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Kid Wind Design Challenge
http://challenge.kidwind.org/online
Designed By: Lauren Kubiak and Aiden Mccarthy
Team Name: the narwhals
5-8
Coaches Name: Pamela Urbanek-Childs
Email Address: [email protected]
Clarence Middle School
Our Team
Tell us about your team: Our team, The narwhals are from Clarence
Middle School in the 5-8 division. The narwhals are made up of 1 girl
and one boy in the 6th grade. We had a few challenges because of 4
snow days.
Design Brief
Problem Statement (What is the problem that your teacher has given you to solve?):
There is not enough fossil fuels to produce electricity for ever. Fossil fuels include
Cole, oil, natural gas. Wind can last forever. We need to make wind one of the top
sources of energy in America.
Design Statement (How are you going to solve this problem? Include the process you are
going to take to solve the given problem) : To solve this problem we are going to build a
blades for a wind turbine out of either Balsa wood, Cora plast or card board.
Design Brief
Constraints (What you can and cannot
Deliverables (What materials and items you
do/use.):
need to solve this problem)
• Weight
•
• Ease of construction
• Card board
• You can’t use metal
• Can’t be longer than 10”
• Maximum limit for blades is 12 blades
• Stength
• Areodynamic shape
Design Table
Constraint:
Strength
Design 1
Design 2
Design 3
Design 4
Design 5
Constraint:
cardboard
Constraint:
ease of
constructio
n
Constraint:
weight
Constraint:
Cora plast
Total
3
4
3
4
3
17
3
4
4
3
2
16
4
3
4
4
3
17
3
2
4
2
4
15
2
2
4
3
3
14
Best
4 3 2 1
Ranking
Worst
Blade Testing Round 1
Blade Description: airplane wing shaped
Blade Material: cardboard tube
Blade Length (cm): 23cm
Trial
Number of Blades
Tilt Degree
Volts Produced
Gears
Wind
Speed
1
3
10
0.45
yes
4
2
3
10
0.98
yes
3
3
3
10
0.30
yes
2.3
Blade Testing Round 2
Blade Description: looks like a shield
Blade Material: coraplast
Blade Length (cm): 23cm
Trial
1
Number of Blades
3
Tilt Degree
Volts Produced
Gears
Wind
Speed
50
1.70
Yes
4
2
3
50
3.09
yes
3
3
3
50
2.05
yes
2.3
Our Best Test
Number of Blades: 3
Geared or Direct Drive: geared
Generator Used : KidWind Wind Turbine Generator
Photo of Turbine
Our Best Test
Wind Speed: 3
Blade Length:23cm
Turbine Rotor Swept Area: 1661
Turbine Voltage: 0.98
Resistor Value: 54 ohms