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Kid Wind Design Challenge Team Name: Bubblegum people Designed By: Elise Wardour and Ryan Prise 5-8 Coaches Name: Pamela Urbanek-Childs Email Address: [email protected] Clarence Middle School http://challenge.kidwind.org/online

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Page 1: Kid Wind Design Challenge Team Name: Bubblegum people Designed By: Elise Wardour and Ryan Prise 5-8 Coaches Name: Pamela Urbanek-Childs Email Address:

Kid Wind Design Challenge

Team Name: Bubblegum people

Designed By: Elise Wardour and Ryan Prise

5-8Coaches Name: Pamela Urbanek-Childs

Email Address: [email protected] Middle School

http://challenge.kidwind.org/online

Page 2: Kid Wind Design Challenge Team Name: Bubblegum people Designed By: Elise Wardour and Ryan Prise 5-8 Coaches Name: Pamela Urbanek-Childs Email Address:

Our Team Tell us about your team: our team is called the bubblegum people. We are a team of

2 six graders named Ryan and Elise we

are from Clarence middle school

Page 3: Kid Wind Design Challenge Team Name: Bubblegum people Designed By: Elise Wardour and Ryan Prise 5-8 Coaches Name: Pamela Urbanek-Childs Email Address:

Design Brief Problem Statement (What is the problem that your teacher has given you to solve?):

We are running out of fossil fuels or non-renewable sources such as oil and natural gas. The world needs to use more renewable sources so that the non-renewable sources will last longer.

Design Statement (How are you going to solve this problem? Include the process you are going to take to solve the given problem) :

we will solve this problem by building a Wind Turbine. Our cutting edge wind turbine will be top of the line and generate lots of electricity with it extraordinary blades.

Page 4: Kid Wind Design Challenge Team Name: Bubblegum people Designed By: Elise Wardour and Ryan Prise 5-8 Coaches Name: Pamela Urbanek-Childs Email Address:

Design Brief Constraints (What you can and cannot do/use.):

• Coraplast • No metal• blades cant be larger

than 10 in• Blades should not be

wider than 5 in• No more than 4 blades• No less than 2 blades

Deliverables (What materials and items you need to solve this problem)

*a turbine hub*a turbine*a fan*wooden dowel

Page 5: Kid Wind Design Challenge Team Name: Bubblegum people Designed By: Elise Wardour and Ryan Prise 5-8 Coaches Name: Pamela Urbanek-Childs Email Address:

Constraint:weight

Constraint: strength

Constraint: Balsa wood

Constraint: cardboard

Constraint: aerodynamic Total

Design 13 2 3 3 4 15

Design 24 0 3 3 1 11

Design 32 3 3 3 3 14

Design 41 4 4 4 1 14

Design 52 2 2 2 4 12

Design Table

Best 4 3 2 1 Worst Ranking

Page 6: Kid Wind Design Challenge Team Name: Bubblegum people Designed By: Elise Wardour and Ryan Prise 5-8 Coaches Name: Pamela Urbanek-Childs Email Address:

Blade Testing Round 1

Trial Number of Blades Tilt Degree Volts Produced Gears Wind Speed

1 4 20 3.98 yes 4

2 4 20 3.87 yes 3

3 4 20 2.59 yes 2.3

Blade Description: curvy

Blade Material: card board boxes

Blade Length (cm): 20.7 cm

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Blade Testing Round 2

Blade Description:

Blade Material:

Trial Number of Blades Tilt Degree Volts Produced Gears Wind Speed

1 4 35 degrees 3.01 yes 4

2 4 30 degrees 2.40 yes 3

3 3 30 degrees 1.31 yes 2.3

Blade Length (cm):

Page 8: Kid Wind Design Challenge Team Name: Bubblegum people Designed By: Elise Wardour and Ryan Prise 5-8 Coaches Name: Pamela Urbanek-Childs Email Address:

Our Best Test Number of Blades: 4

Geared or Direct Drive: geared

Generator Used : Kid Wind Wind Turbine GeneratorPhoto of Turbine

Page 9: Kid Wind Design Challenge Team Name: Bubblegum people Designed By: Elise Wardour and Ryan Prise 5-8 Coaches Name: Pamela Urbanek-Childs Email Address:

Our Best Test Wind Speed: 4

Blade Length: 20.7 cm.

Resistor Value: 54 ohms

Turbine Rotor Swept Area: 1425.3 cm.

Turbine Voltage: 3.98