1. Cool Winds:
Exploring Wind
Turbine Energy
with Earth
Science High
School
Students
KIMBERLY NOVAK
KLNOVAK@MAC.COM

2. Madison County Wind for
Schools project
SKYSTREAM
34 Ft Monopole
12 Feet Rotor Diameter
Capacity 1.8 kW
Installed May 2009
Sundance Solar Systems
(Coordinated by Grayson Newell)
Mountain Valleys Resource
Conservation & Development
(Coordinated by Russell Blevins)
The Western North Carolina
Renewable Energy Initiative at
Appalachian State University
(Coordinated by Mike Uchal)

3. Step 1: How do we get
energy?
-Carbon Cycle
-Fossil Fuels/Non
Renewable Energy
- Alternative Energy
Sources
-Watch Kilowatt Ours
by Jeff Barrie

4. Step 2: How much energy
do we use?
-Kill a Watt meters
-NEED curriculum

5. Step 3: What makes a Lab Proposal
good wind turbine?
• Hypothesis:
Dear Research and • Independent Variable:
Development Team,
• Dependent Variable:
We have had several new • Illustrate blade design
orders for wind turbines
from our county. In order
modifications:
to maximize profits we
need to know which
• Create a table to collect
turbine design will produce data:
the greatest voltage. We
will need your research
‘white paper’ by the end of STOP: Get Proposal signed
the week for our Board of
Directors meeting. off by the head of R&D

6. Carrying out the
experiment

7. Step 4:
Sustainability Building
-Cooperation between
teachers/students of CTE
(vocational), ROTC, Art,
and Science
-Donations from
community businesses
-Grants from various
sources

8. Step 5:
Positive Changes
-At Home
-Careers
-Related Topics
(eg stream quality & recycling)