yes 4 2 3  3
yes 
2.3

7. Blade Testing Round 2 Blade Description: Blade Material:
Blade Length (cm):
Trial
Number of Blades
Tilt Degree
Volts Produced
Gears
Wind Speed 1 3
1.03
yes 4 2  3
 yes
2.3

8. Our Best Test Number of Blades:3 Geared or Direct Drive:gear drive
Generator Used : KidWind Wind Turbine Generator

9. Our Best Test Wind Speed:2.5 Blade Length:43cm
Turbine Rotor Swept Area:3.14x43
Turbine Voltage:1.03 volts
Resistor Value: 54 ohms