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Grades 9-12 green education
- PBS: Wind Power for Educators
| Below is information about student activities on Energy Basics for grades 5-8 and 9-12. |
| Lesson Plans/Activity: | View Lesson |
| Grades: | 5-8 9-12 |
| Title: | PBS: Wind Power for Educators |
| Summary: | This lesson on wind energy is designed for physical science, earth science, and environmental science classrooms for grades 9-12, but may also be appropriate for some middle school science classes. |
| Curriculum: | General Science, Earth Science, Environmental Science |
| Plan Time: | One to three 90-minute block periods |
| Materials: | Materials include handouts, internet access, small DC toy motor, cork (at least 2 cm in diameter), stiff ruler or dowel, 60 cm of thin electrical wire with alligator clips, a rubber band, scotch tape, 6 paper clips, wire cutters, scissors, pieces of cardboard of various thicknesses. |
| Standards: | Complete list of National standards listed on the Web page. |
| Owner: | PBS |
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